Open mike to offer new
outlet for comedians
By Layne Lakehsh
Freeraid Conlributcx
It's all over No morn
bouncing now linos off
roommates. No mom being a
class clown just because you
can't find un appropriate au
dience
Now you can
With up-and-coming co
medians in mind, a now
open mike event will offer
up an outlet and an audi
ence for all those filled with
funny inclinations Starting
on Sunday. Nov 2 -I. at
Harpos Blue Note. 211
Washington St . the open
mike will be available for
coinedians-to-bo from Hilt)
to 10 to p m Admission is
S2, and no one under the age
of 21 will lie admitted
'Tin doing this to help
soinelxxiv find out that the\
like comedy." s.iid Brett
Hurlirnunn, the show's or
gnnizer
Hurlirnunn himself has
been doing live comedy lor
the [last two years, hut said
lie ran into his own trouble
getting people to let him per
form "When 1 was up hi
Portland, I had chances to
perform three to lour times a
week." he said "But in Eu
gene, there aren't places that
do that Even at Scandals
and The Black Angus, it
took me two years to get a
spot
Hurlimann is using this
first show as a trial. If it
breaks even, the show will
continue on a weekly basis,
starting up again in pine ary
If not, it will !>e a one-time
•hing
For the first s h o w .
Hurlimann has contacted
two comedians who will
headline tin. show The first.
Scott Malone, is from Port
land, and the second, Tony
St Claire, is from E A and
Brett Hurlimann
currently doing the Lest
Laughs i ircutt
Hot h hold 11nisrv along
with somr unannounced
guests will perform ill the
und of the show Hurhtn.mn
will open the show, and the
open-mike comedians will
take In tlic stage between the
two
"This is going to ini ono
hell of a show ." Hurllmann
said “Tony St ( lain' alone
is well worth the 5*.’ admis
sion price
•\ll interested comedians
need to contact Hurllmann
prior to the s h o w .11
445 Open mike spols
will run for fi t0 minutes,
und all interested comedians
will tie allowed to perform
Hurllmann said he sees no
need to audition comedians
"! don't have guidelines," he
said Anything that some
bod\ wants to do wt!l he d
right
"If vou have .ins kind ot
inkling whatsoever, get up
and give it .1 shut, he said
"There's nothing lik<- the
feeling of when vou do
something well There's
nothing like getting up there
end hearing people i.iugii
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