Jeremy Wins Life

After many months of only performing at the Sentient Bean, I’m rounding out the fall quarter by actually hosting it! It’s going to be plenty of fun, lots of surprises, and plenty of comedians whose jokes will keep you warm during our very cold season.

Not many female comedians are able to pull off an aggressive “alpha-female” character like actress Jane Lynch, which makes her the perfect Sue Sylvester on Fox’s Glee. Jane has been seen in the 40-Year Old Virgin, Role Models, and other great comedies these past few years. The pilot episode of Glee opens with a cheerleading squad and after a high energy choreographed number, we cut to Jane giving us the first joke of the series. It’s not the last we see of her, because although she is not the backbone, she is integral to both the drama and the comedy of the entire show.

Here are four reasons (and a video) of why Jane Lynch should win an Emmy for Best Female Performance in a Comedy Series:

1. She has an improv background. Jane is a Second City Alum, an improv school that has turned out the likes of Mike Meyers, Tina Fey, and Steve Carell. While other females on TV have that same credit, Jane is ALL improv. Tina Fey for example is an amazing writer, and her comedic portrayal of Liz Lemon on 30 Rock is undeniably hilarious. But while sticking to the script is a sure-fire way to find laughs, improvising succeeds when its most unexpected, and Jane delivers lines that sound so good, you can’t tell if its written or if its just Jane.

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I remember flipping between Mad TV and SNL back in 2006. I was watching Jack Black host an SNL episode, and a sketch came on where he was a bumbling news reporter in a photoshoot with his colleagues. What came after it was simply life-stopping. The first few seconds of “Lazy Sunday”, gave me the impression that this “featured player” Andy Samberg as a college-aged douche bag. But the time he described the combination of Mr. Pibb and Red Vines were “crazy delicious”, I knew there was a lot more to this guy. Digital Shorts have become part of popular culture, with videos like “Dick in a Box” and “I’m on a Boat” because they are genuinely funny. The most shared videos of the SNL library have been music videos, but there are a few great ones that are just plain old sketches.

There are a few Digital Shorts that are not online at all. Some of them have only aired to a live audience at SNL’s dress rehearsal. Some aren’t worth watching. But there IS one that isn’t online on SNL’s hulu page, NBC Youtube page, or SNL’s official site on NBC even though it’s the funniest digital short. It has surprisingly gone viral without being a music video, find out which video it is and why, after the jump:

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It’s been a crazy year for me in both my artistic life and my comedy. I met a lot of brilliant comedians, and we’ve got tons of projects coming up. One of them is entering ourselves into the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival (their first annual!). It shows how successful that comedy club is when you can put together a festival that people are hyped about.

Our Open Mic show at the Sentient Bean this month is the last for this year! We’re filming our performances December 10th to apply for the festival. Come by and lend us your laughs, so it sounds like we’re amazing!

For this poster, I drew fellow comedian Phil Keeling. He’s got a very aggressive, “angry man” approach to comedy that is definitely worth seeing in action. He will scare you into laughter! He was just recently featured in the Savannah Morning News and check out his blog and follow his musings here.

Let us know your coming on the Facebook event, too!

The Hawaiian Shirt Show interviewed my buddy Josh Wood and I:

And watch our show LIVE at the Sentient Bean!