50 Shows with 50 Guests from 50 States is The Comedy Point’s Moto for 2010! Since we started so strong and managed to cover a lot of ground over the first month, this week we did not venture into new states. But I can honestly say tonight, I had a lot of fun, enjoyed myself and it was our 5th consecutive good show in a row. In 2009, our 1st season of The Comedy Point, our shows were in consistent from week to week. But all of those kinks were worked out within the 18 shows of Season 1 in 2009. Mark Viera, “The Latin Prince of Comedy,” made for a great in studio guest giving off great energy and blending well with the cast of The Comedy Point.

Mark Viera will be performing along with the other Top Dogs of Comedy at The Brooklyn Academy of Music on February 12th. But what’s great about Mark, was that the minute he walked into the studio, it was evident he was there to have fun first and promote his shows a distant second. So many of our fans that listen to The Comedy Point every week, told us how much they enjoyed hearing Mark in studio. Mark also interacted very well with our call in guests, and certainly added a bit of his Bronx-born Latin flavor to the show.

Comedian Mark Viera of The Top Dogs of Comedy

Closing out the 1st hour was comedian John Van Brunt, who was featured on Soul Joel Productions show in Red Bank, NJ at River’s Edge on January 28th. It was the 3rd SJP show for Van Brunt, who was calling in while still on the clock for his day job. This is where having Mark Viera in studio made situations like John callling in from work, even funnier. Rich Shultis, my co-host, and I had to pull away from the microphone we were laughing so hard. John knew how to bust back and make light of the situation. Some people would have thought we were serious, but it’s all in good fun and making the show better for our listeners.

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From Grandma to Maddog Mattern, everyone was hitting on all cylinders. Plus we had Susan Nesto, our super fan from Uniontown, call in to challenge Rich in sports.

Wrapping up the show was our good friends Dan and Steve en route to San Diego, as they roller blade across America while raising money for their respective charities. For more information go to their website at http://www.inmotionforamillion.org

Plus, big thanks to Soul Joel Productions biggest support Frank Goodell for making the trip up from Staten Island and hanging in studio. It was a lot of fun.

The show will be uploaded and ready to for your listening pleasure by Wednesday afternoon. Thank you all for your continued support, as we strive for bigger and better things in 2010!

Tuesday night January 19th was our 3rd show of Season 2 of The Comedy Point and our 3rd consecutive good show in a row. What defines a good show? It’s hard to critique your own show, but As Rich Shultis will say, “I have to listen to the show first before I give my honest feedback on tonight’s show!” The Comedy Point crew is starting to build great chemistry and comfort level among myself, Rich and Eric. With the momentum in our favor, 2010 is looking to be a year of nothing but accomplishments.

Throughout season 1 From September 1st to December 29th 2009, we seemed to average a great show every other week. But we never seemed to nail it on back to back basis. It is the first time having my own legitimate radio show along with Rich and Eric, not to mention we are only live on air for 2 hours per week. Radio shows that air daily average 20 shows per month, where as, we just completed our 21st show total. The entire process is a learning curve, but it has been a fun ride thus far.

Since our regular voices including Maddog Mattern are all males, we have tried to have a female guest in studio to balance things out and counter anything Rich may say! That being said, Janet Arneau made for a fun guest this past Tuesday. She’s a very positive person, who can be unintentionally funny, which caught everyone off guard. When asked during a football discussion which team she was a fan of, Janet responded, “The Yankess!” Indeed. But Maddog wasn’t going to let her off that easy as he interjected, “What’s going on in that studio?”

Tuesday night was also a night of firsts while interviewing Jim Pate of First Laughs Entertainment. Jim, along with Mike Smart, run a bunch of shows in Northern Virginia. Just before I was going to ask him to plug the shows this weekend that Yannis Pappas and I will be performing at, Jim stopped the interview mid sentence, “Joel, I gotta go a cop is at my window and I’m pulled over on the side of the road.” I’m pretty certain that has never happened in the history of interviews, but it certainly made for great radio. Jim ended up calling back and everything was ok.

Head writer for The Comedy Point, Burak Uzun, added a new segment, “The Reviews.” During this segment Grandma and Eric Miller, will both review short film or clip and give us their feedback. In the end, it will be determined whether the chosen film will become a, “Comedy Point Instant Classic.” Grandma was really funny this week, especially when she closed by telling Janet, “I’m Joel’s Grandma!” Priceless.

From all of us at The Comedy Point, I want to thank you for your continued support, whether you listen in live or on our podcast. We could not do this without each and every one of you. In 2010, we will feature 50 shows with 50 guests from 50 states. So if you know of a someone who would like to be a guest on the show, shoot as an email at thecomedypoint@gmail.com!