I suffer from obsessive email checking. I have 5 email addresses...one at AOL for personal email friends and family, 2 at yahoo the first for giving my email address on the web, I get 600 spams a day. The second on yahoo for when I have to post my email on a comedy site and I might not know who will be getting it. The second to last email address is at Gmail. I use this one for bookers and comedy friends and all comedy business. The last one is also at Gmail for writing and storing jokes. So after checking all my addresses and having no email........I poked around the web a while. I come here to Soapbox and then run to a few message boards. But I'm bored....and feeling unwanted. No one emailed me for a few days for a show. So hears the sad but true fact. At times like this I GOOGLE myself. When I started GOOGLING myself I would come in on the third page. There is a Robin Fox who is a lesbian,witch,rock star...she comes in at 1st place. There is also a Robin Fox who teaches sociology at Rutgers. They both have lots of listings. So today when I Googled I was thrilled to see that I have moved to the 1st page...I'm down on the page a bit but what the fuck I'm still on the first page. I am pathetic. On a happy note I will be Hosting this Weds night at the NYCC in the big room for the first time. So maybe things are going better than I thought....
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Posted on 09/25/2005 at 08:39 PM by Jim Larsen
My God, we are very much alike. I have a Yahoo email, 2 for my web site, one at allvantage, hotmail, and one for work, oh yeah, one for Desert Dog Films web site. Googling myself is cool because of all the hits on account of the movie. Sounds lke our internet habbits are very much alike. On the message board for my web site, I even have a forum to talk about the other people named "Jim Larsen" who pop in searches. One day i hpe to meet the jim Larsen who's domain is www.jimlarsen.net" and stick him with a shiv because I really wanted that web address. That guy is an asshole for taking it from me.
Posted on 09/25/2005 at 11:56 PM by Jill Twiss
So, Robin does this mean you didn't get the email I sent you about doing a show in Connecticut? (Truly, I sent it a few days ago.) And best of luck hosting. I know you'll be brilliant.
Congrats!
Posted on 09/26/2005 at 04:13 AM by Adrienne
No one deserves it more that you!
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Funny....Im funny? I amuse you. Im a clown?
I really wish that I never told a soul in my normal life that I do comedy. It is nice to have something to say other than the fact that I'm a full time mom. When I began my wish was to be able to say I am a working comic and for it to be true. However, often people will try to challenge me on what I do. " So your a comic what do you talk about....tell me a joke." I have a standard joke I use... and often they just smile and then want to tell me a joke. What is the most annoying thing about it is that women who in the past whom never had anything to say to me now think they have something to talk to me about. Sometimes there really sincere and are happy that I have pursued something that I love. Other times I feel like they need to prove that on the social hierarch that I am not a threat. Other times it is just that they want to know how its going. All in all Its a bore. Here's why, when I go to a social event ...I really have had my fill of comedy for the week. Many times I have turned down a gig to be at some of these events. So every time out at a social event feels a lot like the time before. I often try to turn the conversation around to them and usually that does the trick...people love talking about themselves.
The reason I told people about my comedy life was I felt I needed to self promote to get people to do bringers. The truth is I spent my load far to early in my career. I had most local friends see me in my first year and I think I'm a lot funnier now. It is really hard to get middle aged people to come see you in NYC ...especially when the club is asking for 10. 10 means I need to ask 16 in hopes of 10 showing. Its just too stressful. However some of the best opportunities out there are made available to the comics who do the bringer shows. I feel like I am not just a suburban mom anymore nor am I a real working comedian. I'm in limbo....funny limbo. So I just plow on and go to the next social event, thank goodness they have an open bar.
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I never talk about my standup anymore
Posted on 09/22/2005 at 12:17 PM by Chris Kania
I never talk about my standup anymore. First of all, if there is no HBO special to mention, most people just don't care that you came up with a new bit, or had a good open mic. Talking about my own standup bores ME, I can imagine how the people hearing me talk about it feel. For me, I focus on developing my own stuff, and just don't talk about it, perhaps only to other comics, not "regular folks." I would LOVE to be successful one day, and have a bunch of people I know, see me and say, holy cow I know that guy, and I did not even know he did standup.
