Atlantic City hosts Norm, Omy and more

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 9th, 2005

Took the train down to Atlantic City on Thursday to dine with FOS Joe Starr and spouse Francine. Starr was gigging at the Borgata along with Eric McMahon and Bob Golub.

On the shuttle from the train station to the Marina District, we swung past a billboard emblazoned with the Borgata Comedy Club logo and the words “Great place to see comedy” and underneath that were the words “USA Today.” A quote (or a paraphrasing) from the Ten Great Places… article in the April 1 issue of the McPaper… the one that quoted SHECKYmagazine.com! Getting indirectly quoted on a billboard is kinda like seeing one’s name up in lights. Cool.

Also appearing in town: Mitch Fatel, Ronnie Bullard, Dena Blizzard (Comedy Stop at the Trop), Peter Fogel, Gary Ewing (Catch A Rising Star/Resorts). Joe Piscopo‘s regular Saturday night gig at the Sands has been extended. Coming in October to various locations: Don Rickles, Drew Carey, David Spade.

At the Shore, an entertainment freebie from the Press of Atlantic City, ran a great interview with Norm MacDonald in anticipation of his appearance at the Borgata this Saturday night. Our favorite answer involved Norm’s description of what it was like to work for Roseanne:

That was great. She hates Hollywood writers. She saw me do standup and liked me. There were two of us on staff who were standups, the others were Harvard writers. She only liked us two. She would berate everyone else, and talk about gigs with us two. Then all the writers hated us. I don’t know if she was crazy or not, but she was the best writer of her own show. That was a constant conflict in a battle with the writers. But she was invariably right. She was always funny. As long as you’re writing for someone funny, that’s okay. If you’re writing for a 19-year-old handsome kid, that’s hell on earth.

MacDonald’s opening act, according to all the billboards and newspaper ads, will be “Omy Adams.” We suspect they mean “Orny,” but the typographical error cat is well out of the bag by now. Unless of course Mr. Adams has changed his name to Omy. Would that me Omy, rhymes with Homey? Or Omy like in “Oh, my?”

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