Harbaugh comedic monologue take 3

I did another 11-minute-23-second segment of my mock-Jim-Harbaugh tribute Friday at Philz, with the emphasis on mock.

I know if was exactly 11:23 because I did it as a “track act” talking over Pink Floyd “Pigs”.

Why “Pigs”? No reason. A neighbor had burned me a cd, which had recently been remastered by the label; “Animals” from 1977.

I was riffing on the nickname for the ball itself, pigskin. Also, the Pink Floyd album was riffing on George Orwell treatise “Animal Farm.”

I also made this performance something of a “prop act” in that I turned a glass Philz coffee mug into a cowbell, read from both James Franco “Palo Alto” — something about his dad liking math — and a 1963 book about Y.A. Tittle.  A guy named Fabes joined me on stage to help spin the cd, on his Apple computer. I brought my egg-timer to help clock the 11:23. And I had an actual football, albeit a rubber Baden one.

No livestock was harmed in my presentation, although I did scarf down a sausage and egg breakfast burrito right after the hit.

The other acts were considerably better than me, especially Fabes, Remi and Chloe, Michael McCaul, AIR from Cal and Ami Pienkenaruga, who improvised a song about caffeine addiction. Plus our host Jessie. I met a comic Rob Goodman who wore a Spoon shirt and imitated Lil’ Wayne.

our host Jess, who shot the above photos of MBW

Ami wrote, strummed and sang on stage

 

edit to add, Tuesday:

From: mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com>
To: “sanjoseimprov@improvcomedyclubsonline.com” <sanjoseimprov@improvcomedyclubsonline.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: Gabriel Iglesias, Jim Jefferies, Bill Burr & More!

 

can i open for bill burr? I have a comedic monologue called “the harbaugina monologue” about pro football, machismo and homophobia. I’ve done three ten minute bits at open mike at philz palo alto. see my blog “plastic alto” for more info. i asked joe sib of san jose and “cali calling” monologue if he wanted to sign and record “THM” but he said “keep the day job buddy” which is just as well since i’m in the concert biz.
mark weiss
“plastic alto” blog
earthwise productions and artist management
“the harbaugina monologue”
650.305.0701

From: San Jose Improv Comedy Club and Restaurant <sanjoseimprov@improvcomedyclubsonline.com>
To: earwopa@yahoo.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 8:58 AM
Subject: Gabriel Iglesias, Jim Jefferies, Bill Burr & More!

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Mark Weiss, founder of Plastic Alto blog, is a concert promoter and artist manager in Palo Alto, as Earthwise Productions, with background as journalist, advertising copywriter, book store returns desk, college radio producer, city council and commissions candidate, high school basketball player, and blogger; he also sang in local choir, fronts an Allen Ginsberg tribute Beat Hotel Rm 32 Reads 'Howl' and owns a couple musical instruments he cannot play
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