Sara Schaefer http://saraschaefer.com/ en Copyright 2010 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:23:14 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Awesome GOYK next week! Before you go to jacuzzi you better come to this show. Check out this lineup:

Get Off Your Knees
July 20, 8:00 p.m.

CHARLYNE YI (Knocked Up, Paper Heart)
SEAN PATTON (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)
ANN CARR (Louie, The Actress)
TEAM SUBMARINE (Lots of festivals!)

And MORE!

Hosted by Sara Schaefer.

FREEEEEEE!

The Bell House is located in the Gowanus area of Park Slope, 149
7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue. (Near the 4th Ave / 9th
Street stop on the F, G, R train.)

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]]> http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/07/awesome_goyk_next_week/ http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/07/awesome_goyk_next_week/ bloggy Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:23:14 -0500 So You Think You Can Make a TV Show Thatis Incredible Warning: this post is not funny at all!

If you used to read me over at BestWeekEver.tv, you know I am completely obsessed
with So You Think You Can Dance. If you have never watched this show, you should
start right away. It's currently in its seventh season, but it's the type of show that just
keeps getting better. This season is staggeringly good already. If you think it's some
kind of kids' version of Dancing with The Stars, or some niche version of America's Got
Talent...you're wrong. Dancing with The Stars is where washed up tabloid uggos try to
win themselves a bonus 15 minutes; and where ballroom dancing as an art form is shat
upon week after week. America's Got Talent is where your substitute teacher gets his
revenge on all those students who made fun of his ventriloquist act.

What makes SYTYCD different from these is that it is, fundamentally, a show about art.

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Let me explain...

]]> http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/06/so_you_think_you_make_a_tv_sho/ http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/06/so_you_think_you_make_a_tv_sho/ bloggy Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:33:00 -0500 Me right now, and pretty much always. Here's a kid playing Paparazzi at his school talent show. I am, without a doubt,
pretty much a combo of these three girls, all the time.

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Although, I am sometimes always that girl in the lower left hand corner too.

On a semi-related note, this reminded me of something that happened when
I was about 10 years old, when I played piano at a church talent show. I had
selected "The Rainbow Connection" as my masterpiece. I knew the song so
well I told my mom I didn't need to bring the sheet music. She asked, "Are you
sure? What if you forget some of the notes?" And I said something along the
lines of "Don't sweat it mom, I've got this." (Can you guess where this is
going??) When it came time for me to perform, I walked out onto the stage,
brimming with confidence, in front of an attentive audience of about 500
Southern Baptists.

]]> http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/05/me_right_now_and_pretty_much_a/ http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/05/me_right_now_and_pretty_much_a/ bloggy Tue, 11 May 2010 13:27:00 -0500 Tonight's GOYK is Way More Than A Cruise REGULAAAATORS! (Mount up.)

This week at our show, the rhythm is the bass and the bass is the treble.
In other words, this show will murder you.

CHRISTIAN FINNEGAN (Comedy Central, Best Week Ever)
HARI KONDABOLU (Comedy Central, Jimmy Kimmel)
ADIRA AMRAM (ECNY Best Musical Comedy Act Nominee)
DANIEL MAHONEY (Haiku Comedy Show)

JUST ADDED: PATRICK BORELLI! (Hilarious man of stage and screen and
books and more.)

Hosted by Sara Schaefer.

FREEEEEEE!

Produced by Sara Schaefer & Kim Armstrong.

The Bell House is located in the Gowanus area of Park Slope, 149
7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue. (Near the 4th Ave / 9th Street
stop on the F, G, R train.)

]]> http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/05/tonights_goyk_is_way_more_than/ http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/05/tonights_goyk_is_way_more_than/ bloggy Tue, 11 May 2010 10:53:22 -0500 Get (Up) Off Your Knees Tomorrow! Forget Alabama. Forget Arizona. The only way to show you're a TRUE LEGAL
American is to come to our show on Tuesday. It's a big one. And I am pretty
sure everyone on the lineup speaks English.

JON RINEMAN (writer, Late Night w/Jimmy Fallon)
VINCE AVERILL (Live at Gotham)
JOHN F. O'DONNELL (50 First Jokes)
PAT STANGO (Don't Touch Me There)

Also featuring special guests MIKE DRUCKER (Weekend Update Contributor)
and CHRIS THAYER (making a rare NY appearance!)

Hosted by Kim Armstrong and Sara Schaefer.

The Bell House is located in the Gowanus area of Park Slope, 149 7th Street
between 2nd and 3rd Avenue. (Near the 4th Ave / 9th Street stop on the
F, G, R train.)

FREE!

