Agents for Female Comics?
Laphboy
comedy from people all over the world (have I thanked you lately for handing me
the FAQ, Silberberg?)...
I received a recent note from a manager in the UK who wants information on
the main agents in the US for female comics, leaning towards representation and
possible sitcom dealings.
So who, in your opinion as a female standup, would you most like to sign
with, or have representing you in industry meetings?
Do any female ACSers have stories, good or bad, that they would like to
share with the rest of the class...?
Thanks in advance...
steve gelder
http://www.stevegelder.com
Questions about comedy? Check the FAQ first!
http://members.aol.com/comedyfaq/faq.html
Ms Fny Mny
>the main agents in the US for female comics, leaning towards representation
>and
>possible sitcom dealings.
As a partner in Power Entertainment, we have had a great deal of success with
female talent.
We represent Debi Guiterrez, who has a pilot deal with CastleRock/Warner
Brothers at NBC for her own show, with the showrunner from Darma & Greg.
We also have Darlene Hunt, who is one of the most in demand commerical actors,
as well as booking numerous guest star roles.
And we also have Tracy Smith, who we just recently started working with who is
getting ready for the Tonight Show, and who we are working on getting ready for
this year's development season. And last but not least, we just signed Jill
Benjamin from Chicago, who is Boom Chicago alumni and just moved to LA, after
critical reviews in Hiccups and Pickups.
All of this said, we are not agents, but managers with a production deal. But
are always looking for new talent, female or otherwise. If not to manage, but
to produce for.
Hope this helps,
Judi
Will Everett
> As keeper of the FAQ, (SNIP) So who, in your opinion as a female standup,
> would you most like to sign with, or have representing you in industry meetings?
If there is nothing worse than a bad female standup, it is a bad female standup's
agent.
-Will Everett
Laphboy
(snipping the impressive list of Power Entertainment acomicplishments for the
ladies...)
>Hope this helps,
>Judi
Hey, Judi!
Yes, it does - with your permission, I'm going to forward this on.
As always, thanks for participating in the conversation and providing so
much good information when asked...
...and I've not seen Tracy Smith live, but from what I've seen of her on a
couple of TV spots, she's very funny. Please let me know when her Tonight Show
set is if you have the date handy...
P & E (Posted & Emailed - all the cool kids are doing it!)
kinetic
"Ms Fny Mny" <msfn...@aol.comspamnomo> wrote in message
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> > I received a recent note from a manager in the UK who wants information
on
> >the main agents in the US for female comics, leaning towards
representation
> >and
> >possible sitcom dealings.
>
> As a partner in Power Entertainment, we have had a great deal of success
with
> female talent.
> We represent Debi Guiterrez, who has a pilot deal with CastleRock/Warner
> Brothers at NBC for her own show, with the showrunner from Darma & Greg.
> We also have Darlene Hunt, who is one of the most in demand commerical
actors,
> as well as booking numerous guest star roles.
> And we also have Tracy Smith,
Canuck?
~ Jamie West
jody
Love ya,
Jody
Betharini
>If there is nothing worse than a bad female standup, it is a bad female
>standup's
>agent.
>
Yeah, and they're laughing all the way to the bank Will.
Betharini
cat...@rocketmail.com
last ten years or so. Most reputable agents will have a full "stable"
of folks, male/female/mix. There are a two agents I know who ONLY book
women. Both are in San Francisco, and both only book certain events.
What I have seen is that most "agencies" don't want to book comics who
are only comics, whether they are male, female or other. To be
marketable in the eyes of the agencies, and as Judi has pointed out,
acting or another talent is really a selling point. In my case, it's
radio. And, even as your contact requested.... they want to market
comediennes to pilot seasons and sitcoms. Your acting chops have got
to be polished, or at least be in the trainable stages.
I have seen agents in England, and have even spoken with Bound & Gagged
Comedy... they have a lot more men than women on their roster, but even
there it's changing alot.
(http://www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com/index1.htm)
two cents...
CatheB
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Grant
Brown...but seriously, I was going to joke about then I saw your post Judi.
