Delilah Dishes…

Thanksgiving was a fun night for comedy at the Laugh Lounge kicking off the holiday season.  Thanks to Ray (a.k.a Volcanus or V to the facebook world) for spending 2-days getting the club decorated with holiday cheer.  I like to say that he sprinkled (Goth) fairy dust to make the place look fabulous for the upcoming year end parties. 

Last month, the big teddy bear, Patrice O’Neal from the Chappelle show ”came out of retirement” to drop in and say “hello” to all the regulars like Wil Sylvince, Mike Yard and Brooklyn Mike.   He claims that he wants to hang out more at the lounge and bring along some of his comic “A-list buddies.”   Of course, he is always welcome.  No doubt, he’ll be back.

Bill Santiago will be bringing his one man show, Funny of (Latin) Dance, to Laugh Lounge for 4-weeks as he continues to snow ball the success of the current run at the Museo del Barrio.  I have been a huge fan of Bill’s since the mid 90’s when I viewed his dvd.  Any Puerto Rican that can make good Charlie Rose jokes is OK by me. 

Judah Friedlander’s book tour seems to be going well for the World Champion.  Hope you all had the pleasure of catching him on Jon Stewart this last Monday night.  Kuddos to him!  I’ll see if wants to do some sets when he’s back in New York. 

My friend, Donnell Rawlings also surprised me with a late night visit joining some of my lovely staff and me out for some late night fun at the trendy bar in the lobby of the Hotel on Rivington.  From there, we hopped over to our old summer favorite, Bar 105 Rivington, to dance into the wee hours.  I’m sure Donnell’s newly released dvd, “From Ashy to Classy” will be a huge success.

House favorite, Ruperto Vanderpool also just presented/produced his own half hour special last month a famed Bronx theatre.  Guest performances by Tony Woods and Greer Barnes were received with rave reviews with some people rising to their feet.  Sorry I missed  the show but I can’t wait to see the video.

If the Thanksgiving weekend is any indication, I’d have to predict that December will be a great month for comedy.  So, let’s all try to have less stress and more laughter!

Hope to see you soon,

Delilah