jimtews.com http://www.jimtews.com/weblog/ en Copyright 2010 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:35:26 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The Trailer For My Short Film - "My Cement" You can't see the finished product anywhere yet because I'm in the process of submitting to festivals. Keep checking back to see if I made it into any. I'll probably be doing a small screening of the movie at Bela Dubby on one of the Monday night Chucklefck shows.

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The ever-funny Ted Alexandro just confirmed that they're playing some episodes of my web-series "The Opener" at Comix in NYC. If you're in the venue for a show, keep an eye out for them.

Comix comedy club - www.comixny.com
The Opener - www.youtube.com/tewsbox

- Jim

]]> http://www.jimtews.com/weblog/2008/08/see_me_at_comix_comedy_club_in.html http://www.jimtews.com/weblog/2008/08/see_me_at_comix_comedy_club_in.html News Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:30:45 +0000 The Opener - "Sports Talk With Dom" Dom is so damn funny.

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Here's the promo:


]]> http://www.jimtews.com/weblog/2008/07/the_opener_premiers_july_11th.html http://www.jimtews.com/weblog/2008/07/the_opener_premiers_july_11th.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:57:12 +0000 2007 Boston Comedy Festival Finals

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Check out runawaybox.com or youtube.com/runawaybox

Here's the first episode, featuring myself and Marjorie Preston:

Thanks! And be sure to check my calendar for some new standup dates.

- Jim

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]]> http://www.jimtews.com/weblog/2007/10/fwd_this.html http://www.jimtews.com/weblog/2007/10/fwd_this.html Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:52:32 +0000 Thanks Boston! The Boston Festival was great. I took fifth place out of about ninety-six comics.

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]]> http://www.jimtews.com/weblog/2007/10/thanks_boston.html http://www.jimtews.com/weblog/2007/10/thanks_boston.html News Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:22:54 +0000 This Week in Tews News (Cleveland/Boston Edition) Sunday 10/7 - Opening for Last Call Cleveland at House of Blues on E. 4th St. Showtime is 9pm, doors open at eight. Five Bucks to get in.

- My Short "Designated Driver" will be screening at the Improv Asylum in Boston as part of the Boston Comedy Festival, 7pm, $15.

Monday 10/8

- I'll be doing my preliminary round for the Boston Comedy Festival at the Comedy Connection in Faniuel Hall. 7pm, $15.

Tuesday 10/9

- Drinking.

Wednesday 10/10

- Doing the "Out of Towner's Showcase" as part of the BCF at Dick's Beantown Comedy Vault at Remington's bar (in the theater district). 9pm. $15 Buy Tix Here

Thursday 10/11

- Eating.

Thursday 10/11

- Drinking and eating.

Friday 10/12

- Eating and drinking.

Saturday 10/13

- Doing the "Boston's Best" Showcase as part of the BCF at Nick's Comedy Stop (downstairs). 8:30pm, $15. (NicksComedyStop.com/Boston.htm). Call for tix.

Sunday 10/14

- Shaving.

If you're in the area, come out to a show or three.

- Jim

]]> http://www.jimtews.com/weblog/2007/10/this_week_in_tews_news_clevela.html http://www.jimtews.com/weblog/2007/10/this_week_in_tews_news_clevela.html Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:32:51 +0000 Tuesday, July 17th - Cleveland Improv

]]> http://www.jimtews.com/weblog/2007/07/tuesday_july_17th_cleveland_im_1.html http://www.jimtews.com/weblog/2007/07/tuesday_july_17th_cleveland_im_1.html News Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:43:55 +0000 Learning From Horses Learning From Horses

While we were on vacation, my girlfriend and I visited Assateague Island, which is a national park in Maryland/Virginia. If you're not familiar with it, it's known for its wild ponies. You can visit the park and see these wild ponies all over the island, it's a very cool experience.

At one point we got pretty close to a small group of ponies, probably about twenty or thirty yards away. As we watched the horses graze, we noticed that one of the ponies had something hanging from its midsection. The family standing next to us noticed it too and I heard their little boy say "Mommy, look! That horse is having a baby, I see the baby-horse's leg!"

From where we were standing, it looked as though the boy was right. It looked like what was dangling from the horse was actually the leg of a newborn foal. I thought to myself "How amazing is this? We're witnessing one of the most beautiful acts of nature, birth."

We all walked a little closer. That's when I realized that what we were seeing wasn't a mare giving birth, but rather a stallion who had an erection.

That's kind of like a metaphor for life.

When you're young you assume that everything beautiful and innocent. But as you grow older, you realize that life doesn't work that way.

Sometimes what you thought was beautiful and innocent is just a big, purple horse-boner.

]]> http://www.jimtews.com/weblog/2007/06/learning_from_horses.html http://www.jimtews.com/weblog/2007/06/learning_from_horses.html Essays about things that confuse me or hurt my feelings. Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:10:56 +0000 From The Far Back Of The Magazine Rack I did a piece for thephatphree.com. Check it out:

"From The Far Back of the Magazine Rack"

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