Robin The Fox
Posted on 09/22/2005 at 02:15 PM by H. P.
at least they're not telling you in your face "Oh I hear your practicing to be a CLOWN!", and it sounds worse in Spanish. "Ah, esta practicando ser PAYASO!"
Peace
Buck up Robin.
Posted on 09/23/2005 at 11:29 PM by Dave O'Gara
You are a funny lady hang in there. Good things are on your horizon.
I think you need to draw a younger crowd. Maybe one that can stay up after "Barnaby Jones."
I on the other hand am one of those obnoxious a-holes who loves to talk about comedy. I am my own biggest fan.
Im Bucked
Posted on 09/24/2005 at 02:31 AM by Robin Fox
I did a show a few months ago for the Red Hatters...all the women were 50 plus....in this case almost 70 plus. I did a good show but far from killed. I started at the Stress Factory which is mostly Rutgers Kids. I perform in the Village alot mostly NYU kids. I think to be a good comic you need to be funny...and relateable. I am not a redneck yet some of those comics are really good. I am not black form the hood yet I love urban shows. I am not gay but love many gay comics. What you need to be able to do on stage is share your viewpoint and give the audience a window into how you think and deal with your life and why you feel the way you do....being funny at the same time. Its like music. A hit crosses over. Good is good. It might not be what I might think I would like....but somehow I do. I look like a Bill Marr fan. I like him. But I love Rick Shapiro.
The reason I told people about my comedy life was I felt I needed to self promote to get people to do bringers. The truth is I spent my load far to early in my career. I had most local friends see me in my first year and I think I'm a lot funnier now. It is really hard to get middle aged people to come see you in NYC ...especially when the club is asking for 10. 10 means I need to ask 16 in hopes of 10 showing. Its just too stressful. However some of the best opportunities out there are made available to the comics who do the bringer shows. I feel like I am not just a suburban mom anymore nor am I a real working comedian. I'm in limbo....funny limbo. So I just plow on and go to the next social event, thank goodness they have an open bar.
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I never talk about my standup anymore
Posted on 09/22/2005 at 12:17 PM by Chris Kania
I never talk about my standup anymore. First of all, if there is no HBO special to mention, most people just don't care that you came up with a new bit, or had a good open mic. Talking about my own standup bores ME, I can imagine how the people hearing me talk about it feel. For me, I focus on developing my own stuff, and just don't talk about it, perhaps only to other comics, not "regular folks." I would LOVE to be successful one day, and have a bunch of people I know, see me and say, holy cow I know that guy, and I did not even know he did standup.
Robin The Fox
Posted on 09/22/2005 at 02:15 PM by H. P.
at least they're not telling you in your face "Oh I hear your practicing to be a CLOWN!", and it sounds worse in Spanish. "Ah, esta practicando ser PAYASO!"
Peace
Buck up Robin.
Posted on 09/23/2005 at 11:29 PM by Dave O'Gara
You are a funny lady hang in there. Good things are on your horizon.
I think you need to draw a younger crowd. Maybe one that can stay up after "Barnaby Jones."
I on the other hand am one of those obnoxious a-holes who loves to talk about comedy. I am my own biggest fan.
Im Bucked
Posted on 09/24/2005 at 02:31 AM by Robin Fox
I did a show a few months ago for the Red Hatters...all the women were 50 plus....in this case almost 70 plus. I did a good show but far from killed. I started at the Stress Factory which is mostly Rutgers Kids. I perform in the Village alot mostly NYU kids. I think to be a good comic you need to be funny...and relateable. I am not a redneck yet some of those comics are really good. I am not black form the hood yet I love urban shows. I am not gay but love many gay comics. What you need to be able to do on stage is share your viewpoint and give the audience a window into how you think and deal with your life and why you feel the way you do....being funny at the same time. Its like music. A hit crosses over. Good is good. It might not be what I might think I would like....but somehow I do. I look like a Bill Marr fan. I like him. But I love Rick Shapiro.
