Well my show went amazingly awesome.  Crazy thing, I wasn’t nervous at ALL.  Not even a millabit.   I tried 4 new jokes, got some applause laughter, and even did a couple call backs.  It was easier than riding a bike, because the chances of falling off stage were pretty slim….. Although it has happened to me, at the Agrodome, but we wont talk about that.  What a tool that makes you feel like. I had done a show before at the venue I just performed at a couple years ago for the Cops for Cancer Campaign.  The stage used to be behind a pillar and the mic system wasn’t too hot. It’s bad enough when they can’t see you but not hear you, that’s rough.  I called in advance to see if it was changed and it was!  After the show I got carded by another local producer and got invited to go do his room.   Tre yay…Tons of folks telling you your great is always good and polished even better. 

It’s Halloween today and I hate dressing up. I will however dig out my Halloween hat. I told my barista at Starbucks im going as a cougar this year.  He ran !! 

I came home from the island with a lovely leak in my basement, I think my house is jinxed or something.  I am mentally planning an escape plan for the Diva Den.  If my hats and boas get damaged…… I think ill move a bunch of stuff to the garage.  Ya that’s what I’ll do while I wait for the plumber to show up.  Hopefully he’s cute and knows what he’s doing. I mean really, if ya gotta watch someone work for three hours it’s always better when their easy on the eyes!!! 

Posted: October 31st, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Well the craziest thing happened. I applied for a comedy competition but the spots were all filled.  Then after 5 weeks, someone backed out?  So they called me today and want me to perform tonight!  So now im in the semi finals and i havent even performed. 

Its a good opportunity for me to test some new stuff and maybe get to the finals.  In any case, I’m glad because I only had 7 hours to stress!. So im off, hitting the stage around 8 tonight.  I sorted a set list and took out all the filler, so just the funny.  

Im super stoked, and after seeing the shows in Victoria, and what they get away with on stage, this is gonna be a fun nite.  Mommas got her game on!

321, B Funny

byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Posted: October 29th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Well the island is one of my fave places.  I just got back and had the best time.  I took my son, and a client of mine that likes to see our capital as often as I.  I hit all the usual places.  John’s Place for Breaky, LOVE the eggs benny there. 

Its a little hard on me to go there now, I do go everytime out of habit i guess.  Its sits on Pandora St and you can see my cousins apartment building where she died tragically last year.  We used to meet at John’s Place all the time. 

Our family has had the most precious jewel taken from us.  Sometimes I think i’m in denial, but being there, and having her not be there, hits me hard.  The poor guy sat me in the window when I went last year and i didnt realize I could see her place and anyway, I started to tremble, and although he had no idea why,   somehow he could tell I wasn’t comfortable.  He asked me if I wanted to sit somewhere else,  and I did.    BTW can take your benny to go.

Ok,  so happier times.   I hit the hat store, Robertas hats,  on Government, which for me, is a must.  I drooled again and actually didnt buy one, but my client did.  She was so excited to have a hat from the same store as me, so cute.   Her middle name is Roberta too, which makes me look like a genius !

We were about to hit the shoe store and Starbucks across the street when the weirdest thing happened.  Zombies started appearing.  At first I thought, ok cute, its some Michael Jackson Thriller dance thing some Facebook group started, I was sure I had heard about spontanious Zombie dancing on Subways for a contest, but the Zombies didnt seem to have an end to them.  They just kept coming at us!!  I mean like 3000 or so.  I realized I had made a huge mistake trying to cross with my client and tried to get her back to the car.  I seriously thought i was being punked…..  Turns out it was annual walking zombie day.  Who knew?  I guess everybody in the world except me. I hate it when that happens. 

They marched  through town and end up on the steps of Parliament.  Well we split for Fantam alley where i was sure they already invaded.  Some people had fake bolts and blood all over them. They were moaning in unison and dragging their legs and some even crawled. It was quite the site.  Besides freaking out my client, it was all in fun, until i saw a baby covered in blood, that was about the only thing that pissed me off.  Lil bit weird, but now i know October is Zombie month and ill try to avoid that party again, unless im alone of course.  The funnest part I think was 2 Police officers stood at the top step of parliament where they all had gathered, in a sure sort of stance, with their arms folded and looking serious.  And then, just like that, it was over.  The zombies just left without incident.  Not a word from them or the Police. 

We hit Beacon Hill Park, the Wax Museum and met Nick the Clydesdale horse pulling carriages out front of the Parliament Buildings.  ( Which I think is mean, but no one cares) 

We had a fab time and it turned out my hotel was a block from the Strathcona Hotel, where my fave bar Big Bad Johns is.  Love it!  Wayyyyy too convenient for me! Thank you hotels.com !

When I was driving off the ferry I saw some guy staring at my car unusually?  I stared back and figured out who it was, Damonde Tchritter, a hilarious Vancouver Comic who was headlining a new club called Hecklers there.  At the lights he invited me to his show, so after everyone was tucked in with movies and burnt out from the day, I bugged out for some funny.  What a hoot Damonde is and what a show he puts on.  You must check him out.  It was the best medicine ever for me to see a show like that and it made my day even better.  The next day I was returning some movies for my son and saw Richard Letts name on the old Tally Ho sign on Douglas where I have toured many times in the past.  I ran in, left him a note and went off to dinner.  Again, since everyone was burnt out I burned down to his show.  

