Friday, August 12, 2005

On the Radio again

Lets try this again...Tonight Friday or early Saturday morning at 1am I will be back on the Joey Renyolds Show on Radio 710 WWOR AM. I was on a week ago and got bumped by Jakie Mason who called into the show. I was on the air for about 16 minutes and said 3 sentances. Joey is a really nice guy and invited me back tonight for the Jewish Hour. See the irony of Friday night being the Jewish hour.....no orthodox will be listening so dont tell them.

So I will be going home tonignt around 3am. If Im lucky I will be home by 4:30am they are still working on the Holland and Lincoln tunnels for 12 to 5 am for the past 6 months. I have the most awfull sleep pattern due to this. I go into the city 4-5 nights a week plus the road stuff and I havent started a day befor 12noon in months. All this will kill me once school starts and I need to be up at 6 am again. I wish I could say that working so hard has payed off. I am still where I am. The only....huge benifit is that I have gotten stronger on stage. Now if only it would translate to a break here or there. Every level you get to in this thing never makes it eazier...just different.

I had something really nice happen last week. I did a show out in NJ at a one nighter. The place was great and had put a few ads in the Daily Record and Corrier News...she got her beer company to pay for the ad on a co-op deal..smart lady. After the show a woman came up to me and said. Robin Fox do you remember me I saw you at a club a while back I live in Warren NJ. I did remember her....she lives in the town next to me and she was so nice to me the night I met her. She went on to say that she saw my name in the AD in the newspaper and got some friends and had to come see me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ladies and Gentlemen....My Fan. So for now I work for small successes.

Saturday night Im performing at fancy Westchester Country Club. Im getting paid and am very excited about the gig. Im doing 30 minutes and they want it kinda clean.... Will see about that. I have seen that as long as you dont drop the "F" bomb every second it usually is cool to be an adult comic. I will let you know.

Comments are below

Posted on 08/12/2005 at 11:23 PM by Jill Twiss

Have a GREAT show tonight and Saturday night, Robin. I know that you will be brilliant. Mostly because I've never seen you NOT be brilliant. Congrats!



Aww Shcucks!
Posted on 08/13/2005 at 04:50 AM by Robin Fox

Thank you Jill. It went really well. I actually got a good half hour of solid air time. I got in some plugs for some clubs and did some material to boot, and was able to ad lib some lines that hit. Im nervous about the Country Club...that they shouldnt be too uptight and all. Fuck it! Im going for it!. You are such a great comedy buddy....and I am lucky to have such a supportive talented friend.



Country clubs can be weird
Posted on 08/15/2005 at 11:31 AM by Kelly Shannon

Recently I played two different country clubs and found that the billionaires loved me while the millionaires hated me.(seems the millionaires are not as secure with themselves) Make sure you scope out your audiance before hand. I find that a good place is in the ladies room. See how they talk and act. If they seem uptight, you might have to change a few things around. Good luck and let us know how it goes.

Saturday, August 6, 2005

Where is the Radio????

Thursday night or Fri morning early... I was booked to do the Joey Reynolds radio program on WOR radio 7-10am. Joey has on nightly many of the top NY comics, musicians,actors and cabaret performer's in the NY area and the world. So you can just imagine how excited I was to do this show. The program is aired nationally and has the largest rating in its time slot in the USA. Unfortunately it airs from 1am to 5 am in NYC. Hey I'm prime time in Hawaii. I was fortunate that Sal had booked me at his club the Comedy Hole for 11pm so I was able to double up the fun on one car trip in to the city.