>And last but not least, we just signed Jill
>Benjamin from Chicago, who is Boom Chicago alumni and just moved to LA, after
>critical reviews in Hiccups and Pickups.
JILL BENJAMIN ROCKS! Jill is absolutely brilliant and a really great person.
I am glad she is with you guys, just sad that Europe has lost her.
Wish her well from me, but she probably won't remember me.
Grant
JakiSue
>standup's
>agent.
>
>-Will Everett
how about a THOUSAND wiggly male comics. is that worse? I think so.
jackie kashian
Will Everett
Beth?
The West Bank? Hey! Remember that thread where someone posted something
Jerry Lewis said about lady comics and everybody got all mad and stuff? And
remember who stuck up for women? No, of course you don't, that would mean
paying attention.
-Will "Now intentionally never shutting up" Everett
Will Everett
> how about a THOUSAND wiggly male comics. is that worse? I think so.
Only if you slice them thin enough.
-Will Everett
Tim Mitchell
I thank God I have a wife who will slap the shit out of me at the first
sign of wiggliness. (And friends like Jackie and Mo, who would if she
weren't around to do it.)
"Are you a musical act?"
--Hope Colt, crashing at my place and noticing guitars and stuff all
over the place. None of which have been on stage since the early '90s,
before I was doing comedy.
--Tim Mitchell
JakiSue
>
>Beth?
>
>The West Bank? Hey!
>-Will "Now intentionally never shutting up" Everett
New club on the Gaza STrip in Minneapolis. They serve falafel!
jk
Jeff Hawkins
> We also have Darlene Hunt, who is one of the most in demand
commerical actors,
Done stuff at Second City LA with Darlene. Also saw her show at HBO
workspace. Quirky, funny.
Not that my words mean shit.
--
Jeff Hawkins
Ms Fny Mny
>
>Canuck?
>
Canuck...........yes that Canadian Tracy Smith.
Ms Fny Mny
>
>Wish her well from me, but she probably won't remember me.
>
>
>Grant
Will be happy to. She is setting LA on fire after only being in town two weeks.
Your regards are on the way.
Judi
Ms Fny Mny
>
>> We also have Darlene Hunt, who is one of the most in demand
>commerical actors,
>
>Done stuff at Second City LA with Darlene. Also saw her show at HBO
>workspace. Quirky, funny.
>
>Not that my words mean shit.
>--
>Jeff Hawkins
Your words and everyone elses mean alot. Thanks to you and everyone else for
the positive reinforcement of my taste in female comedic talent.
Judi
Betharini
>The West Bank? Hey! Remember that thread where someone posted something
>Jerry Lewis said about lady comics and everybody got all mad and stuff? And
>remember who stuck up for women? No, of course you don't, that would mean
>paying attention.
>
Hey, I get insulted by so many male "wiggly" comics these days, I can't keep up
anymore and get them straight.So I'm touchy. No, I didn't see your post, I only
read 1 of 30 posts these days.Been too busy hanging out with my Agent. (not
really).
Betharini
Mark Saltveit
and other heavy hitters?
If that's her, she was hilarious. (IMHO)
Mark
"Ms Fny Mny" <msfn...@aol.comspamnomo> wrote in message
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Dan Kaufman
>"Are you a musical act?"
> --Hope Colt, crashing at my place and noticing guitars and stuff all
> over the place.
Hope Colt???
Hope was always crashing at someone's place. I'll bet she hasn't paid rent in a decade. When I was just starting out
in comedy, just an open-micer, Hope moved into town, crashed with someone (natch) and somehow took over two of the open
mics. Then a few months later she was gone, never to be seen or heard from again.
What do you know? Where has she been? What has she been up to?
Dish, please.
dk
Dan Kaufman
mean to be mean to Hope. She was pretty nice to me when she was here, very encouraging and complimentary when i was
still pretty rough around the edges.
"Dan Kaufman" <com...@att.net> wrote
> Hope Colt??? [cattiness cut]...
Susanna Lee
>how about a THOUSAND wiggly male comics. is that worse? I think so.
*Amen, sister.
