Josh Blue - The Fan Site

So Long, Fare Well, And All That

Josh Blue — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:45:26 -0400

Hey guys, how's tricks?

Sorry to say it's time for me to bid farewell to blogging. I started strong and wanted to be there for you, but the rest of my life keeps on keepin on. Hope you've enjoyed the witty and not-so-witty commentary.

Like the good Mr. Hull from UCP says, I'm on facebook and myspace and youtube joshblue.com (what can I say, I get around), so drop me a line there and tell me what you think of my gig.

See you online somewheres,
Joshie

PS Simon says "Hi," or more like "mbbbwlkjaiommbb." Pretty much the same thing, I figure.

The Josh Blue Fans Site Blog Shuts Down August 12th

Will Hull — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:47:45 -0400

Greetings fellow Josh Blue fans,

It is with deep sadness that I must inform the Josh Blue Fans Site community that this site will be closing its doors permanently, effective August 12, 2009. In the mean time, we would appreciate any and all comments.

You can continue to share your support for Josh at http://www.joshblue.com/ or http://www.myspace.com/joshblue.

It's been great to hear from all of you and your sentiments for Josh over the years. We hope that you can keep up with him on his other Web sites and fan pages on your social networks.

Thanks,
Will
UCP National Office

Josh Blue on Comedy Central Presents, March 27th

Will Hull — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:50:53 -0400

Hey everyone,

I just found out that Josh Blue will be on Comedy Central Presents this Friday night. Please tell all of your friend, colleagues, college drinking buddies, neighbor's cats, the weird guy at work...everyone.

From Josh directly:

I'm on TV again this Friday Night, on Comedy Central.
March 27^th
Watch my special
Comedy Central Presents... Josh Blue!!!
Check your local listings
Depending on your time zone, it's on between 8p.m.- 12 midnight.
Send out e-mails, tell all your friends, & let me know what you think of the show.
Love, Josh

Thanks and don't forget to tell everyone you know about Josh appearing on Comedy Central Presents this Friday, March 27^th.

I Want To Be Mr. Potato Head

Josh Blue — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:45:41 -0500

Yuko and I were listening to the radio the other day and an interview with Don Rickles came on the air. Don Rickles is a comedian who's been around for fifty years and who played Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story I and II. Right there you can tell a fine performer. (I bet Mr. PH's trailer was pimp...) Little did I know that the ol' sour puss didn't actually hate people, started out in strip clubs, and had been in the navy in WWII.

And this, boys and girls, is where we begin our story...

Young Mr. Rickles enlisted in the navy and survived World War II, so right there he's doing pretty well. He got out in his early twenties and tried his hand at show business. He did small time work as an actor, but it wasn't working out so well so he took off toward stand-up instead. And when I say stand-up, I mean he was standing on top of a bar at 9 a.m. watching the blue-hairs mow down the early bird special and the drunks suck back the first round. That'll put some hair on your chest.

He worked strip clubs, insulting every poor sod who had the misfortune to sit close by. Eventually, he played in front of the king of crooners, Frank Sinatra, and they got to be chums. Life started to clip along. He did drama, he did comedy, he roasted Dean Martin (hilarious, check it out on YouTube). The spuds at Pixar came around, took a look at his giant melon and were inspired to make him Head Potato in volumes one and two of toy Story. Now you know he's made it.

Mr. Warmth is like a heckler nightmare. You don't have a chance to heckle him because he's already tearing you to pieces, and yo mama, too. The thing that makes his style work is that he really doesn't mean any harm. He attacks everybody of all races and religions, but he's so clearly joking that people go from a moment of indignation to laughing so hard they cry. He doesn't even like it when you say he's an insult comedian, he calls it exaggeration: He's not making fun of the people, he's just exaggerating the traits about them that are real. It's a good thing he was grandfathered in to the comedy scene because it's a battle against Political Correctness out there, people. If I'm too much for you by finding the humor in the disabled scene, try Don Rickles on for size...

He used to end his shows with a two-minute speech about how we're all human beings and we should stop killing each other. How's that for sensitivity. And see, the thing I related to with Mr. PH is that he's the king of reverse heckling and I'm all about teasing in reverse. Are you seeing this dynamic? Are you picking up what I'm putting down?

If I make it as long as he does, I hope my wife has as many diamonds as his wife, and I hope people love me as much as they love him. Hey, a guy can dream.

Big up, Mr. Potato Head.

love,
Joshie

Josh Blue Q&A (On Stage: Video)

Will Hull — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:40:42 -0400

Thanks Josh Blue, for all that you do..

