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performances. Good point. I clearly don’t mind being a judgmental
asshole. I should share more of that. Would God have given me this gift if he
didn’t want me to share it? So were
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Don Jamieson – New Hope Cinema Grill
March 15th, 2014
I first became familiar with Don Jamieson from VH1’s That
Metal Show. For those who don’t know,
he, along with fellow comedian Jim Florentine and radio show host Eddie Trunk, is one of the hosts. I must confess to
be a tad addicted to this show. Even
though they’ve never addressed one of my complaints about the show (Stop
staging Stump the Trunk questions around the shows guests for one) I never miss
an episode. So when I heard Don Jamieson
was coming to MN, as a fan, I knew I had to go.
I used it as an excuse to take my wife out but the reality is if someone
told me he was at Como Park playing Frisbee with his dog I would’ve gone and
watched that.
I should say that I don’t go to many comedy shows. It’s not that I don’t enjoy them. There just aren’t many that I know enough of
to make a point of going. And here I
was. All fired up because a comedian
who’s act I have no familiarity with was coming to town. Confession.
I was a little worried he wouldn’t be funny which might then ruin my
relationship with his show. If he wasn’t
funny then maybe Jim Florentine isn’t either.
Would they then be just a couple of losers who like black t shirts? But I was willing to risk it. I also didn’t do any youtube or google
searching on his act because I didn’t want to go in knowing anything about his
show. I’ve already experienced enough
things for the first time with my hand.
Not tonight though. Tonight! I was a Don Jamieson virgin.
So, wife in tow. Off
to New Hope we go. One thing us in
flyover country have grown weary of is the half assed effort from our
entertainers. Ecspecially from the New
York area (Mr. Jamieson is a proud New Jersian.
Jerseyian? He’s from
Jersey.) But not DJ. (I can call him that. We’re buddies now.) To my personal delight a large part of his
show revolved around hard rock and metal.
This may not be the type of material that would fill Madison Square
Garden but it fucking should. Don’t ya
think?
(It’s been brought to my attention by Mr. Jamieson’s people
that it is not ok to call him DJ and in no way are him and I “buddies”)
I think a big part of his act is his delivery. I know you can say that about all comics but
I think it really comes home with Don’s act.
There was an interaction with the crowd he kept going back to. There was gentlemen he called Big Guy (He was
big) who was on a first date. At one
point going back DJ (sue me) wanted to confirm that “Big Guy” did indeed want
to fuck his date for the evening. His delivery followed by an
expressive stare all but guaranteed “Big Guy” was either going to get laid that
night or he was on his first and last date with the lady he met online.
There were jokes about Croc’s, Whitney Houston, Dicks, Farts
and KISS. He even managed to add a local
touch to his routine with a racially tinged reference about Brooklyn Park. Gotta give it to a guy willing to do some
homework right? He was offensive, sexist
and a tad bigoted. But in a loveable
way. We’d all get along better if we
didn’t take ourselves so seriously.
After the show he took pictures with fans, signed copies of his CD’s and
was exactly the guy you see on TMS. Oh
and the best part? Outside of Don I may
have been the skinniest dude in the place.
Thanks Don. Next time maybe we
can hang out.
For more info on Don check out the following links.
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