Renata Tutko |
What did you think about Hillary Clinton’s Sopranos parody?
Bill’s not a very good actor. So I’m surprised he was so good at lying before, because this time he didn’t convince me. Not fooling me this time, Bill.
Do you have any secret talents?
I’m a good dancer and I’m a bird nerd. Also, I make killer sandwiches, which I call “sammiches.”
Isn’t it true that women just aren’t really funny? Why are you bothering?
I’m just doing stand-up to try and get noticed for my other skills. Hopefully somebody will be like, “Hey, that’s a pretty good joke. How are you with sammiches?”
If you could have a basketball team that was made up of mythical creatures, who’s in your line-up?
A unicorn. They’d cut the other team. Cut ’em. Giant crows. But they’re probably bad at basketball. Only wings. No hands. No good at dribbling. I want the monster from Goonies because he’s terrifying. And a coyote. Just because everyone will stop in their tracks. Plus, they’re all wearing armor.
Who are your heroes? Who are your anti-heroes?
My mom and my dad are my heroes. My anti-heroes are the people who don’t get a joke. I’d like to sit those people down and start with apologizing. And then we’d go get sammiches! Those people have no dreams. Come on — if there were no dreams to chase, then I’d have no fantasy basketball team.
Renata Tutko | “Great and Secret Comedy Show” at ImprovBoston Theatre, Cambridge | June 28 | 617.576.1253 | Comedy Studio, Cambridge | June 30 | 617.661.6507
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- Sox trump comedy
"Being bitter is poison and bitter will kill you. Bitter is a root that will grow a poopy tree of death."
- Ding Ho home
Opening a comedy club in a Cambridge Chinese restaurant was a laughable idea unto itself.
- Flashbacks, April 14, 2006
These selections, culled from our back files, were compiled by Chris Brook and Jessica McConnell.
- Youth in the booth
Sometime since 1976 — just four years after 18 year olds were granted the right to vote but decided they’d rather not — the youth movement has become a joke.
- Employee of the Month
Dane Cook throws his hat in the comedy ring in his first big role, and he doesn’t embarrass himself — he’s a generally inoffensive presence. Watch the trailer for Employee of the Month (QuickTime)
- Swing Vote
Some clever scenes lay bare the excesses of campaign TV culture, but overall the humor is as lame as anything on the Blue Collar Comedy Tour .
- World gone Wong
"I'm an immigrant," says Joe Wong. "And I used to drive this used car with a lot of bumper stickers that are impossible to peel off. One of them said, 'If you don't speak English, go home.' And I didn't notice it for two years."
- Dance, Monkey: Billy Gardell
We could have a couple of monkeys run this country from a Russian space station.
- Good Luck Chuck
The only plausible scenario in this movie is the idea that a woman would be so annoyed by Dane Cook, she’d be willing to put a curse on him.
- The Last Stand
Russ Parr’s first feature and the opening program of the Roxbury Film Festival begins with every stand-up comic’s nightmare: death.
- Slither
This pleasing B-level gore fest (no relation to the 1973 flick staring James Caan) is an unintentional hybrid of Larry the Cable Guy and Stay Alive as it pits rednecks against zombies.
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