Late Nite Curiosities

I'm doing Art House's Late Nite Curiosities Halloween show. I'm super excited about. I'm going to do a Sarah Palin/Baby Trig circus act. I'm trying to make it as distasteful as possible. It will, after all, probably be the last time I'll be able to be Sarah Palin, since she fade away back to obscurity.

But I will miss her. She's like the new Britney Spears, the new train wreck. I'll miss all the stories about her newest ethic's probes and mishandling of money and clotches, her ramblings about issues that she absolutely can't comprehend. Sometimes she just makes things up, like her explanation of Barack Obama's socialism, when she said that there would be no ownership under his presidency.

I will also miss the overt racism at her rallies. And I will miss the baby on her shoulder. But most of all, I will miss her bitchy attitude when reporters ask her questions.

Good bye, Sarah. You were fun.

Ghost huntin' around the Square

So I went ghost hunting tonight, and almost got hit by car shrapnel under the turnpike. People should stop drunk driving if they want less ghosts.

There was an accident right as we were coming down the hill and walking under the turnpike. It sounded like the car hit the side and kept going. Some of us saw sparks. We all ran because we thought we were going to get crushed, except for Kerri Pussy Knife, who stopped dead in her tracks, frozen with fear, clutchin Erin, who was trying to flee, and could not fight off Kerri Pussy Knife's powerful grip. I'm glad that they didn't get crushed.

The homeless guy under the turnpike didn't seem to notice.

What's the Exchange Place?

This is the new old video. I shot it the same day as the Pride Festival, but I had to split the idea up into two because it didn't work together.


Hey! It's Jersey City. What's the Exchange Place? from Melissa Surach on Vimeo.

Mini midwest tour

So I'm going to the midwest for a few days in December and I was wondering if you or your midwestern friend would like to book me at your show. I can do stand up or read humorous essays and I'll do any show any where.

I'll probably be visiting Ann Arbor, Chicago, Madison and Minneapolis. I don't know where else yet. I haven't really planned it.

Thanks!
Melissa

I'm a Jersey City treasure!

I posted my video on JC List and all of the reviews that printed were very nice and someone even called me a Jersey City Treasure. It's true! See here!

That's even nicer than when Another Man's Treasure called me "Jersey City's Comedic Sensation" in a pamphlet to get people to go to a reading I did there.

I used to say, "Thanks, Jersey City," sarcastically in response to getting attacked on stage when I used to host the Waterbug. But now I will mean it when I say it.

And yes, I will be starting a petition to force City Hall to give me an award.

Since I got over 200 hits on one of the videos in like, a day, I made a new Outtake and I'll do another one from the Pride Festival as background about Exchange Place today.

I have video of an interview I did with Steve Fulop, but the tape that has the primary audio is messed up and won't capture. I hope I can salvage it. It was a good one.

For now, I'm only working on the "Hey! It's Jersey City." event guide when an event happens. In the future I hope to do more of the travel guide (they didn't seem to mesh well when I tried it earlier). The travel thing will have to be more planned out. In the meantime, I'm going to focus on sketches that don't necessarily have to do with Jersey City.

If you notices that my website is featured on the videos and that it doesn't work, it's because I need to reformat it and I am terrible at web stuff. It should be up by next week.

Groove on Grove Outtake

This is an outtake from my interview with The House of Leaves from the Groove on Grove episode.


Hey! It's Jersey City. Outtake from Groove on Grove. from Melissa Surach on Vimeo.

Groove on Grove video

Hey! It's Jersey City. Groove on Grove. from Melissa Surach on Vimeo.