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Stand-up in the East Village NYC & next show in LA

eastvillecomedy clubHappy Cinco de Mayo everyone…hope you’re having an awesome day!

I’m looking forward to returning to NYC next week and will be performing at the EastVille Comedy Club on 85 E. 4th Street next Tuesday, May 12th starting at 6p.  My next LA show will be at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank on Saturday, May 23rd from 7:30-9p in the YooHoo Room.

Good stuff all around as I continue to write new Stand-up material and learn that just because you have a great Topic and a Premise, doesn’t mean you’ll have a great joke. Thus the need to keep re-working your material again and again, once you’ve tried it in public.

Like I did at my recent Flappers show on April 24th. It’s always a rush when you get when you get up on stage, plus you learn a lot about what jokes are working as well as get accustomed to both hot and cold audiences. Quite a journey, and one that gets better with each performance.

Keep believing you can & sit tall in the saddle. And don’t forget your daily workout! Peace – R

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Tola Talks Dakota Johnson’s SNL skit & Will Smith’s Focus

Tola Talks about the luckiest man alive who survived free falling unconscious at 4,000 feet, plus all the furor over SNL’s skit with Dakota Johnson heading off to join ISIS and a RIP tribute to Leonard Nimoy, aka Mr. Spock. It’s also Movie Monday so check-out my review of Will Smith’s new film, Focus…with some talk about my return to stand-up comedy tomorrow night in LA.

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Tola Talks Teenage Brawls at the Mall & Female Bishops

Tola Talks about 1,000 teenage girls fighting at the Mall, child pornography downloaded at Starbucks, and the 1st female Episcopal Bishop kills a man on his bicycle and fees the scene (returning 20 minutes later). On Movie Monday, Rich also reviews two films: The Gambler starring Mark Wahlberg and John Goodman, and Unbroken directed by Angelina Jolie.

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Tola Talks Mickey Rourke & the Top 10 Searches on Google

Tola Talks about Mickey Rourke & Sylvester Stallone, the 17 year-old High School student making $72 million trading stocks at lunch, prison breaks in 1962 from San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island, and the Get Your S#!T Together Award is a tie between upscale mink coat thieves and the retailer who let it happen. On Top 10 Tuesday, Rich also give us the Top 10 Searches on Google for 2014.  Weekdays on youtube.com/tolatalks. All social: @richtola