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
No such thing as bad press..... yeah right!
The Last time I blogged was Aug. 12th. So why so quiet? Its a combination of things, My laptop is broken so I have to trek to my family computer in the basement. When my lap top is working I have it near me whenever I'm home so when the impulse strikes so would a new blog. The other big thing is that I have been doing some intern work for two different clubs in exchange for stage time. It sure beats barking that's for sure....whether it has been worth all the time and energy has yet to be seen. I do get a lot more stage time in front of a paying room. However due to this I 99% of the time do my best set....my same set. I feel the need to prove myself to the powers that be and in exchange for that .... I take less risks. I have had some stellar sets and my 5-10 is tighter than ever. So? Its too soon to tell.
So what got me to treck downstairs and blog at 1am? I checked my email. Then when I feel like a total looser I "GOOGLED" myself. Same shit as everytime..... Then it hit me why dont I "ASK JEEVES"??? There it was. The article a few comics said they saw with my name in it in a Big NJ Newspaper a year ago. It was a story on the Ladies of Laughter Contest. I had looked for it back then and couldnt locate it. Now over a year later there it was. The following is an exerpt from the article...
"Even something as simple as marriage with children in suburbia - and how it isn't always the life it promised to be - stung as much as it tickled. Dressed like a frump, looming large, and looking haggard, one of the comics barged onstage threateningly. "My name is Robin Fox, and I'm a trophy wife," she barked, looking furious when the audience started laughing. "But I AM. I won a pie-eating contest two weeks ago."
Frump= let herself go and looks unfuckable, Looming Large = Fat, Looking Haggard= old and tiered and unfuckable. Threateningly= Run children Run. They also didnt mention the small fact that I came in First in the New Talent division.
So....... is this my charm? Is this my rock bottom to start a diet? Its funny the week after I put on makeup straightened my hair and wore a nicer outfit....and I lost to Miss Friggenly Funny Georgous Former Miss NJ Deanna Blizzard, who went on to win the Finals in NYC. Its funny because so many people tell me that my strong point is that I am very likable on stage. The are bullshitting me?! Are they just saying something to say.... like when you see an ugly baby...................."NOW THATS A BABY!!!!"
What can I say. I am frumpy.... I find I do better on stage when I look frumpy. Loom large uggggggggggggggg yes I am overweight. If I diet I will need an entire new set. Haggard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!you bet I fucking am. I drive 500+++++ miles a week to do comedy. I work 16 hours for what amounts to 10-15 minutes of extra stage time. I sit in more traffic at 2 am than most anyone I will ever know. Most nights I spend more time looking for parking than I get on stage!!!! I go to bed at 3 am and get up at 6 am for my family make lunches, shop clean and cook dinner before noon and if I'm lucky nap for 2-3 hours when everything else is done. There isn't a lot of time left for Palliates and Yoga class, Manicures, and any kind of pampering to speak of. Haggard...............no I'm old and exhausted. Some one told me a few weeks ago they thought I looked 38. But a really exhausted 38. SO should I lie and say I'm in my Late 50's.
I so want to give up. But the article also left out something.............I'm stubborn and don't give up. How do you think I'm married for over 20 years. Do you think its because I got the one great guy left in all America. No I'm stubborn......and don't know when to quit. And just like my husband I love comedy and that keeps me going.
Dont think Im so strong. In one or 2 days I will have a total meltdown in my car at 2 am in traffic....you can count on it.
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Don't
Posted on 09/13/2005 at 12:18 PM by H. P.
I saw you perform once at Sal's one night and I thought to myself "Damm I wanna be as funny as her on stage" now get the fuck off. lol
My fear is, I'll be lying on my death bed when I get my gig break in comedy. I also have my quote for my headstone icase that does happen, it'll say "I'm too young for this shit"
Peace or R.I.P.
