To start off Acaster tells you a little bit about himself. He mocks celebrity gossip more successfully in four minutes than anyone else I’ve ever seen, before telling you the real reason he’s here: to tell you about his friend who works in a casino, and killed two people by mistake. Pedro Cortez, the eleventh and eighteenth miner out of the mine, was days of the week socks, specifically on the wrong day so his socks don’t forget who’s in charge. He then talks about Jimmy Sanchez, who has hot drinks with hot meals. Once the show starts for real, the lights are up and someone’s on stage with a mic, standing up so the show can begin, Acaster kicks it off right away with some celebrity gossip about Jorge Gallaguillos getting kicked out of a karaoke bar.
“Represent” is going to be a stand-up special about friendship, the non-refundability of time, the beauty of jury duty, the best Christmas of his life, and an existential question of doubt.
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Question number two: “But what came before that?” This two and half minute gag about what came before the big bang is turned into one of the more amusing meta openings to a stand-up special that perfectly prepares you for what episode two of Acaster’s series Repertoire is going to be. “The universe began with a big bang, but what came before that?” Little Acaster was religious as a child, and since he believed in God at the time, that was his answer. The first line of “Represent,” delivered in a blacked out theater, is a simple question. Today, we’re moving onto some lighter, simpler, less existential material. Yesterday we watched The Double Life of Pat Springleaf (shout out to all my Kieślowski heads out there), learning about the beauty of loopholes, the laziness of Google, the beauty of the cardboard box, and the tragedy of an undercover police officer.
He is a single father living in Denver, CO with his son, Simon and his daughter, Seika.Day two of our series on James Acasters’ Repertoire. Josh was a member of the US Paralympic Soccer Team that competed in Athens at the Paralympic Games, the world’s second largest sporting event. Josh is a repeat guest on such nationally syndicated radio programs as NPR’s Talk of the Nation and The Mancow Show and has been featured in numerous print publications including People Magazine and The New York Times. Portions of the performance also aired on Bravo Network as a half-hour comedy special.
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He became the first comic to debut a stand-up special on the big screen when his first one-hour special, 7 More Days in the Tank was shown in movie theatres across the country. He was the first comedian to perform stand-up on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, was named Best Winning Reality Show Guest for his appearance on Live with Regis and Kelly, and made a standout appearance on Comics Unleashed. His story has been featured on Fox, CBS, ABC, and MSNBC. Josh made his television debut on Comedy Central’s Mind of Mencia. His stand-up routine is in a constant state of evolution and his off-the-cuff improvisational skills guarantee that no two shows are exactly alike. Possessed with an undeniable likeability and impeccable comedic timing Josh continues to break down stereotypes of people with disabilities one laugh at a time. He has most recently appeared on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC. He has appeared twice on Ron White’s Comedy Salute to the Troops on CMT and made his late night television debut on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. In 2016, Josh released his third one-hour special, DELETE, available on HULU and Amazon, in which he explains why you shouldn’t call disabled people “inspirational”. Josh debuted a one-hour special on Showtime, Sticky Change, where he tells stories about everything from being a white African-American, to dealing with cabbies who think he’ll pay in sticky change. Josh starred in Comedy Central Presents: Josh Blue, which received rave reviews from fans and critics alike and was named the 11th best special on the network in 2011. Having already established himself as one of the most sought after comedians on the college circuit, his weekly appearances on Last Comic expanded his fan base exponentially. He exploded onto the national comedy scene by capturing the attention and endearment of the country as the winner of NBC’s Last Comic Standing. Perhaps best known as the comedian who puts the cerebral in Cerebral Palsy, Josh Blue centers much of his self-deprecating act around his disability.