-Susanna Lee
www.susannalee.com
JakiSue
I worked with a guy not long ago; JUST successful enough to buy a high horse.
"oh, icarus" I wanted to say.
jk
Heatplate
"JakiSue" <jak...@aol.com> wrote in
> how about a THOUSAND wiggly male comics. is that worse? I think so.
>
So what is 'wiggly?' I guess it means 'not very good' or so-so, but is it
more precise than that?
L
Tim Mitchell
Funny thing is that as soon as I dropped the phrase "wiggly comic" in
here, a lot of Americans knew what I meant right away.
The wacky, pacing-the-stage, well, WIGGLY style of comedy.
To put it in terms of older comics:
Steve Martin, wiggly
Bill Hicks, not wiggly
Robin Williams, scary wiggly
Stephen Wright, scary not wiggly
--Tim Mitchell
JakiSue
Now Tim, the only thing is that ALL of those comics (wiggly and non wiggly that
you mentioned) are funny. I don't believe the steph term "wiggly" (as I
understood it) was a compliment.
I have seen high energy comics that are funny. The NEW wiggly comics I mention
are of the same genre of the SHOUTING comics. They are usually the same person.
If you are saying something funny, you don't have to jump around and wiggle at
me to keep my attention. IF that's your gig, and you feel you must (a la Elvis)
- say the funny thing loud with a lot o' emphasis - do your thang. But if funny
isn't coming out of your mouth, wiggling at the audience isn't gonna save your
ass (in my opinion).
jk
SUZY SORO
The girl we used to use to be our opening act in Single, Married & Divorced in
the late 90's. We all had our picture painted on the wall of the Augusta Comedy
House Theatre, which is now torn down. Hopefully not a harbinger for any of us
and just karma catching up with Aubrey.
Tracy always did a great job opening, which in our show meant you had to kill
because we only hired headliners to open. Leslie and I couldn't be happier for
her and any success she has come her way. She deserves it all.
Suzy Soro
To my knowledge, and yes, this is the same Tracy that got a few e-mails from
Steve D., blew him off after getting weird vibes, and then blamed me for weeks
Heatplate
"Tim Mitchell" <s...@graphicacts.com> wrote in message
> Steve Martin, wiggly
> Bill Hicks, not wiggly
> Robin Williams, scary wiggly
> Stephen Wright, scary not wiggly
Gotcha. Makes sense, coz I was thinking it was some sorta peculiarly U.S.
phrase. It's only YOURS, which means yep, I get it.
L
Heatplate
"JakiSue" <jak...@aol.com> wrote in message
> I have seen high energy comics that are funny. The NEW wiggly comics I
mention
> are of the same genre of the SHOUTING comics. They are usually the same
person.
> If you are saying something funny, you don't have to jump around and
wiggle at
> me to keep my attention. IF that's your gig, and you feel you must (a la
Elvis)
> - say the funny thing loud with a lot o' emphasis - do your thang. But if
funny
> isn't coming out of your mouth, wiggling at the audience isn't gonna save
your
> ass (in my opinion).
>
> jk
Mmm, well I get that explanation more better-er. I like it more better-er,
too.
L
Tim Mitchell
[snip]
> Now Tim, the only thing is that ALL of those comics (wiggly and non wiggly that
> you mentioned) are funny. I don't believe the steph term "wiggly" (as I
> understood it) was a compliment.
>
> I have seen high energy comics that are funny. The NEW wiggly comics I mention
> are of the same genre of the SHOUTING comics. They are usually the same person.
> If you are saying something funny, you don't have to jump around and wiggle at
> me to keep my attention. IF that's your gig, and you feel you must (a la Elvis)
> - say the funny thing loud with a lot o' emphasis - do your thang. But if funny
> isn't coming out of your mouth, wiggling at the audience isn't gonna save your
> ass (in my opinion).
>
> jk
Well, yeah. We don't use "wiggly" as a compliment. But there are new
wiggly comics that are still funny. Just not many.
You get it, I was just trying to describe the genre to Linda.
