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	<description>For the love of ha.      by Sharilyn Johnson</description>
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		<title>Gushing for Godot</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 04:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The approximate conversation when recently telling friends I would be seeing Roundabout Theatre&#8217;s production of Waiting for Godot on Broadway:
&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be great.  Nathan Lane, John Goodman, and Bill Irwin&#8221;.
&#8220;Wow, Nathan Lane and John Goodman, that&#8217;s awesome!&#8221;
&#8220;They&#8217;re cool.  But I&#8217;m totally going for Bill Irwin.&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah, I don&#8217;t know who that is.&#8221;
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		<title>The (required) elements of surprise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 03:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharilyn Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comedy can pop up where you least expect it.  You can be consuming some form of non-comedic entertainment, and suddenly get gobsmacked by a goldmine of funny right under your nose.  Many American fans of House have experienced this when learning of Hugh Laurie's comedic roots.  

My biggest comedy-discovery shock came a decade ago, when I was flipping channels and came across... wait for it... <em>figure skating</em>.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backoftheroom.wordpress.com&blog=4993531&post=289&subd=backoftheroom&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stephen Colbert at the New Yorker Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharilyn Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Putting Stephen Colbert in a venue that only holds 450 people is a pretty sure way to guarantee a sold-out New Yorker Festival show.  Not only were the tickets snapped up within an hour of the on-sale time, but droves of people waited a few hours at the Festival&#8217;s headquarters the day before the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backoftheroom.wordpress.com&blog=4993531&post=20&subd=backoftheroom&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging is easy, comedy is hard.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharilyn Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome.
Last Sunday night, the hosts of the 60th Annual Emmy Awards bombed.
There&#8217;s no shame in bombing, in and of itself.  If you don&#8217;t bomb, you aren&#8217;t taking risks.  You aren&#8217;t doing anything unique.  You aren&#8217;t pushing boundaries.
A bomb is only truly painful to watch when it comes from lack of preparation, lack of talent, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backoftheroom.wordpress.com&blog=4993531&post=1&subd=backoftheroom&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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