Robbie Goes to Nor Cal

So here is the last of the 3 video blogs I made while on tour in Nor Cal. This is a longer one, kind of a mini documentary of the trip. Enjoy.

Stupid Jeans Display

I worked in advertising and marketing before I became a hilarious stand up comedian and writer. I saw this while walking down the 3rd St. Promenade in Santa Monica... who displays jeans like this?


Hey, Stumpie wants to buy some jeans, but doesn't want to buy any unless he can see a mannequin wearing the jeans just like he would... tied up at the stumps like he was a pirate who survived an epic battle.

Why not just untie those legs and let them hang down? What market are you trying to reach? The "Lieutenant Dan from Forrest Gump" market?

Nor Cal Video Blogs

I just got back from a Nor Cal tour, and using my new flip cam, I made a few video blogs. This thing is awesome, it's so easy to create videos. Expect a lot more videos posted from me a lot more often now. Subscribe to my Youtube channel to stay up to date on my videos:

Following Rob Schneider

Last night was possibly the best night I’ve had in comedy. Unbelievable.

I did Comedy Juice at the Pasadena Ice House, and we had three special guests: Harland Williams, Rob Schneider and Tom Green. They were all cool as hell, we hung out with them til 2am after the show.

Harland Williams is a beast onstage, plain and simple. He has such a distinct voice and the people love him for it. And he delivers every time. He hung out after the show and took a picture with me and Yak.


I had to go on right after Rob Schneider, no easy task considering that everyone knows him and no one knows me. Rob got up there and crushed, and not just because he is famous (though it doesn’t hurt), but because he is a really funny writer. It was cool to watch. He later told me that was only his 4th set in the last 17 years... incredible. He was so nervous before his set, just shows you how difficult stand-up comedy is no matter who you are. Then it was my turn.

I did 12 min and had a great set from start to finish. The crowd was with me the whole time, and it was amazing. Tom Green went up and told some jokes, then proceeded to do about 6 gigantic shots of Jameson Whiskey (after already drinking champagne and all kinds of stuff backstage). He is exactly what you think he'd be like onstage, and though it wasn't conventional stand-up comedy by any means, he was awesome. He was such a nice guy, and told me he thought I was really funny. I was oddly starstruck with Tom, he is a great dude.


Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit was at the show, and went out of his way to come shake my hand and tell me he thought I was “hilarious.” That was random, but really cool. Though, I’m pretty sure he was just doing that for the nookie.

Party and Bullshit

When you perform at good shows, often times the sound person will come up to you and ask what song you'd like him to play as you get brought onstage. A lot of comics don't care, but I feel like its a good opportunity to create the vibe you want in the room before you start your set. I pick "Party and Bullshit" by Notorious B.I.G. every time:



This song is unreal. Great beat, great lyrics, but it just creates this awesome laid back vibe, where you just want to sit back and have fun and not worry about whatever shitty stressful things you might have going on at the time. It's the epitome of what old school hip hop was about: having fun. I hate that new rap isn't like this. This song is the perfect vibe I want the crowd to have before I tell them my newest dick joke.

Rooster T Feathers Oct 8-11

I'm currently on a little Northern California tour I put together, and just finished a Thurs-Sun weekend gig at Rooster T Feathers in Sunnyvale, CA. I did 5 shows with Ian Edwards and Chad Daniels, who are both insanely funny comedians.

Thurs - First night out here, after a 5 1/2 hour drive by myself, which was boring as hell... but at least I didn't get a speeding ticket this time (last time on this trip I got pulled over for doing 86 in a 70, which translates into a $433 ticket if you do traffic school). Anyway, this show was a breast cancer benefit, so the place was packed -- packed with annoying uptight people who were too busy holding their philanthropic noses in the air to sit back and laugh at the jokes we were bringing. I've never seen a more packed room be less fun as a crowd. Chad, Ian and I spent most of our sets telling hilarious, somewhat edgy jokes, followed by two minutes of saying things like "loosen up, these are fake stories, you're at a COMEDY club, not the 'everything i say is literal' club!"

Fri - Same shit, different night. No benefit this time, but still an uptight crowd. Maybe I'm being too hard on them. It was one of those crowds that enjoys the show... but enjoys it quietly to themselves rather than to laugh out loud or cheer or clap or give the comedian any sort of energy to he doesn't want to drink himself retarded as soon as the show is over. Too real?

Sat - Two shows. I went into it with a "god dammit, tonight is gonna suck" attitude, but as soon as I told my first joke at the first show, I could tell they were a great crowd. All three of us crushed our sets, the crowd loved it... I even sold a few shotglasses after the show. Second show was about half full, but they were fun as hell too. Finally the weekend turned around.

Sun - This might have been my favorite crowd all weekend, just because the expectations were so low. We had 25 people at MOST in the crowd, and for a notoriously uptight city, these people were ready to party. I did new jokes I was too scared to try all weekend and they all worked, and it was a great way to end the weekend. Thanks Sunnyvale! and Thanks Rooster T Feathers!

Off to San Francisco now to perform at Club Deluxe... looks like it's gonna rain so this should be interesting.