August 14, 2009

  • "Few people hate him!"

    My column from Friday's Asbury Park Press

    MOODY Q's
    By Ed Kaz!
    Comedy Correspondent
     
    "I thought I was funny when I was twelve." says Moody McCarthy     ,  "That peaked at twenty-five.  Then I started doing stand up and I think I'm less funny every year."   That positive attitude toward his craft has kept McCarthy in the forefront of the newest generation of comics.  Logging appearances on "Last Comic Standing" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live,"  the Syracuse native has what it takes to make it to the next level of stardom, regardless of what HE thinks.  His bio sums it up:  "Moody McCarthy: Few people hate him!"

    KAZ!:  Moody, could you please explain the origins of your wonderfully unique and enigmatic first name?   

    McCARTHY:  The real story: My older brothers made it up when we were tykes and it stuck for no apparent reason.  The fake story: I shot a man in a bar fight when I was six.

    KAZ!:  You have been an opening act for many of the greats including Wanda Sykes and Bobcat Goldthwait.  Got any opening act nightmares you'd like to share with us?

    McCARTHY:  I opened for Sommore: "The Def Jam Diva."  Me and two other white dudes were mistakenly billed on the show.  My only joke that got a laugh: "Tonight is like a camp treat:  If you want 'Smores, first you need crackers."
     
    KAZ!:  Do you remember the very first joke you ever told on stage?
     
    McCARTHY:  It was about failing out of college.  Pretty weak joke, but I still do it if I have to a long set in front of young'uns.
     
    KAZ!:  What is the worst ever comedy club restroom you've had to endure?

    McCARTHY:  The entire Lower East Side of Manhattan is one big abandoned Sunoco.
     
    KAZ!:  Addams Family or Munsters?  

    McCARTHY:  That question lacked a verb. 

    KAZ!:  What's the last thing that passes through your mind before you go on stage?

    McCARTHY:  Why didn't I avoid milk today...
     
    KAZ!:  If you weren't doing comedy, what the heck WOULD you be doing?
     
    McCARTHY:  I'd be a mediocre guitarist.

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    Have a great weekend and please remember to laugh responsibly.

    AsburyKaz@aol.com
     
    MOODY McCARTHY
    with Jerry Torres and Steve Trevelise
    Saturday
    Catch a Rising Star Princeton
    Located at the Hyatt Regency,
    102 Carnegie Center, Princeton.
    Showtimes
     7:30& 9:30pm  $19.99
    Call (609) 987-8018
    www.catcharisingstar.com
     

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