Posted on 09/13/2005 at 03:11 PM by Kelly Shannon
Robin, you have some of the best stuff around. Don't pay attention to that article. Maybe the person was just in a pissy mood when they wrote it. The article they did on me was not really accurate either. You can also look at it this way. Look how far you have come in a year. As for frompy. Don't even go there. Every time I have seen you, you looked great. So, just to sum it up. Don't listen to anyone putting you down who doesn't even have the balls to go up on stage themselves.
Thanks Kelly
Posted on 09/13/2005 at 04:58 PM by Robin Fox
I have to laugh that something written about me over a year ago is nuts...even if I did just read it last night. I am thinking about taking a little better care of myself though. Last night I saw Judy Gold........... I see what 18 plus years of stage time and hard work can do. I want to see my talent or lack of clearly. I dont want to be self delusional either. I just was shocked that someone could size me up like that. I dont know why I let it bother me........I came in first that night. Its funny I do a bunch of self deprication on stage, but I like when Im the one in charge. I say when to laugh. UGGG. Got to go put some makeup on....and polish my nails.
On second thought...
Posted on 09/13/2005 at 05:34 PM by Brian Baumley
Ever consider that they had to describe you as a caricature of yourself to make your joke work in print?
I did think that................then the self hate took over
Posted on 09/13/2005 at 06:00 PM by Robin Fox
Its sick because I won that night and was flying high. Then when I didnt make it the next week into the finals....thank God I didnt see this then. I was hanging on to my sanity as it was. Miss you Brian... thanks for pointing that out. I will believe that. That keeps me sane. Miss you.
C'mon
Posted on 09/13/2005 at 08:54 PM by Adrienne
You are going to let something in s a news article upset you. Just think when people read it and see you in person they are goign to think you did a 180. And in reality you are just the same great you.
Im fine
Posted on 09/14/2005 at 02:21 AM by Robin Fox
Tonight I talked about this thing on stage and it went over well. I had a passion and my feelings about being conflicted were played out well onstage. Lemonade out of Lemons I guess.
On the Flip Side...
Posted on 09/14/2005 at 09:53 AM by Adam Sank
First of all, Robin, I think you're gorgeous. And even you admit that "frumpiness" is part of your stage persona, so obviously you're playing that up when you get up there. I agree with Brian -- the writer was simply using hyperbole to drive home your punchline.
But consider what it's like on the other side: All I ever hear about from crowds and what little press I've gotten is that people want to fuck me. Even Therapy's website, if you go to the listing for Sunday, Sept. 18, refers to me as their "new hottie host."
Now, it's nice to be fuckable, but as I told my therapist the other day, being onstage is the one time in my life that I want people to like me for my BRAIN. I am not a stripper. I'm a comic (at least in my own mind). I'd rather people think I was funny.
You're a comic, Robin. The article makes you sound funny. That's what counts.
See you Sunday night, Lovey.
Poor Adam, $400 of Ben & Jerry's will cure your problem
Posted on 09/14/2005 at 12:26 PM by Shaun Eli
Robin, love the pie joke! Plus, the article says "Dressed like" not "Is."
Broken toys
Posted on 09/14/2005 at 05:04 PM by Robin Fox
I think that more that is going on here is internal. My entire act is me saying........This is who I am!!! I showed this reporter this. I need to remember that on stage I put out a certain projection of who I am. So I guess when the reflection came back I forgot that point. If I played a monster in a play.........would I be mad that they said I look like a monster. I also think he was setting up the joke...and did a good job of it. But the pain is, my entire life I have had issues with my looks... So it kinda broght up alot of my own feelings of insecurity a first. Hey... I got a niche!!!!!!!!!!! I will be the funniest of the FRUMPY!!! Thanks for all the kind words. It was just such a shock at first thanks for talking me off my ledge all you guys...(and gals)
You're fine :)
Posted on 09/15/2005 at 04:41 PM by Raquel D'Apice
The frumpyness is completely part of your stage persona. I saw you that time at Sal's when you were all dressed up and you looked gorgeous. And Sarah was so pretty and she didn't get all from her dad! It's easier to laugh with someone who looks frumpy than with someone who looks pretty, so it works when you're on stage, but don't fool yourself into thinking you actually look like that...
