Another good one!

Air Tabigue presents “COMEDY IN THE AIR”.

Air assembles a night of non-stop laughter (with comedians from MADTV, The Tyra Banks Show and more)(including special guests from L.A. and Canada)

When: Monday November 16, 2009
Time: doors open 6pm….show starts 6:30 pm
Where: LAUGH LOUNGE NYC
Price: 10.00 (entrance)…Plus 2 drink min

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED: either call club 212-614-2500 or email airlaughs@gmail.com (either way: leave name and specify # of people attending)

Subway:
Take the F train to Delancey Street or the J, M or Z trains to Essex Street. Walk north on Essex 1 block past Rivington Street.

Who’s on the Show:

Brian Jian (Host) Brian Jian lives in Manhattan and performs all over New York City. He recently made the semi-finals of NBC’s Stand Up For Diversity’s Showcase

Ali Wong - Ali moved to New York 7 months ago, and has already created a heavy buzz in the stand-up comedy scene. She was SF Weekly’s choice for “Best Comedian of 2009″ and winner of the prestigious SF Bay Guardian “Best of the Bay 2009″ award.

Dan Ramos - Dan has been doing comedy all over Canada. He is the producer, writer and actor of a 30 minute sketch show on Filipino Television called “RIOT”. During his spare time, he likes combing mustache, auditioning for commercials and make his parents worry about his future

Danny Cho – L.A. Comedian Danny Cho has been seen on Fox’s MADTV. He also continues to perform at colleges and clubs all over the country.

Jamaal Sedayao – returning from his debut at Laughs for Literacy, Jamaal is an up and comedian from Queens, NY. Besides stand-up comedy, he regularly trains and performs improv comedy around NYC.

Air Tabigue – producer of “Comedy in the Air”, he has also hosted Asian America on PBS and is a Laugh Lounge regular.

Bobby Johnson - Bobby is one of the hottest comedians to burst onto the New York scene. He entertains audiences on “The Tyra Banks Show,” and FOX TV’s, “Morning Show with Mike and Juliet.” Bobby can also be heard daily on top NYC radio station 98.7 KISS FM’s morning show

I just want to thanks everyone that came out to Laughs for Literacy. It was great show with non-stop laughter! Seriously, i never heard a break of laughter from the audience. All for a good cause! We raised over Five Hundred dollars to donate to the Philippine Red Cross and we collected over 250 books!

I would like personally thank Frederick and Lorna from BKP-NY who helped me set up this event. Also special thanks to our sponsors. Birds and Fellas a really hip hair cutting salon pinoy owned by Michael Ericsson. Also thank you to Carlo and Manilla Gorilla for sponsoring the show too and making me the kewlest Krew neck shirt.(see below)

Also thank you to Ernie Pena, Jill Santiago and Richard Reyes for taking awesome pictures.

Of course I couldn’t do the show without the awesome comedians…Pete Isip (host), Jamaal Sedayao, Regie Cabico, Kevin Camia, Sheng Wang and Kevin Nadal

Click on the following links for awesome photos

LAUGHS FOR LITERACY Album 1

LAUGHS FOR LITERACY ALBUM 2

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Ok i just learned how to do this badge thing…want to see if it works LOL

Air Tabigue | Create Your Badge

Please be sure you RSVP for the Laughs For Literacy show.  It may sell out!

Show is also posted in PHilippine News!

http://www.philippinenews.com/article.php?id=5210

LAUGHS FOR LITERACY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Six Fil-Am Comedians (as seen on Comedy Central, HBO, Fox..etc) perform together on WED Oct 21 to help increase Literacy for Filipino Youth
****AND in light of recent events in the Philippines. PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED to The Philippine National Red Cross to help Flood Victims****

When: OCT 21, 2009
Time: 8:30 PM
Where: LAUGH LOUNGE NYC
Price: 10.00 (entrance)…..Plus 2 drink min

DONATE A BOOK and “ENTRANCE FEE” is REDUCED to $7.00. Proceeds to Flood Relief.

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED: either call club 212-614-2500 or email laughsforlit@gmail.com (either way: leave name and specify # of people attending…thats it)

About the Artists:

PETE ISIP (host)
Pete’s stand up comedy journey began in 2004. His comedy reflects the hardships of dealing with a Filipino family, his obsession with the gym and other great
issues in his life. He performs at the Bamboozle Music Festival Tour, at clubs and colleges all over and is
one chapter of the sketch group Savage Animal.

KEVIN NADAL
Dr. Kevin Nadal is a professor, psychologist, performer, activist, and author. He was named one of People Magazine’s hottest bachelors in 2006 and was a guest on Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor.” He is the author of the new book Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice.

AIR TABIGUE
Air is a comedian, host and producer from Long Island New York. He has been seen on NBC, FOX and has hosted Asian America on PBS. He has performed in a wide range of clubs, colleges and special events throughout the country. He also co-produces the Jammin Asian Show: New York City’s premiere monthly Asian American live comedy and variety showcase.