]]> http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/05/get_up_off_your_knees_tomorrow/ http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/05/get_up_off_your_knees_tomorrow/ bloggy Mon, 03 May 2010 15:23:13 -0500 This Week's GOYK: Brilliant. Let's just get straight to the details:

Get Off Your Knees
It's a comedy show.

Tuesday April 27, 8 p.m.!

WYATT CENAC (The Daily Show)
NICK COBB (Live at Gotham)
MYKA FOX (Comical Radio)
BROOKE VAN POPPELEN (ECNY Nominee, Best Stand-Up)

with music and a chat by ED VALLANCE!

Hosted by Kim Armstrong and Sara Schaefer.

The Bell House is located in the Gowanus area of Park Slope,
149 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue. (Near the 4th Ave /
9th Street stop on the F, G, R train.)

FREE!

]]> http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/04/this_weeks_goyk_brilliant/ http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/04/this_weeks_goyk_brilliant/ bloggy Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:54:21 -0500 Huge show! This week's GOYK is going to be awesome. We have great comedians and a very
special musical guest Henry Wolfe. I hope you'll come and bring me some of the
devil's tree (for 4/20).

Get Off Your Knees
It's a comedy show.

Tuesday April 20, 8 p.m.!

BARON VAUGHN (Fallon, Comedy Central)
ADAM LOWITT (The Daily Show)
LIAM MCENEANY (Comedy Central)
KATINA CORRAO (Dream Role)
SOREN MCCARTHY (Conan O'Brien)

PLUS MUSIC AND A CHAT WITH HENRY WOLFE!

Hosted by Kim Armstrong and Sara Schaefer.

The Bell House is located in the Gowanus area of Park Slope,
149 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue. (Near the 4th Ave /
9th Street stop on the F, G, R train.)

FREE!

]]> http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/04/huge_show/ http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/04/huge_show/ bloggy Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:52:44 -0500 Magic All Up In This Bitch: GOYK Tonight! Tonight, let's punch pollen in the nuts! With comedy. Or something.
I'm high on over-the-counter medication that contains a key ingredient
used in the making of crystal meth. What do you want from me?

Get Off Your Knees
It's a comedy show.

Tonight at 8 p.m.!

SCOTT MORAN (Rubber Bullets)
ERIC LEDGIN (Late Night w/Jimmy Fallon)
ALI WONG (SF Weekly's "Best Comedian of 2009")

AND MORE!

Hosted by Kim Armstrong and Sara Schaefer.

The Bell House is located in the Gowanus area of Park Slope,
149 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue. (Near the 4th Ave /
9th Street stop on the F, G, R train.)

FREE!

]]> http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/04/magic_all_up_in_this_bitch_goy/ http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/04/magic_all_up_in_this_bitch_goy/ bloggy Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:40:28 -0500 GOYK Tonight: SO GREAT. I am really excited about this line-up. If you haven't seen these comedians before,
you really should. All very funny and different. This is a SOLID show!

Get Off Your Knees
It's a comedy show.

Tonight at 8 p.m.!

GABE DELAHAYE (Videogum)
SHENG WANG (Live at Gotham)
DAN ST. GERMAIN (ECNY Emerging Comic nominee)
AMANDA MELSON (see her before she runs off to Last Comic Standing in L.A.!)
CORY CAVIN & JON FRIEDMAN (Late Night w/Jimmy Fallon)

AND MORE!

Hosted by Kim Armstrong and Sara Schaefer.

The Bell House is located in the Gowanus area of Park Slope,
149 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue. (Near the 4th Ave /
9th Street stop on the F, G, R train.)

FREE!

]]> http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/04/goyk_tonight_so_great/ http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/04/goyk_tonight_so_great/ bloggy Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:26:27 -0500 GOYK will defy this rain. Great people + cozy room + pre-show prayer circle = awesome
show tonight!

Get Off Your Knees
It's a comedy show.

Tonight at 8 p.m.!

JARED LOGAN (Live at Gotham)
GABE LIEDMAN (Big Terrific)
KURT BRAUNOHLER (Kurt & Kristen)
JACQUELINE NOVAK

AND MORE!

Hosted by Kim Armstrong and Sara Schaefer.

The Bell House is located in the Gowanus area of Park Slope,
149 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue. (Near the 4th Ave /
9th Street stop on the F, G, R train.)

FREE!

]]> http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/03/goyk_will_defy_this_rain/ http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/03/goyk_will_defy_this_rain/ bloggy Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:19:48 -0500 Hot hot hot GOYK tonight! This lineup is hotter than the lesbian jail from the new Lady Gaga video!