I had a good set and went after the show out for coffee with my friend and fellow comic Adrianne Iapucci. I love talking with other comics about the craft of comedy and bouncing around thoughts and ideas with each other. Adrianee is a funny woman and I thank god I could shoot an hour with her before the show to not be nervous. The time was now 1:15am and I needed to be at the studio by 2 am. I got in the car and turned the program which had started and Joey was talking with Jackie Mason. He had called in to the program. I followed the directions they emailed me and made my way across Chambers Street to Broadway and headed south. The area at this time was desolate. Even so there were no parking spaces to be found in-front of 120 Broadway ...all were taken. I drove around in circles it was now 1:30 am. I find a spot 3 blocks away on Liberty Street. I guy backs down in his car from halfway down the block and says that it was his spot. He looks kinda nuts so I say I think there is room enough for us both I back in and he gives me this nasty look and pulls in after me in the spot in-front of my car. I fiddle with my phone pretending to talk to someone as he walks away. I am now an official Telo-phonie. I run up the street to Broadway go to 120 Broadway and the door is locked. A sign says to go around the corner. I have already dodged one rape chance now for the second. Three men are walking up the street and I'm calculating if I can get to the door before they get up the street to me. I run to the door and get inside. Rape chance number 2 averted. I see the guard at the desk announce myself and he knows NOTHING. I give him the number to call and they say to come up to the 3rd floor. He shows me to the elevator. I get off and the entire floor is dark except for small construction lights and there is framing and steel beams and nothing else. I look at the elevator and I got off on the 5th floor. I push the elevator and the light doesn't come up. I panic I am now in Rape chance number 3. Finally I think to try the elevator across the way and it lights up and takes me to the Third floor. I get off and the sign say Welcome to Elliot Spitsors offices of Consumer affairs. No sign of the station anywhere. I call them they say wait we will be right there. I am roasting...no air conditioning at 1:40 in the morning. They don't come I take the elevator to the lobby and as I re-read my directions they say "we are across from 120 B'way" not in 120 B'way. I am outside almost in tears it is now 1:55 am. The producer is standing in the street calling my name. We go to the stations offices and she puts me in a room to wait...the Green Room It is 2:01am.

The station is very nice and yet the green room is kind of plain. It had a small table with 4 hard chairs around it. On the table were 2 industry magazines...and a phone. The station is piped in to the entire office every except the green room. I want to follow the show so I have some continuity when I get on. I ask if they have any bottled water? I am pointed to a hallway were there is a small kitchen with a cooler. It is very hot and there is once again no air conditioning..... I am told the show studio is air conditioned. I am nervous. I call my mother who is waiting in her home and has told every Yentta she knows over 70 to hear her daughter on the radio.

I am brought into the studio at 2:35 and Joey is interviewing a singer and another man. They are playing cuts from her new CD. Joey shakes my hand and when they come back on the air he doesn't introduce me. I sit quietly. I don't have headphones on so I cant hear any callers, to the station. After the break he introduces me an says I stopped in for a few minutes and I talk for a second ...where I'm from that's about it. Joey asks me if I am spiritual...they were discussing this before I came in. I look at him and say " Religion is for people afraid of going to hell......Spirituality is for people who have been there already." He smiles and says he never heard that before and loves it. He is in recovery for many years. Then he invites me to come back another night soon. They go to break. I am informed that the rest of the show is with Judy Collins and she came in early and they pre-recorded the show. So I'm done. Jackie Mason being on pushed the entire show out of kilt. In addition to the fact that the singer who was to be on before me came in late...such is LIVE programing. Joey is very nice and gives me 2 books one he autographed for my mom...his biggest fan. I head out to my car for rape chance number 4 and make it to my car safely. I drive to the Holland Tunnel it is now after 3 and sit in an hours worth of traffic. I am home at 5am. I am re-booked to be back on the show this coming Friday night at 1am. I can't wait.

Comments are below
I Liked It...
Posted on 08/06/2005 at 02:52 PM by Al Wagner

Nice line! You made the most of your fifteen seconds...no wonder he wants you back! I am not even that quick on my feet while running...:)



Not so fast
Posted on 08/07/2005 at 12:39 AM by Robin Fox

The line is from a 12 step program and I mentioned it to Joey. It was just in my brian....along with all the names of the Brady Bunch kids....and the lay out of every sitcom house. Thank goodness it popped into my head.

Thursday, August 4, 2005

Im gonna be on the radio

Late tonight 2 am I will be a guest on WOR radio 7.10 am dial I have been invited to be on the Joey Renyolds show. Joey is a huge supporter of NY performers. He often has on NY comics, actors and caberet performers. I dont know what we will talk about but I hope it will be fun. Im gonna need to have a Red Bull or 2. They taste like the can but what can you do?? So if your up...listen in.

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radio is great
Posted on 08/04/2005 at 09:27 PM by Andy Kaufman

Robin, good luck. I do call in spots with a friend of mine who does Jersey Shore radio. The best part about it for a comic is that there is often little time for anything other then set up and punch line. Best thing to do is email or talk to the host and make sure you have your topics lined up and punch lines ready. Ya have to be quiick to the punch and before you know it, poof, they are on to a commercial for some restaurant and you are gone.

Go for it and have fun




Posted on 08/04/2005 at 11:13 PM by April Brucker

break a leg robin



I listened...
Posted on 08/05/2005 at 03:17 AM by Adrienne

till 2:15 then I had to park and go inside the house. Let me know how it went, I am sure you did great! You are a funny lady.