I made sure I sat up front and smiled very big .  Richard, another friend battling cancer, said hello Kimberley, I said hello Richard,  im here now, be funny!  He had a good show too. Then I obsconded off with him in the Comedy Cruiser to go for some drinks.  Richard has always supported my shows, and Im glad the chemo rid him of Cancer. He is tre brave!!

I spent Sunday having lunch with My Auntie RRRRRROse,  she is so adorable.  My other Auntie and  Uncle asked me to join them all at the usual Sunday Brunch place in Sidney which really made my day.  Everyone seems to be great, grand even.  I do think the island needs a comedy overhaul though.  We were close to the ferry and off we went, the last one on again, but hey I know people!

Its was the perfect time to do a lil Comedy CSI’ing, even thought i hadnt planned on it, I now have even more big ideas ! Stay Tuned!!!

Posted: October 27th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Well finally I have some fun news to blog about!!  So many things are keeping me busy these dayz.  On a personal note, I’ve had a couple friends close to be battling cancer, I try to help out when needed and sometimes just calling or running a meal over is all thats required.  It sure does make you feel grateful for being healthy.  My friend Dorothy has been sick, which is off the sad meter for me.  She needs assisted living now and thankfully I can go see her in her new place.  She is getting more and more forgetful, but still knows me and smiles when I show up!  Old age facilities are sorta sad.  I arrived one day and had this lady in a wheelchair ask me if she could ” help me”.

Now i get dooped easy apparantly so I said, im good, but thanks !!! I think she wanted me to enter the code on the exit door so she could escape!  Them tricksters! She even had her escape shoes on !  I had a good visit with Dorothy and made sure she was being treated right. I have no problem asking loud questions like, are you happy here and are they treating you right etc, even when staff are within ear shot.  I actually make a point of it to be true.  I helped Dorothy with some Ensure stuff she hates and said she had to have it to keep her vitamins up!  Sometimes when i visit its hard to find Dorothy, everyones lined up older, and grey hair etc, but she always has her sparkly hat on, which I love!  When I was leaving a lady told me to take off Dorothys hat, cause she was inside.  I turned back on my way out and said the hat stays on, its Dorothy thing and she loves it… 

Work wise, well I do have a day job, I look after two ladies that need a lil help!  This allows me to work from home, be there for my son, and fire out proposals and still go to networking functions, ( only if their worth my time, and not just a party).

I almost went to NYC last month for the TV Fest, but a few variables werent working for me and I didnt go.  On the brighter side I did go to the annual Women in Film Martini Madness party a week later at the Macaroni Grill on Davie, tre nice. I met a lady who went to the NYTV Festival, sat in on the sessions I had mapped out ironically and told me some pretty valuable info on who is looking for my kind of programming. 

So, this is good news I say. I had applied to pitch my show at the NYTVF, through the Banff TV Festival Pilot Program and was turned down.  This is starting to annoy me, lots.  I have worked so hard at this project and finally have come to an amazing epiphany.  The Canadian Comedy television scene is a monopoly of men, and I hate games!!  And Ive wasted so much time pitching to a Canadian demographic that basically aren’t  budging, so I diversify.  Ive decided to try a few more markets here but simutaneously pitch to American and other foreign tv markets. 

So whats happening, why does it take so long?  Each time you pitch to a market you have to know what their looking for. Find contact info, hope their not on vacation, see what their protocol is for pitching.  Sign non disclosure or confidentialy agreements, if they have one??  Put together a pitch or presentation package accordingly, wait, wait, follow up and hopefully get some grease.  Its also a not good to  mass pitch or blanket pitch to tons of places at the same time. 

I must say that whenever a door closes on me, a window opens so Im still over 80 % there.   For a women to be in the business industry, the TV industry and a Comedian, im almost looking for the rough road im sure.  Thing is, i’m learning like a sponge, I’m making progress, and I’m not going away! 

So American TV and international Markets, here I come. Singapore Channel 4, I know you have a Canadian Entertainment Channel,  just so you can learn our culture and language.  I dont care where first, second, or third window is anymore, im writing for season 2!

Im also taking a course in November that teaches me, How to create self distribution business models, Pitching to Advertising Agencies instead of Broadcasters, Using cross promotion methods to develop interest in series, using the pilot. How to create “Buzz” about a project you are developing, How to involve and at what point to bring investors on board. Under CRTC regulations learn how you can purchase air time and sell your own commercial space to advertisers, How to get your project sold on DVD direct to retail,-Speaking an investors language. What they want to see in a project. What is the MUZE database and why is it important to have your finished project listed, using the largest U.S film wholesalers Ingrams and Baker - Taylor to drop-ship completed DVD projects and more, whewwwwwwwww

So thanks for thinking bout me, and cheering me on, and checking out my site. And to those that have turned me down so many times, thank you as well.  Theres more than one side of the moon to land on and i’ve got some pretty thick skin after all this time.  I’ve mass produced a new trailer and copies of my first episode.  I’ll be upgrading the front page with some fabulous new information and a second Comedy Cruiser that is as Vaudeville as it gets.  

Life is good, my show rocks, and im thanking God I live in a free country, with freedom of speech. Sometimes when your not following the beatin path and your blazing your own trail …………………………..it takes longer, lucky I dont care!!!!!

Posted: October 27th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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