So what got me to treck downstairs and blog at 1am? I checked my email. Then when I feel like a total looser I "GOOGLED" myself. Same shit as everytime..... Then it hit me why dont I "ASK JEEVES"??? There it was. The article a few comics said they saw with my name in it in a Big NJ Newspaper a year ago. It was a story on the Ladies of Laughter Contest. I had looked for it back then and couldnt locate it. Now over a year later there it was. The following is an exerpt from the article...
"Even something as simple as marriage with children in suburbia - and how it isn't always the life it promised to be - stung as much as it tickled. Dressed like a frump, looming large, and looking haggard, one of the comics barged onstage threateningly. "My name is Robin Fox, and I'm a trophy wife," she barked, looking furious when the audience started laughing. "But I AM. I won a pie-eating contest two weeks ago."
Frump= let herself go and looks unfuckable, Looming Large = Fat, Looking Haggard= old and tiered and unfuckable. Threateningly= Run children Run. They also didnt mention the small fact that I came in First in the New Talent division.
So....... is this my charm? Is this my rock bottom to start a diet? Its funny the week after I put on makeup straightened my hair and wore a nicer outfit....and I lost to Miss Friggenly Funny Georgous Former Miss NJ Deanna Blizzard, who went on to win the Finals in NYC. Its funny because so many people tell me that my strong point is that I am very likable on stage. The are bullshitting me?! Are they just saying something to say.... like when you see an ugly baby...................."NOW THATS A BABY!!!!"
What can I say. I am frumpy.... I find I do better on stage when I look frumpy. Loom large uggggggggggggggg yes I am overweight. If I diet I will need an entire new set. Haggard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!you bet I fucking am. I drive 500+++++ miles a week to do comedy. I work 16 hours for what amounts to 10-15 minutes of extra stage time. I sit in more traffic at 2 am than most anyone I will ever know. Most nights I spend more time looking for parking than I get on stage!!!! I go to bed at 3 am and get up at 6 am for my family make lunches, shop clean and cook dinner before noon and if I'm lucky nap for 2-3 hours when everything else is done. There isn't a lot of time left for Palliates and Yoga class, Manicures, and any kind of pampering to speak of. Haggard...............no I'm old and exhausted. Some one told me a few weeks ago they thought I looked 38. But a really exhausted 38. SO should I lie and say I'm in my Late 50's.
I so want to give up. But the article also left out something.............I'm stubborn and don't give up. How do you think I'm married for over 20 years. Do you think its because I got the one great guy left in all America. No I'm stubborn......and don't know when to quit. And just like my husband I love comedy and that keeps me going.
Dont think Im so strong. In one or 2 days I will have a total meltdown in my car at 2 am in traffic....you can count on it.
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Don't
Posted on 09/13/2005 at 12:18 PM by H. P.
I saw you perform once at Sal's one night and I thought to myself "Damm I wanna be as funny as her on stage" now get the fuck off. lol
My fear is, I'll be lying on my death bed when I get my gig break in comedy. I also have my quote for my headstone icase that does happen, it'll say "I'm too young for this shit"
Peace or R.I.P.
Posted on 09/13/2005 at 03:11 PM by Kelly Shannon
Robin, you have some of the best stuff around. Don't pay attention to that article. Maybe the person was just in a pissy mood when they wrote it. The article they did on me was not really accurate either. You can also look at it this way. Look how far you have come in a year. As for frompy. Don't even go there. Every time I have seen you, you looked great. So, just to sum it up. Don't listen to anyone putting you down who doesn't even have the balls to go up on stage themselves.
