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Comedian Eric Haines |
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Comedy, juggling, music and variety for short attention spans. |
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I was a tour actor/director for Missoula Children’s Theater for several years. A great new documentary about the MCT experience has just been released, called the Little Red Truck. As a former tour actor I got to view a private screening of the documentary in Redmond, WA. You’ll be moved and inspired by the story. |
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Press: 2004 Las Vegas comedy festival review: “I've never been a big fan of musical and variety comedy acts (with the rare exception - a shout out to Throwing Toasters!), and this show was a perfect example of why. Out of the 10 acts performing, only two of them DIDN'T cause my ears to bleed... and sadly, a 20% quality ratio was actually 10% better than I was expecting, too. Performers Eric Haines out of Seattle and Nicholas Anthony out of Chicago were a couple of breaths of fresh air in the otherwise stale (and sparsely attended) show - Nicholas had a quick hand with a bit of magic and an even quicker wit, and Eric... well... I don't know what the hell he did. He joked, he sang, he jumped around, he molested random people in the audience... I was exhausted just watching him. But the audience thought he was hysterical - and that means he did his job, and exceptionally well, if the laughs were any indicator.” -Ken Pringle, chucklemonkey.com |
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About "Hack" material Choosing Material, Clean or Dirty Technical Juggling and Laughs per Minute |
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The recent string of natural disasters in the world , including earthquakes, floods and other disasters, require extraordinary measures. Please donate. |
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The Circus of Dreams has successfully raised over $50,000 for pediatric brain tumor research at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center (http://www.seattlechildrens.org). I had the pleasure of participating in the show as ringmaster and performer in 2009. |
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My songs have been featured on the Dr. Demento Show! Please join the club and request my songs! Featured in episodes: DR. DEMENTO'S ZOO 0921 TWO WHEELS 0914 SHORT SONGS 0907 TOP TEN 0904 My CD of comedy songs, Tease a Tiger, inappropriate songs for any occasion, is AVAILABLE NOW! You'll Find my songs on many episodes at The Mad Music Archive, where you can order the entire CD as a download! |
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Friends making waves: Watch for David Crowe on Showtime, and Dan Cummins and Jeff Dye on Comedy Central. Watch Kermet Apio because he’s funny. Some other acts to watch for on T.V. are Brothers from Different Mothers and Bengt Washburn. The Comedy Mayhem Tour is a show I put together with visual comedians, including comedy magician Louie Foxx. Here's a video of Louie on comedyskills.com. |
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_______________________ Comedian School: Helpful links about starting out in the field of comedy and comedy writing.
General guidelines for acts starting out: Carls cheap course at comedyunderground.com
Read my article “About Hack Material,” to find out why I disagree with some points in the Hack FAQ. Nonetheless, some good points, especially if you're auditioning for jaded industry types.
Books: I recommend Judy Carter’s The Comedy Bible and Gene Perret’s Comedy Writing Workbook. _______________________ |
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My One Man Band is up and running! CLICK HERE to find out more. |