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About 53 stand-up comedians

Christina and I went to Comic Strip Live while we were in NYC and had a blast. Some of the comics were hilarious, some were good, and a couple were average at best, but all in all it was a great evening of entertainment. The only person I recognized was Judah Friedlander from Best Week Ever on VH1. He was decent. There were almost too many comedians, we were burned out and ready to go by the end.

Worst part? The audience was pretty small, around twenty people or so, so a couple of the crappier comics thought they'd try to blame their unfunniness on the audience. Over and over again. Say something funny and we'll laugh. And stop asking us where we're from, the eight comics that came on before you already did that bit.

The tickets were only $20, but there was a two drink minimum that ended up costing us sixty bucks or so. The show started at 8:30 and we finally left at midnight and they were still going, so you get a good amount of fun for your dollar.

If anybody is headed that way or lives in NYC and is interested in going, comment and I'll mail you a ticket that'll admit two now through the end of the summer or so.

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Rangers vs. Yankees at Yankee Stadium

Not an overly exciting game, but it was definitely cool visiting Yankee Stadium for the first time.

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Twelve Angry Men on Broadway

Amazing.

I still have no urge to see any Broadway musicals, but I can definitely understand why Broadway plays are so reknowned. It was entertaining throughout and very well-acted. I'd never seen the movie, so the story was completely new to me. I'll try to rent it soon.

A couple of relatively well-known actors were in the play. John Pankow from Mad About You and James Rebhorn from Meet the Parents among other things were both really good, but the entire cast was at least their equal. Pankow definitely seemed to linger a little longer than everyone else during the curtain call.

In the most obvious statement ever, everyone needs to see a show on Broadway at least once in their lives.

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Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade

It has gotten pretty average reviews, but I'm enjoying it so far. It's not a deep game by any means, but it's a fun hack-and-slash with amazing graphics.

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The Alamo

Much better movie than the reviews are giving it credit for, but still pretty average. I'm guessing the biggest problem is that without all the overblown legends, the story is a little boring. Amazon's review calls the battle of the Alamo a bloody 13-day siege, when really it was 12 days of standing around hoping more people would show up followed by a couple of hours of fighting.

Movie was decent enough that anyone interested in the Alamo should see it. If you're not a fan of any of the actors or the story, then it's probably a movie you can skip.

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Ocean's Twelve

Ocean's Twelve was a movie I wanted to see in theaters but never got around to. It's actually a pretty good sequel, not as good as the first but watchable. It doesn't stand on it's own that well, if you haven't seen Ocean's Eleven you definitely should before watching this one.

My biggest pet peave? The whole outcome relies on the fact that they just didn't bother showing the viewer half the story.

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Revelations

Revelations is six episode mini-series on NBC about The End of Days (no, not Arnold's movie, it's about the biblical apocalypse.)

I really enjoyed the first episode, but I must admit the fact that Fred Durst is a guest star is a little worrisome.

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Breaking Benjamin - We Are Not Alone

So Cold is freaking great and the rest of the album isn't shabby either. Some of the songs are really surprising, I expected all the songs to be as hard as So Cold but there's lots of different stuff on there.

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Braves at Marlins

The season is officially under way. Go Braves.

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MLB Opening Day

I watched/listened to the first half of the Red Sox vs. Yankees. It sure is nice to have baseball back on. It's something I can sit down and not worry about rearranging my schedule to catch the entire thing.

I hope TBS is showing more Braves games this year, Major League Baseball has forced them to show more and more games on that damn Turner South network that no one gets.

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The Terminal

Surprisingly good. Tom Hanks really is good, I think I forget that sometimes. But after this and Saving Private Ryan, I'm reminded how good he really is. This may also be the only time I thought Catherine Zeta Jones was really hot.

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

I love having free movie rentals at work, it allows me to rent stuff I normally wouldn't have seen.

I've now seen all three Harry Potter movies and they're all pretty darn good. I can definitely see how come the young kids go nuts about the books and the movies. The older people who are huge fans of it still worry me a little though.

Azkaban was good, but the middle movie was the best in my opinion.

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South Park - BFF

Hilarious new South Park.

They cover Terry Schiavo and the PSP. Essentially the story says God created the PSP to find someone to command heaven's armies.

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