JAMAAL SEDAYAO
Jamaal Sedayao is an up and coming comedian from Queens, NY. Jamaal first fell in love with the art of improv comedy in his senior year of college. He now regularly trains and performs improv comedy at the Magnet Theater and Upright Citizens Brigade. He has recently performed at the Bowery Poetry Club with the improv troupe, Asian Flush.

REGIE CABICO
Regie Cabico has appeared on two seasons of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and is the first Asian American spoken word performer to take top prizes in The National Poetry Slam.
He received the 2006 NY Innovative Theater Award for Best PerformanceArt Production as part of the NY Neo-Futurists’ Too Much Light.Makes The Baby Go Blind.

KEVIN CAMIA
Kevin Camia has been seen on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham. He has performed throughout the country and was recently awarded Best Up And Coming Comic at the 2009 Rooftop Aspen Comedy Festival.

sponsored by
Birds and Fellas (www.birdsandfellas.com)
Manilla Gorilla (www.manilagorilla.com)

About main sponsor

“BKPNY, Inc. is a 100% volunteer-based nonprofit organization which collects used English children’s books for shipment to partner community libraries in the Philippines and supports community literacy programs. BKPNY, Inc. is affiliated with BKP, Inc. and BKP-Philippines. BKPNY, Inc. holds fundraising events and book drives throughout the year to support its literacy-projects.”  For more information visit www.bkpny.org

Bringing a Book?: Books should not have yellowed, missing or torn pages. Books should be culturally appropriate and relevant to Filipino children between the ages of 3-12. Encyclopedias and other teaching materials are welcome. Children’s magazines like Highlights and Crickets, as well as Reader’s
Digest and other child-friendly serial publications are also welcome.
 
Facebook invite link: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=162060541808&ref=mf
 
SUPPORT!!!

Lets first talk about the VMA. First of all KANYE has no class. He ruined Taylor’s swift shining moment. Yeah if you have an opinion keep it to yourself! Shame on you Kanye! I am never listening to any of your songs EVER EVER EVER again….umm….except for “STRONGER”..thats a pretty good jam….but other than no other songs LOL

And what’s LIL MAMA smoking? Why was she on stage? LOoked like Jay Z was scared and Alicia Keys was pissed. Go back to America’s Best Dance Crew Girl!

Speaking of ABDC. Please vote for Massive Monkees! I know Bboys been dominating the scene but my 4 year old son really really loves them. How big of a fan is he? Check out this video I taped and watch his reaction as they were sent to the bottom 2. Its so sad…so PLEASE VOTE for them this week!

Please check out this video by my good friend Jen Kwok. I love the song and it so funny. And why women should date Asian Men….HOLLA. Catch me and my son Tanner in the video. We wink together and he is in the video at the club as DJ Tanner. Also in the video are SOCE The Elemental Wizard, Phil Nee and The B-boy crew PART TIME MODELS, and other asian american male artists in NY.

Im so proud of Jen, I’ve worked with her on many shows and from when she first started the comedy game and its great to see one of my friends come this far.  You go Jen

Here’s a pic of Jen and I hosting the Asian Pacific Heritage Fesitival this year.

I know its been a while since posting.  Been busy…actually VERY VERY busy.  I would like to invite everyone to my next show coming up this Tuesday.  Its gonna be awesome!  Im joined in stage with some amazing talent.  Its sponsored by Oriented.com too.  For information…email jammintix@gmail.com

Jammin’ Asian is New York City’s premiere Asian American live comedy and variety showcase

When: Sept 8 @ 8pm
Where: Laugh Lounge
Price: 10.00 plus 2 drink minimum
Reduced entrance fee for ORIENTED members: 7.00 (email jammintix@gmail.com for details)

Coming to the stage on Sept 8 will be Burt Paseos, Joe Navarez, Air Tabigue, Danny Katz, Ali Wong…and MASTER LEE

See full Bios below:

BURT PASEOS (host)
Burt has appeared on the Bravo Channel and Comedy Central. He is a veteran of the stage who is lives in Los Angeles and is working on many projects “in development.” He is making a rare return to New York City

AIR TABIGUE
Air Tabigue is a producer, host and stand up comedian from Long Island New York. His unique comedy style and animated stage presence, has made him into one of the fastest rising Filipino-American Comedians on the east coast. He performs regularly Clubs and Colleges throughout New York. He is also the co-producer of the Jammin Asian Variety Show.

JOE NARVAEZ
Joe Narvaez has emerged as a very talented and refreshing new act in New York City. His sharp-tongued style of performances and quick-witted comments, have helped him make his mark on the New York Comedy scene. He also regularly performs at many New York City comedy clubs such as NY Comedy Club, Gotham Comedy Club, StandUp NY and Carolines on Broadway.

