September is coming so fast...

I've had a great summer, but it's slipped away so quickly. September is almost here and with it comes Out Of Bounds comedy festival, probably my favorite time of year in Austin. I'll be doing two shows for Out Of Bounds, both on Friday September 3rd.

11pm at The Velveeta Room I'll be doing stand up as my alter ego Bernard, the most boring man in the world. It's been awhile since he's been out, the busy season for a writer for the Handbook Journal Review just ended.

Then that same night at 1am one of my improv troupes, Achatina Achatina, will be doing a show over at ColdTowne Theater.

But that's just the start, for if you attend out of bounds you may see an ad for this in the program:

In the OOB program it's black and white, but you should come see this show one of the Thursdays that it is running. All Turn of the Century Paris, all sketch comedy, a whole hour, BYOB and it only costs $5 at ColdTowne Theater.

I've also recently become Assistant Director of the ColdTowne Mainstage Sketch Show which is every Friday at 8pm. I'm helping to write the show among my other duties, and we're trying out new sketches every Friday from now until the new show debuts in October.

-Steve

Freedom Tickling

A few months ago on a road trip from Boston to Austin, I found one of those little roadside gems that really make the long hours in a car feel like nothing. In a run down restaurant (with the amazingly original name "Restaurant") somewhere in north Texas we stopped to go to the bathroom and upon entering that fated room I was greeted with this.

For 50 cents obviously I was getting one, just look at the hilarious contradictions. "The French Freedom Tickler, It's the patriotic thing to do!" Clearly the makers of this adult novelty item were confused about which country they were marketing it in, because all the imagery says America, yet it's a "French Tickler", but it was made in Korea and packaged in the US. The Barnett International Corporation of Charlotte, NC has some serious nationality issues they need to work out. A quick internet search for similar products brought me this:

Here's a company that knows what they are, all American Freedom Tickling. Oh wait but what is that fine print down there, "Do Not Use as a Substitute for a Condom." Seriously? You're going to sell condoms in bathrooms that aren't actually supposed to be used as condoms? According to Wikipedia, "A French tickler is a latex condom that is designed with additional protrusions, for enhancing the sexual pleasure of the user." This Freedom Tickler fails at its main function and should only be used for novelty applications such as making an alien finger puppet show.

When we tire of the novelty of that, at least we can always turn to the Chinese condom maker Elasun, who's condoms can contain meteors, and surely your own eruption.


Insert joke about condoms being more likely to save the world than Bruce Willis here.

The Japanese have really got something going with their condoms, obviously thinly veiled movie rip offs helps sell sex right?


You haven't lived until you slipped into a Star Condom and felt the force on your junk, but if you whip out The Ring condoms, it's guaranteed to kill the mood...unless you're into necrophilia.


-Breve

Plugging the Live stuff

The first of Turn of the Century Paris's run of sketch shows went very well last night, if you missed it you have two more chances on Thursday May 13th & 20th, both at 10pm, $5 and BYOB at ColdTowne Theater. We'll also be performing a different set on Thursday May 27th at 8pm, $10, BYOB also at ColdTowne for the first ever Austin Sketch Fest. That show is with the excellent Green Tuna (Jared Stepp) and Stag (Master Pancake Theater dudes).



Shamless list of my upcoming live shows:

Bless This Mess Sat. May 8th 9pm at ColdTowne $5 BYOB Cage Match O' Champions -WON!

Turn of the Century Paris Thurs. May 13th at ColdTowne 10pm $5 BYOB

Turn of the Century Paris Speakeasy: Fri. May 14th at ColdTowne 11:15pm Free, BYOB

Achatina Achatina! Saturday May 15th at The Lair in Round Rock 8pm $5

Achatina Achatina! Thurs. May 20th 8pm at ColdTowne $5 BYOB

Turn of the Century Paris Thurs. May 20th at ColdTowne 10pm $5 BYOB

Achatina Achatina! Friday May 21st at The Lair 8pm $5

Achatina Achatina! Sat. May 22nd 9pm at ColdTowne, $5 BYOB, Cage Match O' Champions

Turn of the Century Paris Thurs. May 27th at ColdTowne 8pm $10 BYOB ATX Sketch Fest

Secret Senate Debut: Sunday June 6th 7pm at ColdTowne Free, BYOB

Secret Senate Thurs. June 10th 8pm at ColdTowne, $5, BYOB

Secret Senate Fri. June 11th 11pm at ColdTowne Free, BYOB

Bless This Mess Sat. June 12th 9pm at ColdTowne $5 2nd Round Cage Match of Champions

Secret Senate Sat. June 26th 7pm at ColdTowne $5, BYOB

There's more scheduled for July, but I shall save those for later, this list is already long enough.

Britches Get Stitches

Britches Get Stitches.


This is a one panel comic that I wrote and was drawn by Kendall Noble (Heart of Cobalt) for a webcomic that we were planning on starting called Beatnik Factory. It's still possible that Beatnik Factory might see the light of the internet day some time in the future, but I love this drawing so I'm posting it here now.

If you feel like reading my newly posted performers bio over at ColdTowneTheater.com you can do so here.

-Breve

Our brand new sketch show starting this week and the rest of the Thursdays in May.

Comfy Chair Grandpa

Have a taste of this brand new comedy monologue I did the other night at Salvage Vanguard Theater for No Shame.

No Shame 0310 - Steve Donovan from Naughty Troll on Vimeo.

I have plans to revamp this blog into a real website soon, and then I will be updating it much more regularly.

Until that happens you can see me at these places doing live comedy:

Tonight 3/8 9PM I'm doing Stand Up at Puff Puff Laugh, which takes place every Monday at Pipes Plus at 2418 Guadalupe right across from UT Campus.

Achatina Achatina! has some upcoming shows:
Fri. 3/12 11:30PM at Cold Towne with North Shore Local, Free BYOB
Mon. 4/5 8:30PM at Cold Towne we're tag team hosting the Monday Night Mash, Free BYOB
Thurs. 4/15 8:00PM at The Hideout Theater $3
More to be announced soon!

-Steve

Winged Love