The official website of Mark J. Thomas, Comedy Mercenary.
ONLY 2 SHOWS LEFT IN SNOWMASS!
COMEDY AT THE CABARET: 73-minutes of Live, Local Stand-Up.
*SPECIAL ABOR/ASC OFFER!
The action takes place in the Cabaret Room at the Silvertree Hotel, slopeside in Snowmass Village (15 minutes from Aspen, CO). Head over to the TICKETS tab and reserve your seats in the best room for stand-up in the entire upper valley. *If you belong to ABOR we have a special deal, just for you, and JUST on MARCH 16TH. Details on the tickets page!
The show is late enough to allow room for dinner after work or a day on the slopes, but early enough to get you back in the sack early enough to enjoy a day on the mountain the next day - or wander into Aspen for some late night shenanigans. Doors open at 7:00, showtime is 7:45, and we usually wrap up by 9:30 -- unless the crowd is hopping and the comics are riding that wave of energy. It's up to you, really!
I'll do discounts with groups over 6 in size, or even arrange for special private shows if your group is here during a period when we don't have a show booked. We're flexible. We're comics. Our objective is laughter. What's yours?
The final 2 scheduled Cabaret shows in Snowmass are:
- TUESDAY, MARCH 16TH
- THURSDAY, APRIL 1ST.
That final show should be something special, since I'm inviting back every comic who has performed throughout the season - which means it will probably start earlier (7-ish) and run later (April 3rd or thereabouts.) You never know. With over 15 comics expected, sometimes we even surprise ourselves.
OK - more about me in general below...
I live in Colorado - one of the square states. Wyoming is the other - definitely not as funny. (Alleged VP dick cheney lives there sometimes - go figure.) The residents of western Colorado are refreshingly supportive of stand-up comedy. And there's plenty to laugh at here. (Stay with me.) There's the weather (it can snow any month of the year - indoors or out). It has quaint traffic jams (up to FOUR LANES at a time -- pickups and Subarus, mostly). There's uncaged wildlife (bears at the garbage, elk by the highway, furs in the produce sections). We survive on construction and tourists ("guests", as we're instructed to call them). And there's just enough oxygen to keep the heart pumping and help squeeze out a few glorious laughs from appreciative, local audiences. On a good night.
Comedy fans know that the Aspen Comedy Festival (an HBO thing) was building up quite a reputation here for 13 years ('94-'07). Big names: Williams (Robin & Katt), Python, SNL, Carlin, Chappelle, Silverman (adult link!), Black, Colbert, (bonus link: Washington Correspondent's Dinner video!) Wright...). But they decided to close the doors on the event. And word was it was moving to...Santa Barbara. Hilarious, comedy-ground-breaking Santa Freakin' Barbara. Well, that rumor has been squashed, so TBS is picking up the ball. Where it lands...we'll see.
In the meantime, the locals have fully embraced the effort by relatively inexperienced locals (like myself) to pick up the ball and bring fresh, live, local stand-up to stages in the Aspen area.
This is my first effort at a website, so be patient. As it builds I'll post info about upcoming events, appearances, other comedians, and whatever strikes my comic nerve.
I'll post audio and video as I get it together. Two clips to the right are a start. The Aspen Glass Pinata was an April Fools piece that ran on KSNO radio all day. The other is a clip from a set I did last sumer at the Winchester Nite Club in Rifle. (We'll be back there this summer. GREAT crowds!)
The Bio page has some background on me, for you aspiring stalkers. There are a few photos. I'm making stuff to sell, like the bumper sticker.
T-shirts and mugs are coming.
And that's it for now. Stay tuned. Write if you have a question or comment. And keep smiling. It keeps the crushing depression of everyday reality at bay, for awhile, anyway.
Cheers ~
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| Sat, March 13 |
8:15 pm |
Lucky 13 Stand-Up at Steve's
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Steve's Guitars, Carbondale, CO, USA |
more info
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| Tue, March 16 |
7:45 pm |
Comedy at the Cabaret #7
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Cabaret Room at the Silvertree Hotel, Snowmass Village, CO, USA |
more info
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| Thu, April 1 |
7:00 pm |
Comedy at the Cabaret - THE FINAL BLOW-OUT!
