COMIC ACCEPTANCE: PART IV OF V
NBC ID: ARILDZW236 | Production Unit: A Closer Look (1/28/91-9/18/92) | Media Type: Aired Show | Media ID: M920429 | Air Date(s): 04/29/1992 | Event Date(s): 04/28/1992Transcript
Event Date(s): 04/28/1992 | Event Location(s): New York City, New York State | Description: COMIC ACCEPTANCE: PART IV OF V IN STUDIO STAND-UP COMIC NANCY BECKER-KENNEDY TELLS JOKE ABOUT MARRIAGE & ATTITUDE OF PEOPLE TOWARDS HER BEING MARRIED; CLAIMS SHE MAKES FUN OF AUDIENCES & HERSELF (WHICH SHOWS HER HUMANITY); STATES SHE CAN TELL WHEN SHE WALKS INTO A ROOM IF PEOPLE ARE UPTIGHT BECAUSE SHE IS HANDICAPPED; NOTES BRINGING UP HER HANDICAP HELPS TO LOOSEN THE TENSION; & SAYS MOST PEOPLE WILL HEAR A MESSAGE IN HUMOR WHICH THEY ORDINARILY WOULDN'T LISTEN TOO. STAND-UP COMIC SANDY CHURCH SAYS ONE NEEDS TO LOVE & RESPECT ONESELF; CLAIMS NEVER VIEWED HERSELF AS DIFFERENT FROM MOST PEOPLE; STATES WHEN SHE STARTED COMEDY SHE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT DOING SHORT JOKES BECAUSE SHE NEVER SAW HERSELF AS SHORT; NOTES A PERSON CAN EITHER LAUGH AT THEMSELF OR BE DEPRESSED; SAYS IT IS MORE FUN TO LAUGH; TELLS A ANTIDOTE ABOUT GROCERY STORES; CLAIMS STORES PUT ALL NECESSARY FOOD AT EYE LEVEL; SAYS HER EYE LEVEL IS THAT OF A CHILD; STATES SHE WOULD BRING HOME CANDY; GUM; OREOS; & OTHER JUNK FOOD; SAYS ALL THE ADULT FOOD WAS ON HIGHER SHELVES; & NOTES TO SOLVE HER PROBLEM SHE BROUGHT A DART GUN INTO THE STORE SO SHE COULD SHOOT HER FOOD. STAND-UP COMIC SUSAN MASON SAYS SHE HAS ALWAYS VIEWED HERSELF AS FAT; CLAIMS THE AUDIENCES NEVER EXPECT A 420 LBS WOMAN TO FLIRT ON STAGE; QUIPS SHE HAS NEVER BEEN REJECTED; STATES HUMOR BECAME A DEFENSE MECHANISM; NOTES HUMOR EDUCATES & ENLIGHTENS PEOPLE; ASKS DANIELS TO GET HER & OTHER TWO COMICS ON DAVID LETTERMAN'S SHOW; & REPLIES SHE SUPPORTS ANY POLITICIAN WHO ADVOCATES PEOPLE THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE MAINSTREAM SOCIETY IS SUPPOSE TO LOOK. TA; UNABLE TO ESTABLISH OR VERIFY ALL IDS Producers: NBC
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