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Lineup — Monday May 28
Join us at Charlotte Room on Monday May 28th at 8PM for the Comedy Cabaret’s Mayhem in May Showcase! Now in our 2nd year at Charlotte Room.
The Comedy Cabaret features some of the best stand-up comedy in Toronto, in house DJ Earl the Sqrl, surprise guests, and prizes!
Our Mayhem in May showcase line-up:
Your host for the evening will be Robin Crossman, creator of the very popular daily comic Ned & Larry http://nedandlarry.com and co-producer of the Comedy Cabaret.
Mike Harrison – His Comedy Now tv special was recently aired!
Jeff Leeson – XM Satellite Radio, Rogers TV Host of ‘London Tonight with Jeff Leeson’ http://www.jeffleesoncomedy.com
Hannah Hogan – YTV television star! http://www.hannahhogancomedy.com
Adam Wallace Downey – Host of ‘Comedy on Kensington’
Jeff Danson – http://www.jeffreydanson.com Comedian and food enthusiast!
JP Hodgkinson – Nobody is really sure whether jp hodgkinson is a crank commentator, anti-social journalist, or cranky anti-social commentator.
Kirk Hicks – Host of Passion Comedy. Funny and furry!
Vida Zukauskas – Dark and edgy
Geoff Hendry – http://www.geoffhendry.com As a self-described news junkie, Geoff is a talented stand-up who blends sharp wit and a wry outlook on politics, pop culture, and his own unique experiences.
Chris MacLean – Creator of the popular comedy website WitFull http://witfull.com A Torontonian, she does stand up within Ontario and New York, and has performed at Absolute Comedy, Yuk Yuk’s, Comedy Bar, and in the Great Canadian Laugh Off and Comedy Brawl.
We’re looking forward to seeing you there.
Show runs 8:00PM – 9:30PM – PWYC!
Arrive early, seating is limited.
Bookers: Robin Crossman & Chris MacLean
Sound & lights, By D.J. Sqrl!
Charlotte Room’s drink and food service will be in full swing so come hungry and thirsty. Everything is great, especially the nachos.
Special thanks to our friends at Charlotte Room.
The Comedy Cabaret is a monthly comedy show based in Toronto ON run by comedians Chris MacLean and Robin Crossman.
What Women Look for in a Man
I’m wrapping up my little dating series for comedians. For this post I’m going to pull from Rules of the Game by Neil Strauss (told you I had a lot of dating books).
This book is filled with both research and lots of strategies for getting women — seems like a lot of work!
The book is able to explain why women prefer high status men, what my past boyfriends generally call, well, not donut holes, other kinds of “holes;” you get the picture. (Also note that all my past boyfriends of any length of time seemed nice at first, and then whammo! Not good. So there probably isn’t much point in dating “nice” guys either.)
The book points out that the handsomeness of a man has little to do with his looks, and lots to do with his skills and prowess. Hooray, you can be ugly and still get women!
“In a monogamous society, a woman often chooses a mate long before he has had a chance to become a chief, and she must look for clues to his future potential rather than rely only on past achievements.
Poise, self-assurance, optimism, efficiency, perseverance, courage, decisiveness, intelligence, ambition — these are the things that cause a men to rise to the top of their professions. And not coincidentally, these are the things women find attractive.
In other words, if you exhibit the right traits for success, some women will take a chance on you even if you’re currently unemployed.”
I’m not sure of that last bit about unemployment, but I generally agree with the rest. Notice that humour isn’t mentioned here? Sad day for comedians.
a) Is it possible that women think they know what they want, but really don’t?
b) Is it possible that all women are crazy?
c) Is it possible that women, as a given, kind of figure that if they date you, they should enjoy your company, and so humour is part of that, but they are also looking for these other things?
d) Is it possible that in high school, humour went a long way, because the girl’s family fed her and clothed her and put a roof over her head, so she didn’t have a lot of criteria, but once she had to support herself, she had to decide whether you might be a help or a hindrance to that, and to any future babies of yours she might end up with for 20 years.
I’m going to go with mostly “c.”
Another possibility is that Neil Strauss is an idiot who doesn’t know anything. After all, he didn’t talk about bedroom skills either.