MATT GOLDICH (The Late Show w/David Letterman)
ANDY HAYNES (Last Comic Standing)
PATRICK BORELLI (Adult Swim, Conan O'Brien)
JULIAN MCCULLOUGH (Comedy Central)

AND MORE!

Hosted by Kim Armstrong and me.

The Bell House is located in the Gowanus area of Park Slope,
149 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue. (Near the 4th Ave /
9th Street stop on the F, G, R train.)

FREE MOTHER EFFERS, IT'S FREE.

]]> http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/03/hot_hot_hot_goyk_tonight/ http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/03/hot_hot_hot_goyk_tonight/ bloggy Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:52:05 -0500 GOYK is back on March 9. While I'm busy transcribing the lyrics to this song, please take a look at our steaming hot
lineup for Tuesday March 9!!!

GET OFF YOUR KNEES
It's a comedy show.
Tuesday, March 9, 8 p.m.
The Bell House Lounge

JOE MANDE (Look At This Fucking Hipster)
ROB CANTRELL (Last Comic Standing)
DAVID ANGELO (The David Angelo Radio Show)

A VERY SPECIAL GUEST? FUCK THAT SHIT. YOU'RE THE SPECIAL GUEST. (Unless a very
special guest agrees to do the show between now and then, in which case, sorry.)

Hosted by Kim Armstrong and myself.

The Bell House is located in the Gowanus area of Park Slope, 149 7th Street between
2nd and 3rd Avenue. (Near the 4th Ave / 9th Street stop on the F, G, R train.)

Free!

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fight what is natural and right? Check it:

GET OFF YOUR KNEES
It's a comedy show.

ALI WONG (SF Weekly's Comedian of the Year 2009)

AMELIE GILLETTE (The Onion A.V. Club's Hater)

REGGIE WATTS (Late Night w/Jimmy Fallon, outer space)

and more!

Hosted by Kim Armstrong and myself.

The Bell House is located in the Gowanus area of Park Slope, 149 7th Street
between 2nd and 3rd Avenue. (Near the 4th Ave / 9th Street stop on the F,
G, R train.)

Free!

]]> http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/02/radical_goyk_tonight/ http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/02/radical_goyk_tonight/ bloggy Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:21:19 -0500 Influences, Or Blog Post Wherein I GeekOut About Comedy I was fortunate enough to be interviewed and photographed recently for YRB Magazine,
alongside a handful of other comedians that I respect and admire. One of the questions
they asked us was to name our comedy icons. In the past year I've been interviewed for
various things like this, and I always hate answering that question, because you never
have the space or time to fully list all the people and comedians that have influenced and
inspired you along the way. Whenever I go back and read what I've said in response to
that question, I always think it sounds so dumb, or cliche, or wrong somehow. I've come
to realize that it's none of those things; it's just incomplete. So I've decided (if I'm
lucky enough for anyone to ever interview me again), I will refer people to this blog post.
It is going to be very long and extremely boring to most of you. But, it's here for those
that might care. Right now, it seems relevant too, because I think I'm at a stage during
my career where I really feel like I'm finding my voice for the first time (cue "Silent All
These Years"). And as part of that, I've been reflecting on this stuff lately. So deal with it.

This will probably read like the over-indulgent acknowledgments section to the first 31.5
years of my life, and for that, I'm really really sorry.

The Icons

My earliest memories of loving comedy are listening to tapes with my older brother: Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Andrew Dice Clay, The Descendants (I think they were supposed to make young men angry, but to a 10-year-old girl, they were funny because they made fart jokes and sang about killing babies!), Weird Al Yankovic, Monty Python. Early movies that I learned word-for-word include UHF, Clue, The Toy, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Brewster's Millions, Naked Gun, Hot Shots, Young Frankenstein (and eventually,

]]> http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/02/influences_or_wherein_i_geek_o/ http://saraschaefer.com/ss/2010/02/influences_or_wherein_i_geek_o/ bloggy Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:30:52 -0500 The Next GOYK is Awesome. I'm trying the abbreviation "GOYK" for Get Off Your Knees. Kinda dorky sounding,
but it works. Tuesday is going to make your head explode. Ted Leo will be there
to play some songs and chat! Plus great comedians. Don't miss it. Here's what
we've got:

LEO ALLEN (Comedy Central, SNL, Whiplash)
JAMIE KILSTEIN (The Onion contributor, BBC)

also...

Songs and a chat with TED LEO!!!

And MORE. Yes. This is going to be awesome. Hosted by Kim Armstrong
and myself.

The Bell House is located in the Gowanus area of Park Slope, 149 7th Street
between 2nd and 3rd Avenue. (Near the 4th Ave / 9th Street stop on the F,
G, R train.)

FREE! FREE!

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