--Tim Mitchell
Baldwiny
>To my knowledge, and yes, this is the same Tracy that got a few e-mails from
>Steve D., blew him off after getting weird vibes, and then blamed me for
>weeks
All I remember is that we didn't seem have much to talk about and stopped
e-mailing each other. But if I hadn't found her name in one of Suzy's posts, I
wouldn't have found ACS when I did.
So thanks Suzy ... it's all your fault I'm here and you have me killfiled.
Hope you're feeling better.
Steve
Baldwiny
>> Steve Martin, wiggly
>> Bill Hicks, not wiggly
>> Robin Williams, scary wiggly
>> Stephen Wright, scary not wiggly
Or in more personal terms:
Rob Little, wiggly
Dave Little, not wiggly
Steve
Father Luke
Tracy that got a few e-mails from
Steve D., blew him off ....
.... thanks Suzy
Steve
======\\=======
Uh ....kewl. Someone said blew him. Heh Heh.
Father Luke
Grant
>The wacky, pacing-the-stage, well, WIGGLY style of comedy.
Cool, I was trying describe that the other night. I knew there must have been a
word for it.
Don't mind the pacing Hicks style, just don't like the guys who come over like
they have some sort of nervous condition.
Grant
Princess Normal
> >The wacky, pacing-the-stage, well, WIGGLY style of comedy.
> Don't mind the pacing Hicks style, just don't like the guys who come over
like
> they have some sort of nervous condition.
heh
and now a comment from lovedavelittle's favourite human,
Rob?
heh
heh
no really, heh
her xx
--
[The Boss Of Stirring]
coming soon...
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kinetic
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> >
> >Canuck?
> >
>
> Canuck...........yes that Canadian Tracy Smith.
First comic to ever tell me, "Hey, Mr. nobody amateur, you don't suck -
wanna be my opening act?" (Or something similar). She probably doesn't
remember, but it was nice of her just the same.
~ Jamie West
kinetic
> Well, yeah. We don't use "wiggly" as a compliment. But there are new
> wiggly comics that are still funny. Just not many.
>
> You get it, I was just trying to describe the genre to Linda.
>
> --Tim Mitchell
I used to know a guy we called "Wiggly" (It was his last name). Anyway, if
this guy was an X-man, his mutant power would be the ability to pick up the
ugliest, most-disfigured women in the world. He lived in a boarding house
with one of my friends when I was in college, and I was amazed at the number
of stories he had - it was insane! Here's a few examples:
One girl was missing an ear.
One girl had chest hair - lots of it and very long.
One girl was so large, and unattractive that at first Wiggly was afraid that
she was a man. After checking her "bits", he couldn't believe he had slept
with her - she was (apparently) repulsive. So, he slept with her again that
morning.
Man he was great!
~ Jamie West
JakiSue
hee hee. it's just fun to write. (tho it don't make him funny)
jk
Patricia Waits
> Anybody know Homer Noodleman?
>
I believe he was written out halfway thru the first season of the
Simpsons. If I recall, Flanders killed him with a compound bow.
PW
--
Sig lines: they annoy Dan Kaufman.
What more reson do you need?
jody
Jody
JakiSue
>>
>I believe he was written out halfway thru the first season of the
>Simpsons. If I recall, Flanders killed him with a compound bow.
>
>PW
Compound Bow! H@@@@! Made me laugh. thank you.
jackie
Romhell
>> Anybody know Homer Noodleman?
Holy shit, I never thought I'd see that name again. Worked with Noodleman a few
years back on a really crappy cruise ship. He was their in house entertainer
and would even fill in as cruise director. He's one of those guys you have to
see to believe. Does really old jokes, plays 4 or 5 instruments, wears
costumes, anything for a laugh. He does over an hour and then does more shit in
the hallways as people walk by. He should move to Vegas. He could be another
Cook E. Jarr.
Heatplate
"Romhell" <rom...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >JakiSue wrote:
> >> Anybody know Homer Noodleman?
>
> Holy shit, I never thought I'd see that name again. Worked with Noodleman
a few
> years back on a really crappy cruise ship.
Uh-huh, yup, we're all thrilled. Everybody else thrilled? Thought so.
L
(...well? it's what YOU do all the time.)