DANNY KATZ
Danny entertains audiences throughout the U.S. with unique covers, such as a folk version of Missy Elliot’s “Work It,” and his originals, which cover topics from the quirky to the hopelessly romantic. He’s also NYC’s best (and only?) gay Japanese/Jewish singer-songwriter.

ALI WONG
Ali Wong moved to New York 5 months ago, and has already created a heavy buzz in the stand-up comedy scene. She was SF Weekly’s choice for “Best Comedian of 2009″ and winner of the prestigious SF Bay Guardian “Best of the Bay 2009″ award. For more info, visit www.ALIWONG.com

MASTER LEE
William “Master” Lee is known as the Kung Fu Comic around the world. And for good reason. He delivers a powerful one-two punch of standup comedy and martial arts to every performance. He has appeared on Conan O’Brian, Showtime at the Apollo and Sesame Street.

About our sponsor: ORIENTED
ORIENTED.COM is a global network of international professionals interested in Asian business and partnerships, with more than 30,000 members worldwide. Their signature service, the ORIENTED Happy Hours, are “simultaneously” held on the last Thursday of every month in more than ten cities around the world, providing international networking opportunities and global guanxi for their members. For more info go to www.oriented.com

First of all….What up with this weather??  We had a snowstorm on Monday and now its like 70 degrees.  Weird!

Congrats to Quest Crew for winning America’s Best Dance Crew.  They did an awesome job.  However a very poor job by ABDC Pyrotechnician.  LOL…a premature blast during the awards ceremony… I bet he’s bad with women..LOL

Anyways, last week I was in San Francisco to host Asian-American Donar Program’s 2nd Annual Laugh for Lives.  The event was held at the prestigious Palace of Fine Arts Theatre with an amazing line up of comedians.  This was a very important show to me because of the cause: raising awareness for bone marrow donations within the Asian American Community.  Im glad the show got alot of people to register.  Please visit there site for more info and register yourself to be a donar..because you can save a life! www.aadp.org  

The next day I went to Wondercon in SF.  Kinda like Comiccon in NY.  Traders, Vendors, Artists.  From DC comics, to marvel, to starwars, to GI Joe…it had it all.  The characters i saw walking down were hysterical.  Some guy dressed up in full Transformers BUmblebee gear….i bet going to the bathroom is impossible.  I took some pics.  Enjoy!

Then that night I performed at The Purple Onion on Susan Alexander’s Five Funny Series.  She produces and hosts: Five Funny Females, Five Funny Friends, Five Funny Fags….and the show I was on was called Five Funny Filipinos.  Great show!  The next day I flew back into NY and we had a snow storm :(  Man I miss Cali!!

This past Friday I flew into Chicago for the 13th Annual MAFA Conference and had a great time.  What’s MAFA?  MAFA stands for Midwest Filipinos of Filipino Americans.  And they have conferences every year to To promote closer unity and cooperation amongst Filipino and Filipino Americans around the Midwest by promoting Filipino culture and Asian American awareness, coordinating meetings and events, and through further support of the MAFA organizations. (yeah I copied and pasted this…LOL)

  This was my first time in Chicago and its definitely different than new york.  Clean everything.  The Road, the streets…and  the subway…oh excuse me…I mean the CTA.  lol but I was kinda of disappointed of the weather…LOL….no wind…not even a breeze..LOL.  Everybody keeps telling me how windy it is there and I so wanted to the experience of getting blown…..LOL thats what she said!  nyuck nyuck.

ok ok …the show was at the University of Illinois.  I as very impressed how organized everything was.  I saw alot of time and effort was put into the whole event.  The crowd was really supportive and awesome!  Thank you Samantha, Patrick, Alex, Jon, EJ for inviting me and for welcoming me and putting it all together.  And thank you to all the Mid West Pinoys/Pinays for laughing :)  (add me on FACEBOOK!)  I figured out how to make a badge…lol

Ok so After the show I treated myself to a the Famous DEEP DISH Pizza at Giordanos…YUM!! (see pics below)  After stuffing my face…I started to freak out cuz I head a storm was rolling in Chicago and I had to catch the premiere of LOVE ME AGAIN…the next day.  Luckily I caught my flight.

Back in New Jersey I watched the premiere of LOVE ME AGAIN.  Starring the dream team power couple of Angel Locsin and Piolo Pascual.   The movie was presented by the good ol SCAT Productions (www.scatproductionsnyc.com), who brought the JABBAWOCKEEZ here before.  As for the movie, it was very sweet.  The whole theatre was packed with Filipinos and I enjoyed the reaction of everyone when Angel and Piolo first kissed…girls got giddy.  And when he tooks his shirt off someone screamed WOW and it was Lola that screamed it…hahaha.  The love making scene in the stable to me was kinda of funny. IT looked very romantic…but come on….wouldn’t it stink in there?  but if you got to do it…you got to do it.  LOL  But the movie was nicely written and the chemisty they have is perfect on screen.  Go see it!  Thank you Satrick and Cathy of Scat Productions for the tix…had a great time (see pics below and me sporting my MAFA shirt!)