Thanks Kelly
Posted on 09/13/2005 at 04:58 PM by Robin Fox
I have to laugh that something written about me over a year ago is nuts...even if I did just read it last night. I am thinking about taking a little better care of myself though. Last night I saw Judy Gold........... I see what 18 plus years of stage time and hard work can do. I want to see my talent or lack of clearly. I dont want to be self delusional either. I just was shocked that someone could size me up like that. I dont know why I let it bother me........I came in first that night. Its funny I do a bunch of self deprication on stage, but I like when Im the one in charge. I say when to laugh. UGGG. Got to go put some makeup on....and polish my nails.
On second thought...
Posted on 09/13/2005 at 05:34 PM by Brian Baumley
Ever consider that they had to describe you as a caricature of yourself to make your joke work in print?
I did think that................then the self hate took over
Posted on 09/13/2005 at 06:00 PM by Robin Fox
Its sick because I won that night and was flying high. Then when I didnt make it the next week into the finals....thank God I didnt see this then. I was hanging on to my sanity as it was. Miss you Brian... thanks for pointing that out. I will believe that. That keeps me sane. Miss you.
C'mon
Posted on 09/13/2005 at 08:54 PM by Adrienne
You are going to let something in s a news article upset you. Just think when people read it and see you in person they are goign to think you did a 180. And in reality you are just the same great you.
Im fine
Posted on 09/14/2005 at 02:21 AM by Robin Fox
Tonight I talked about this thing on stage and it went over well. I had a passion and my feelings about being conflicted were played out well onstage. Lemonade out of Lemons I guess.
On the Flip Side...
Posted on 09/14/2005 at 09:53 AM by Adam Sank
First of all, Robin, I think you're gorgeous. And even you admit that "frumpiness" is part of your stage persona, so obviously you're playing that up when you get up there. I agree with Brian -- the writer was simply using hyperbole to drive home your punchline.
But consider what it's like on the other side: All I ever hear about from crowds and what little press I've gotten is that people want to fuck me. Even Therapy's website, if you go to the listing for Sunday, Sept. 18, refers to me as their "new hottie host."
Now, it's nice to be fuckable, but as I told my therapist the other day, being onstage is the one time in my life that I want people to like me for my BRAIN. I am not a stripper. I'm a comic (at least in my own mind). I'd rather people think I was funny.
You're a comic, Robin. The article makes you sound funny. That's what counts.
See you Sunday night, Lovey.
Poor Adam, $400 of Ben & Jerry's will cure your problem
Posted on 09/14/2005 at 12:26 PM by Shaun Eli
Robin, love the pie joke! Plus, the article says "Dressed like" not "Is."
Broken toys
Posted on 09/14/2005 at 05:04 PM by Robin Fox
I think that more that is going on here is internal. My entire act is me saying........This is who I am!!! I showed this reporter this. I need to remember that on stage I put out a certain projection of who I am. So I guess when the reflection came back I forgot that point. If I played a monster in a play.........would I be mad that they said I look like a monster. I also think he was setting up the joke...and did a good job of it. But the pain is, my entire life I have had issues with my looks... So it kinda broght up alot of my own feelings of insecurity a first. Hey... I got a niche!!!!!!!!!!! I will be the funniest of the FRUMPY!!! Thanks for all the kind words. It was just such a shock at first thanks for talking me off my ledge all you guys...(and gals)
You're fine :)
Posted on 09/15/2005 at 04:41 PM by Raquel D'Apice
The frumpyness is completely part of your stage persona. I saw you that time at Sal's when you were all dressed up and you looked gorgeous. And Sarah was so pretty and she didn't get all from her dad! It's easier to laugh with someone who looks frumpy than with someone who looks pretty, so it works when you're on stage, but don't fool yourself into thinking you actually look like that...
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.
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.
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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.
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.
Comments are below
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.
Monday, July 25, 2005
Itching my way to the top.
