Last Comic Standing: London to Miami?
This just came in over the cyber transom, from a reader in England, and it seems to be credible.
About three weeks ago, thirty or so comics were flown from London to Miami for 2 days. It had all the glamor of a cattle call. Acts were hauled out of bed at 6:30 AM just so they could wait around for hours and hours.
Stage one: All the acts did their five minutes to the producers. (It really felt like they were casting a reality show rather than looking for the best comics.)
Stage two: Those chosen went on to perform for the judges and then to a competition in a comedy club in the evening.
Shazia Mirza
Stephen K. Amos
Toju
Paul Foot
We noted in a previous post that, just after we encountered the travelling talent trawl in Atlanta, we Googled Bill Bellamy‘s name and the only thing we could find in the news section was a mention of him shooting some B-roll at a Miami Heat game. Hmmm… that would fit the time frame.
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Shazia Mirza is brilliant. Have you ever seen a five minute set on TV and lept from your chair to grab a pen and write down a comics name? Happened to me when I saw Shazia on a JFL ‘religion’ theme CBC program. Comics of her stature could really help boost LCS credibility.
What about Kojo? He made it too. Maybe Toju is supposed to be Kojo.
We Googled Toju and there seems to be a comic named Toju… but there is every possiblity that our source confused Toju with Kojo… If you say Kojo made it, then it must be that Kojo made it… what are the odds that both Kojo <>and<> Toju made it? Anyone have verification?Thanks, Hugh!
I heard Cujo made it too – his foaming at the mouth bit killed!
Any idea how Frodo and Mickeybo did?