Comedians
A One-Week Stand at the Love-Proof Hotel
An L.A. comic tells all about his hate-hate relationship with the Riv
March 31st, 2010
When you tell your non-comedian friends that you’re going to Las Vegas to do stand-up at the Riviera Hotel and Casino for a whole week, they go: “Wow! That’s great! Congratulations!” When you tell your comedian friends that you’re going to Las Vegas to do stand-up at the Riviera Hotel and Casino for a whole week, they go: “Wow! That’s awful! I’m sorry!” Read more »
A Comic’s Guide to Off-Strip Stand-up
March 31st, 2010
Here are, according to me, the best open-mike comedy shows off the Strip. Please note that “comedy time” is different than normal time. So if a show is supposed to start at 9 p.m., it might start at 10. Remember: That’s part of the fun! Read more »
Funny Business
Hard times hit Vegas comedy, too, but we’ve apparently made it through with our humor intact. Now if we can just do something about those Vegas audiences!
March 31st, 2010
Backstage at Paris, Anthony Cools is preparing for his nightly comic-hypnotist show with a chilled adult beverage, while his pretty assistant, Nicki, pours a Red Bull. He is giving us the lay of the land from the vantage point of his big raised stage, and he is getting pretty worked up. “Twenty shows shut down last year,” he shouts, “five or six of them comedy. There was one week in January where six shows shut down. The entertainers were all going OH, MY GOD. Everyone was peeing their pants!” Read more »
