You may or may not be wondering just what goes on inside the head of a comedian. In my personal experience it can be both a dark and scary place; or a colorful and hilarious new page on which to draw from. As luck would have it, today we found a happy place.
I’m sitting here with up and coming comic, Christy Eidson, from Millersville Tennesse, who also happens to be a personal friend. Christy is 35 but if anyone asks she’s 27, pasty white don’t crack. She’s been doing Comedy for 7 years now and was influenced by Eddie Murphy, Andy Kaufman, Bill Cosby, and SNL. Plenty more but I won’t list them all.
So let’s get down to it…
Do you have anything special that helps you prepare for a show?
I do. I have a preshow ceremonial fart. It’s a tradition that I started a while ago.
Most women wouldn’t admit that, do you think that hurts your numbers at the club?
Not a bit.
How does being a female affect your comedy?
I don’t think of myself as female comic. I don’t know why we separate male and female comedians. Can’t we all just be equal? My material isn’t female oriented. The main selling point of comedy is connecting with the audience. I’ve done well with all types of crowds.
Your accent clearly gives you away as being from the South. How does that play into your act?
People from the south are different, we say what we mean. We live in a society where everyone is trying to be Politically correct. I’m proud of where I’m from. I won’t try to offend anyone on purpose but when I’ve got something to say, it’s going to get said.
You and I share a favorite club, care to comment?
Yes, the Improv. There’s a couple of reasons for me. It has the best atmosphere, best name, best reputation, and it seems like the audience is always rooting for you. I also like when the Celebrity comics come in unannounced. Just tonight, Joe Roegan and Nick Swardson stopped in and had the crowd rolling with some great stuff.
Just for you, what are some pros and cons of being a comic?
Well, I love the instant gratification. Making an audience of unknown people laugh is indescribable. It’s like a really good drug that you can take over and over again, without any bad side effects. On the other hand it’s a tough road. I think of comedy as a really long college program. You think that you’ll never graduate and most of the tests just don’t make sense. You just have to keep plugging away.
Not the club, but Improv itself is really in right now. Whats your take on it.
I wouldn’t say I’m particularly good at it. But it’s definitely a valuable tool to have. One of my best shows ever I only did about three minutes of material. Some girl’s cell phone rang and I totally called her out on it. The audience loved it. Then some guy in the back of the room spilled his drink and I called him out too. The rest of my set was just me improving off those things and the crowd went for it.
What’s the worst show you ever had?
I walked out on stage one night and there was only one man sitting in the audience. I tried not to let it get to me and treat him like a bigger audience, but that was pretty rough.
Ok final thoughts. What does the future of stand up hold for you, and in general.
Hmmm, (pondering). For me personally, I just want to start getting paid more. With the Internet and Myspace, self promotion is becoming a lot easier. It’s good because people all over the world can get exposed to it. However, there’s a lot of people who think that they’re funny and are making it difficult for the rest of us. I think society as a whole is trying to be way to PC. In the end that will come back to bite us, if it hasn’t already. Stop worrying about hurting every little group or organizations feelings. You can’t keep track of them all, so stop trying. I also believe that since parents have stopped spanking their kids trouble has tripled. These kids today are just out of control. When you were whupping your kid, ADD didn’t exist. Now don’t hear me wrong. I’m not saying it’s ok to beat your children. But if the little suckers are acting stupid don’t be afraid to Karate chop’em in the throat. Trust me, they’ll stop misbehaving so much.
There you have it folks, Christy Eidson says it’s ok to spank your kids.
Damn right.
If you would like to hear more from Christy or just want to drop her a line. You can reach her out at christyeidson.com or check her out on MySpace
Just for the record, this interview took place right before Christy went on stage. Also for the record, she killed em.
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1 ME // Dec 20, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Sounds like a comedienne after my own heart… but that’s to be expected….. people from TN rock!!
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