I was featured (with four other comedians) in this week’s Columbus Alive!, a nice local paper that was covering us, and the Columbus comedy scene as a whole. Here’s the article link – http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2012/04/26/columbus-comedy-scene-five-wholl-make-you-laugh.html
The article was great and I really appreciate the press covering a scene that we really do bust our asses trying to entertain people, despite the pitfalls and bumps. I was really nervous, though, due to a couple articles in the past that still make me laugh. Example one: My former college roommate and great friend Justin Camp won the “Funniest Person in Columbus” in 2008 and was interviewed by the local paper. The new reporter asked him what his influences were, to which he responded – “I remember watching Pauly Shore movies and somehow from that I watched stand-up and loved it.” The quote in the paper was, “Justin’s goal in life is to someday open for Pauly Shore.” Oops. I gave him an endless beating over that one.
The other was when I won the same contest later and we had to submit a pic. The only one we had was Camp and I, drunk, with our arms around each other’s shoulders laughing. Right under that picture was this – “Camp and Coen have had a special bond since they lived together.” Great, we’re life partners. Thanks for that.
In recap, though, Jesse did a great article (and Tessa took some great pics – I actually smiled, which is rare) and I have to thank them and Columbus Alive for everything. Now that I’m super famous, I have to disown most of my friends and find cooler ones. Sorry, normies! I’m a superstar!