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Cabaret Room at the Silvertree Hotel, Snowmass Village, CO, USA |
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Event Details
- Sat, March 13
- Lucky 13 Stand-Up at Steve's
- 8:15 pm
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Steve's Guitars, 4th & Main St., Carbondale, CO, USA
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- Friday the 13th is on a Saturday this month! Celebrate with seven comics and all of your downvalley friends. It's BYOB. Saturday in Carbondale. Come out and laugh with your neighbors, and AT yourself. Simple enough.
- Tickets: Buy tickets
- Price Info: 12.00
- Age Limit:
18+
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Event Details
- Tue, March 16
- Comedy at the Cabaret #7
- 7:45 pm
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Cabaret Room at the Silvertree Hotel, 100 Elbert Lane - slopeside on Fanny HIll, Snowmass Village, CO, USA
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- It's 73 minutes of live, local comedy, TUESDAY, FEB. 9TH, at the Silvertree Hotel in Snowmass Village, CO. Seven comics, new faces, and regular locals doing irregular things onstage for your amusement and delight. Bar on site, but they severely overcharge for cheap domestic beer, so come with a buzz-on and leave with a smile on your face. You won't be sorry!
JUST ADDED!: Bring a used cell phone to donate to Haiti Earthquake Relief efforts and get a $3 refund at the door. *See details at ReCellular.com to erase old phone data.
- Tickets: Buy tickets
- Age Limit:
18+
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Event Details
- Thu, April 1
- Comedy at the Cabaret - THE FINAL BLOW-OUT!
- 7:00 pm
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Cabaret Room at the Silvertree Hotel, 100 Elbert Lane - slopeside on Fanny HIll, Snowmass Village, CO, USA
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- It's 173 minutes of live, local comedy, THURSDAY, APRIL 1ST, at the Silvertree Hotel in Snowmass Village, CO. A dozen or more comics, new faces, and regular locals doing irregular things onstage for your amusement and delight. It's April Fool's Day, so the brakes are coming off and anything goes. Bar on site, but they severely overcharge for cheap domestic beer, so come with a buzz-on and leave with a smile on your face. You won't be sorry!
JUST ADDED!: Bring a used cell phone to donate to Haiti Earthquake Relief efforts and get a $3 refund at the door. *See details at ReCellular.com to erase old phone data.
- Tickets: Buy tickets
- Age Limit:
18+
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Standup at Steve's Guitars - Aug. 2008
Observations on life in the Roaring Fork Valley - and beyond... For a short sample, click the little blue arrow to the left of the segment title. For the whole bit, click "Download MP3". Enjoy!
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LOVE 2 LAUGH, VOL II Radio Spot, Feb 12
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CABARET COMEDY COMMERCIAL FEB 9
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Hippie Dancing
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So you think you can Hippie Dance? Just hop & spin, hop & spin, hop-hop-hop & spin. There...That was easy, wasn't it?!
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Carbondale Stop Signs
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What happens when a 2 stop-sign town suddenly adds another 8 on Main Street? MAYHEM!
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Who Goes To Mountain Fair? EVERYBODY!
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The largest gathering of aging hippies on Colorado's western slope. And EVERYBODY'S invited!
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Steve's Guitars Loyalty Oath
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If it's good enough for the Bush brown-shirts, it's good enough for Steve's Guitars. Everybody, raise your right hand...
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Hamster at the Vet
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I love animals. Really, I do. But....
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Guitar Intervention at Steve's, Carbondale
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Aspen Glass Pinata radio spot, KSNO
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Carbondale, Colorado.
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Life and driving in Colorado's western slope...
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On the 6th day of March, in the mountains of Aspen,
In the white of the snow there was heard a great gaspin’
He was thrashing, and struggling with a chest full of goo
It was Horton the elephant, fighting the flu.
Read the rest of "Horton Has The Flu"...
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