Modified On June 1, 2007
AP tells of an ingenious publicity stunt cooked up by the Laugh Factory. They’ve signed Jon Lovitz to a contract to appear at the Hollywood comedy club every Wednesday night for the rest of his life.
As part of the deal, the 49-year-old Saturday Night Live alum will also write a Laugh Factory blog giving advice to up-and-coming comedians.
Lovitz giving advice to up-and-comers? How’s that work? The actor comedian only recently plunged into standup, so he does have that in common with the newbies. But, let’s face it, he had a bit of an advantage that most folks don’t have.
Blog Entry Number One
It will help you tremendously if, before you attempt standup for the first time, you appear regularly on a late-night sketch comedy show on a major network. I chose Saturday Night Live– You may have heard of it, it was on NBC, I think. You might have other television shows in mind. Any will do, really. That way, when you go onstage at, say, the Laugh Factory, you’ll have that tiny advantage of instant recognition by nearly every person in the English-speaking world.
If you can’t log several seasons on a major network television show, try imagining the audience in their underwear. Yeah… That’s the ticket!
Thanks to Al Romas for the tip!