Mawage

Josh Blue — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:22:24 -0400

So I've been meaning to tell you about this little marriage I was in a little while ago. It seems like it was yesterday cuz I've been so busy, touring, working on the Comedy Central gig, raising a kid, all that. But I feel like I should bring it up now, since we're close and all. My little love-marmots, you want all the kissy details, don't you? Well, here goes.

See, Yuko and I have been together for a while now, and we love each other and all that, and plus we have a kid. So a while back I proposed. She said, "Hey, why not? I've got nothing better to do." And then there we were, on a Colorado mountain with all of our friends and Chuck Roy as our lovable hunka hunka minister. Up until the day of (I think it was sometime in June, but don't quote me), we were thinking it'd just be a quiet ceremony with a couple of friends and some tweeting birds and leafing trees. Like I said, we'd been together for a while and we love each other and it was no big deal. I got dressed in the car, as you can see from one of the photos.

But then we were up there, and Yuko looked so angelic and frilly, and it was like when Simon was born when the world got still and clear and you realize how simple life really is, and we just complicate it with silly stuff. We wrote our own vows about how we feel about each other and the reasons we decided to get married. And when I said them I wasn't just telling her some story, I really meant it. It wasn't something that I did casually, even though it could have been that way. I'm not trying to get all deep on you all here, I'm just talking about what it was like that day in Genesee. It was a bigger step than we realized it would be, and I'm glad I took it.

And then there was cake. Check out the photos of me and the fam, they're taken by our friend Liz Kover. She rocks! Other people took pictures too, but they'd have charged me money to use them.

Go snuggle the one you love,

Josh

Josh Blue in NYC on Aug 26
(Taping for Comedy Central)

Will Hull — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:52:12 -0400

Hey everybody -- GREAT news! I will be taping a half hour special for Comedy Central at the Hudson Theater in New York City on Tuesday, August 26^th at 6pm.

Even better news is that YOU'RE INVITED TO ATTEND!

Just click the link below for all the ticket info:
http://www.ocatv.com/shows/show/26/event/5110

Kansas City gives thanks!

Ryan Cauble — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:36:54 -0400

Many thanks to Josh for an outstanding three day run at Kansas City's world famous Improv! To make the town more inviting, KC sent their lovable losers, the Royals, to New York. It certainly made the air more breathable. Now that I think about it, the Improv is located in an area of KC known as Zona Rosa, which my dirty spanish translates to Red Zone, which would explain why no Chiefs ever make it over there.

Josh's set was impressive, with several new bits that kept the flow fresh and funny, yet still ackward for god fearing red state republicans to swallow. I suspect the Sunday night crowd, who I especially enjoyed seeing go from a legitmate "What did he say?" to a fearful, God help me, "What did he say!?" Yes Kansas City, Josh's live show ain't what you saw on Last Comic Standing, is it? I kind of felt sorry for those, who more than likely skipped Sunday's second service to attend, but then again, I suspect Wednesday will have a higher than normal turnout at local holy watering holes. Local men of the cloth would do well to preach on the scorn of profanity in their sermons and watch the coffers fill up....

Josh, best of luck to you and your family. Leave 'em laughing my friend!

Meet Maysoon Zayid,
an Arab-American Comedian with Cerebral Palsy

Will Hull — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:06:30 -0400

Meet Maysoon Zayid, an Arab-American Comedian with Cerebral Palsy. Many may not know, but the New Jersey native will be appearing in the feature film You Don’t Mess with the Zohan starring Adam Sandler to be released nationwide on June 6^th.

Zayid was featured in an article by Punchline Magazine entitled, "Maysoon Zayid: Comedian without borders"

Watch this short video about Maysoon Zayid

Man Love

Josh Blue — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:50:53 -0400

Folks, I never thought I'd be this in love with a dude before.

But I love 'im. I love that little milk-breathed, poopy-smelling, cry-baby baby of mine. We spend all of our free time together. I tell him about my gigs and time on the road, and he tells me about his awesome meals with Mom and all the stuff he wants me to buy him in the future. Okay, I guess he burps up his awesome meals with Mom and I'm the one imagining all the things I'm going to get him. But it's just cuz he's so dang cute and cuddly-wuddly.

Uh oh, I just made someone in cyberspace puke. Sorry man.

Seriously people, Yuko's been leaving me with Simon for hours at a time. What is she thinking?? I have trouble feeding MYSELF, how can I be trusted to feed and clothe an infant, much less one of my own making? But she does, and I've managed not to injure either of us for over a month now. It's good that she's come to expect that we'll both need to be changed when she returns. For the first year of our relationship it was awkward that it was just me. Now at least there's someone who logically requires her attention.

Other than paternal bliss, it's just another day, another joke in the making. I can't wait for the little dude to start crawling so we can have races around the house. But I get knee pads because I'm old and no one likes to see a grown man with rug burn.

Smooches,

Pops