Endurance records at every turn

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 3rd, 2008

What is going on out there in Comedyland? A press release from a company called Robert Wagner Marketing and Entertainment details the record-breaking performance on April 1 by a comedian named Robby Wagner.

The show was held at Toso’s Sports Grill in Phoenix, Arizona, where Mr. Wagner hit the stage at 11am and continued on until 9:07pm. “It was a truly amazing and touching show to witness,” said owner Dave De La Toso. “Robby had it from start to finish. I’m glad he held this event at my venue for I lost my father to heart disease.”

And, on CBCNews.ca, is an account of a similar incident several hundred miles north, occurring almost simultaneously:

Winnipeg comedian Big Daddy Tazz set a new record for standup comedy Tuesday, after delivering more than eight consecutive hours onstage at the city’s Gas Station Theatre.

Tazz, who began at 8:30 a.m. local time and finished at 5 p.m., wanted to break unofficial records set by U.S. comedians Dane Cook and Dave Chappelle, who have delivered seven- and six-hour sets respectively at Hollywood’s famed Laugh Factory.

In a related story, last weekend in Minneapolis, MN, Brian McKim performed a 45-1/2-minute set at that city’s Joke Joint Comedy Club. “That’s a lot of comedy for an audience to sit through. They stayed with me, even through the check drop,” McKim said, while toweling off. “At one point, I considered ordering breakfast for the entire audience. But, I got the light.” McKim said he plans to break his record this week at Knuckleheads in Toms River, NJ, possibly doing as much as 47 minutes.

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