"Tim, why are you doing this? Do you even know what you're doing?"
As I said earlier, I am bored. So not only did I decide to start writing comedy, I also decided to blog about my writing. Think of this blog as "The Writings of Tim Barnum Soup," (more on this to come later) where a smarmy writer comes up with commentary on another's work. Except, I am commenting on my own work. And instead of ripping on the author/performer, I will be heaping praise upon the writer/performer.
Let's start with the stand up jokes. Will I ever actually get up and perform stand up? Honestly, I am not positive that I, personally, would have what it takes to deliver a comedic sermon to a room full of people. Not that I have a huge problem with public speaking, nor am I prone to freezing up when all eyes are on me. My background in politics has allowed me several opportunities to put myself front and center in a room full of strangers, sometimes waiting to criticize me or shake their heads at what I say. That's not the source of doubt.
The source of doubt comes from the fact that I live nowhere near a comedy club where I could test out my jokes. It's one thing telling them to my circle of friends. It's quite another speaking in front on people whose values, morals and "too far" lines I am unaware of.
Anyhow, I am hoping to assemble a few solid bits, and look forward to testing them out. I find myself hilarious, but who knows what others will think.
I realize that me writing about stand up was not funny in the least bit. It will get better, I swear.
Because we all know when someone says "I swear..." or "I swear to God..." they realllllly mean it. No one has ever started a sentence out like that and lied, right?
So back to the whole "Soup" thing I mentioned earlier. I have actually written a skit that is ready to roll. It is titled "Commercial Soup." You probably get the jist of it by reading the title. Of course, I have no idea how to get my hands on commercials legally, so "Commercial Soup" was written with the host of the mock show — Noel O'Hale — poking fun at a commercial created by Jake Albrecht for Jimmy John's. Jake lives in California and is good friends with my longtime homeboys Jason Fritz and Ryan Hodorovich.
"Commercial Soup" isn't only about making fun of Jake's commercial, though. I'm not simply a dick. It is really about making fun of the "soup" shows. Whether it's "The Soup," "Talk Soup," "Web Soup" or "Sports Soup," the fact of the matter is that these shows are basically people seeing other people's work and making fun of it. I'm leaving Daniel Tosh out of the equation, because I don't consider a fat black lady continuously singing "sittin' on a toilet" art, or the product of hard work.
And my skit, in turn, makes fun of them. Let's review. In the sketch, I make fun of people (commercials) as a way to make fun of people (soup hosts/writers/producers) who make fun of other people (the targets of the soup hosts), while using those people's (soup hosts/writers/producers) niche.
Confused? Stupid? A little slow? OK. Let's continue.
Actually, that's about all I have to give you right now. "The Hairless Sasquatch" sequel is pretty early, and I'm not legally allowed to speak about it depth. I made that up. I just didn't want to talk about it, because there's not much done, and many people have no ides what the HS is all about. Read up on it bitches!
I know you are all on the edges of your seats. I hope to actually keep blogging for once, and not simply burn out after three posts. We'll see.
