Comedy

Anthony Moore: West Philly Comedian Making it in NYC

January 10, 2020 Artist, Comedy, Entertainment 41:00

Anthony Moore has been doing comedy for less than a decade, but his resume is better than plenty of veterans on the Philly comedy scene. The St Joe’s graduate has appeared on Kevin Hart’s show Hart of the City, become a regular at the Comedy Cellar, and traveled throughout Europe entertaining the armed forces. 

The interview was interesting and wide ranging. Anthony is from West Philly but moved to New York in 2015. He talked a bit about how different the comedy crowds are in the two cities: “New York taught me to be more universal. The crowds here (Philly) might be a little more tougher, but I know how to relate so well because I know the crowd is either gonna be from Philly, Jersey, or Delaware. Where in New York, I don’t know where they gonna be from…when I’m in the City I might be performing for a family from Texas that’s sitting next to a family from South Africa. So that just made me step it up a lot, just figuring out how to relate to all of these different cultures.”  
 
Anthony has performed with some of the biggest names in comedy, guys such as Kevin Hart, Louis CK, and Aziz Ansari. He talked about the experience of having to come on after a major star. “I remember the first time I had to follow Kev, and I was like terrified. But then, going up, that was like one of the best sets I’ve ever had. Because the crowd energy was just so high.” 
 
He talked about what he misses in Philly, how Instagram stars have changed the comedy game, and how he bombed at Fergie’s the night before his taping of a Kevin Hart special. 
 
We had a lot of fun with this one. Anthony is a laid back and fun dude to hang out with, and I think anyone listening to this will quickly jump on the Anthony Moore bandwagon. Shout out to New Wave for being such a great place to record the show. Thank you for listening. We’ve got some great guests lined up for 2020, and we’d love to hear more from you guys: who do you want us to sit down with? What do you want more or less of on the show? And what Philly Blunt questions do you want us to ask? We’ll be sure to give you a shout out if we use any of your questions. And be sure to review and rate us on itunes. It’s a big help for our ratings and rankings. Cheers!  
 
LINKS:
ANTHONY MOORE: www/Instagram/Facebook/Twitter
 
NEW WAVE CAFE: www/Facebook/Twitter

Marissa the Total Stranger: California, Comedy, and Camming,

June 17, 2019 Artist, Comedy 34:40

This episode is quite unique. We were set up to record on the third floor at The Raven Lounge on Sansom Street. Our guest never showed. Just as we were about to call it a night, in walked a woman who said they double-booked the third floor and she was there to take some photographs. Basically, she was kicking us out.

We asked her if she wanted to be on a podcast. She asked when. We said now. She said okay. It was as if the universe sent her to us to save our asses.

None of us knew her or had ever heard of her. We knew nothing about her other than she was a photographer. Johnny started to do a Google search, but we quickly decided it would be much more interesting to go in completely cold.

Everything you hear is exactly as the interview happened. It’s unedited, except for the addition of our traditional transition beats, so you can listen as everything unfolded just as we did.

Her name is Marissa. She’s originally from the Fox Chase area of Philly. She’s a former stand-up comedian and she’s has had quite a few interesting jobs, including Wawa and camming, one of which may have led to the most outrageous story ever told on The Philly Blunt. You wouldn’t believe it if we didn’t capture the audio as proof.

Thanks to Raven Lounge for giving us a space to tell these great stories of interesting Philadelphians.

LINKS:
The Raven Lounge: Facebook/Instagram
Marissa’s Photography: Facebook/Instagram

CHIP CHANTRY: He’s Philly’s Funniest Man and has an iTunes #1 Comedy Album to Prove It.

March 19, 2019 Comedy, Entertainment 38:35

Helium Comedy Club named him Philly’s Phunniest comedian and he recently had the #1 album on the iTunes Comedy Charts. He just returned to Philly from working as a writer on a new Howie Mandel television project. He is Philly’s own Chip Chantry.

Chip, a former elementary school teacher, now works full-time as a comedian. Starting as a warm up act for his brother’s band at Fergie’s, Chip Chantry has gone on to work with the biggest names in comedy.

We sat down with Chip at Sassafrass to talk to him about breaking into comedy, how political correctness has changed the profession, what 80s show he wants rebooted so he can play the star role, and the difference between telling jokes in Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon. Chip also talked about the role he played in helping the comedy revival in Philadelphia, and he and Johnny reminisced about the greatest heckle they ever saw. 

The episode was recorded at Sassafras somewhat randomly, but it worked out well. Greg and JGT are friends with Carl, who bartends there, and makes a hell of an Old Fashioned. There was also live jazz for the first half of our show. One of the most underrated bars in the city (at least Sunday-Thursday. We all know what happens to Old City on the weekends.) 

Hope you enjoy this episode, and if you do, we’d consider it a personal favor if you ranked us, subscribed, and left a review on itunes. Thanks!

LINKS:

CHIP CHANTRY: .com/Instagram/Twitter
SASSAFRAS: .com//Facebook/Twitter