The last time I blogged it was before the semi finals of the Laugh off contest. Sorry to have left you all hanging but so much came down right after it. I had my very first outbreak with poison Ivy,oak or sumac....who the hell knows which one it was but it made me so sick I wanted to die. First the mystery of how I could even get it. I don't do outdoors. I am a house plant. I go to my car and to the city or the store .....and home. When I am out doors it is on pavement or sand. I don't stop to smell the roses. I woke 3 weeks ago with 2 small what looked like spider bites on each thigh 3 weeks ago. Each day I had more bites. I stripped my bed...flipped it over ...a king size bed no less like I was a wrestler. I was fearing spiders were living in my bed. After 3 days both legs were covred from knee to the top of my legs. Time to see the doctor. I could some what cope with the itching but ....I developed deep tissue PAIN. I went on web MD and convinced myself I had Shingles.(Im not David Letterman whos gonna take care of me) I was going to quit my doctor because I think she is incompetent just a few months before but having no other choice I made an appointment..... they told me they moved. The new office was gorgeous!!! The nicest office I have ever been in. Suddenly I like this doctor she might be good. The doctor took one look and told me that I didn't have Shingles I had poison Ivy, oak or sumac.....(what the fuck is a sumac). She gave me Zertec and told me to put benedryl lotion on it. I did the standard oh oh it hurts in hopes of some narcotics...but she said Motrin. I got worse and worse it spread to my arms and belly. I continued life as usually running into the city 5 nights and wanting to scratch my brains out. The pain was unreal. I couldnt sleep hardly at all. I went to bed by having 2 shots of Stolli. It is now week 3 of this and I had to go back to the doctor last week for cortisone shots in my ass. Good times. I am now 85%better and just have dry skin everywhere from all the topical shit I put on this thing. I still don't know how I got it. The dog is suspect number one.
As for the contest.... I did very well. I didn't win. Payton won. The club is just so wonderfull.. THe place was packed and the liked me. I made it all the way to the bitter end at Caroline's. I did very well with my 8 minutes and made the most of it. I was really happy with my set. I made it into the final 3 of my group for the 90 second laugh off and made a bad call. I did a newer joke that had been killing......and it killed me. I flubbed 2 lines and didn't tell it or sell it right. In the end I was happy I had a good set and had come much further than I thought I could. I was in the finals last year and I feel that in the past year I have gotten funnier and have just found my comedic voice. The room manager congratulated me and told the bar tender to get me anything Id like.....I asked him for a spot on Saturday night. He said that was a tall order ...I said I will take a Tuesday. Unfortunately he only runs the room and handles seating and staffing. It was so wonderfull and awfull all at the same time. I loved every second of it. It is the reason I can keep at this....nights like that are just the best. I have a lot more to share but I will save it for another entry.
Comments are below
Posted on 07/25/2005 at 10:48 PM by Joe Fernandes
You go girl :)
As for the contest.... I did very well. I didn't win. Payton won. The club is just so wonderfull.. THe place was packed and the liked me. I made it all the way to the bitter end at Caroline's. I did very well with my 8 minutes and made the most of it. I was really happy with my set. I made it into the final 3 of my group for the 90 second laugh off and made a bad call. I did a newer joke that had been killing......and it killed me. I flubbed 2 lines and didn't tell it or sell it right. In the end I was happy I had a good set and had come much further than I thought I could. I was in the finals last year and I feel that in the past year I have gotten funnier and have just found my comedic voice. The room manager congratulated me and told the bar tender to get me anything Id like.....I asked him for a spot on Saturday night. He said that was a tall order ...I said I will take a Tuesday. Unfortunately he only runs the room and handles seating and staffing. It was so wonderfull and awfull all at the same time. I loved every second of it. It is the reason I can keep at this....nights like that are just the best. I have a lot more to share but I will save it for another entry.
Comments are below
Posted on 07/25/2005 at 10:48 PM by Joe Fernandes
You go girl :)
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