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Tickle Your Bone “TYB Fan Mail!” – From Saskia Bee!

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The Tickle Your Bone Weeky Comedy Festival is always glowingly reviewed by CEO of Comedy Sean McCarthy after each show. I always look forward to this recap because I get to have a little mental encore. You know those feel-good chemicals that your brain makes when you remember Fun and Interesting schtuff? Those come out, and it makes for a yummy headspace to reflect on everyone’s set. How marvelous is it to experience how someone’s material evolves? Or how their delivery adapts? Or to see someone new and amazeballs for the first time ever? This is the schtuff that makes me clack my Barbies together.

There’s a spirit of allowance at TYB. It’s not born of rah-rah-ing, but born of understanding the artistic process and the nature of performance. Comics get stronger in this room because of it. A place where experimentation is recognized and encouraged is rare, so from a comic’s perspective, I am thankful for that latitude. (Though I strive not to be the guy always “trying something.” I’m not gonna put a goldfish in a blender or anything.*) And from an audience perspective, the growth of other performers fascinates and captivates me. Permission to be clever, dirty, silly, dark, and different has been granted to these people. Where does that freedom lead?

*True story from college!

-Saskia Bee

Tickle Your Bone Weekly Comedy Festival 2/22/22

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Tickle Your Bone Weekly Comedy Festival LLC 2/22/22

A Weekly Comedy Festival…The ONLY WEEKLY COMEDY FESTIVAL in the WORLD!!! Twosday 2/22/22 This weeks Featured Performers:

Show starts at 7:30!

No Cover! Full Bar and Menu!

Karoake in the Main Bar after the Festival!

Live at Brigett’s Last Laugh!

Tickle Your Bone Weekly Comedy Festival LLC 2/15/22

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Tickle Your Bone Weekly Comedy Festival LLC 2/15/22,

With your host Sean McCarthy!

He is legitimately Legit! He has a SAG Card.

This weeks Featured Comedians:

and February’s Resident Comedian:

Live at Brigett’s Last Laugh. Show starts at 7:30,

No Cover… Full Bar and Menu. Karaoke after the comedy in the Main Bar!

In Honor of Superbowl LVI

Here is a Taco Bell commercial featuring your charming host Sean McCarthy:

Aired the 3rd Quarter of the 2002 Super Bowl XXXVI !!!

http://https://youtu.be/0m4b0CTO9uI

Tickle Your “Birthday Bone w/ Durrell Johnson” Weekly Comedy Festival LLC 2/8/22

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Check Out Savvy Munson in this article and tonight 2/8/22 along with Mr. Birthday Man himself,

Durrell Johnson

at Tickle Your “Birthday Bone w/ Durrell Johnson” Weekly Comedy Festival LLC 2/8/22

with Eric Sobczak

Peter Jordan

Kim Hahn

Paul Lucie

Hosted by Sean McCarthy

 

It’s the Worlds Only Weekly Comedy Festival on the Legendary Stage at Tickle Your Bone Comedy. The Laveen Daily News Boldly Claimed, “This show is a National Treasure and they do it Better!”. All the Cool Kids claim, “This show is a “Banger”, “Fire” and “Lit Af”. The Head Curator of the Heard Museum said, “Curate this Bitch!”… Show starts at 7:30 sharp, No Cover, Full Bar and Menu, Karaoke after the Festival in the Main Bar. Live at Brigett’s Last Laugh.

article: https://harkvalley.bulletin.com/savvymunson

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This is a Love Letter – From Saskia Bee

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We received one the nicest, sincere letters to Tickle Your Bone Comedy about us, Stand Up Comedy and the Comedy World as a Whole:

          “I love stand-up comedy. I’ve loved it since I was little, watching Rosie O’Donnell host VH1’s Stand Up Spotlight. Nobody loves Rosie anymore because she’s gay or a woman or liberal or fat or whatever now; but I still love her for being the harbinger of stand-up in my life. And for her role in A League of Their Own. And Another Stakeout. Actually, fuck you if you don’t like Rosie. But that’s not what this letter is about.
          This is a love letter. This is a letter I’m compelled to write because I’m so full of love that I can’t keep it inside me anymore. It’s difficult to write because I’m not good at articulating my feelings. (Fun fact: I couldn’t even identify my own emotions until I was in my mid-20s.) My inclination is to try and make this letter “funny” along the way. But me being funny isn’t what this letter is about either.
          My misanthropic streak keeps me at arm’s length from most things. I am not outgoing. I don’t think my personality is fully integrated. Every thought is laced with anxiety. But I found little pockets of solace in stand-up comedy. I found a way to sort-of-communicate without the louder-than-me world’s interruption for a few precious minutes. I stumbled upon neat places to do this kind of communication. And in those places, to my delight and surprise, I discovered people whose souls came from the same pool as my own.
          Folks start comedy for roughly the same reasons – somebody convinced you that you’re funny enough to try it and/or you low-key need therapy – but they continue on for different reasons. The ones who keep on for the ego stroke are exhausting to be around. The ones who keep on for the outlet to be mean without much consequence are sad to be around. The ones who keep on to make money off other people are yucky to be around. But the ones who keep on because they fell in love with the process, the camaraderie, and the love of nurturing a shared creative spirit – those are magical to be around.
          The ones in that last group are at the Tickle Your Bone Comedy Weekly Comedy Festival at Brigett’s Last Laugh every Tuesday night at 7:30 in Phoenix, Arizona. It is my favorite comedy room in this city. I’ve never had a bad time there, and that’s not an accident. The line-up is thoughtfully curated. The host is authentically enthusiastic that you’re there, and he goes out of his way to set comics up for success. The audience is relaxed, engaged, and appreciative because they actually came to laugh. The comics you know from other shows are happy to see you again. And the comics you’re just meeting for the first time are your new friends now.
          Thank you for existing, Tickle Your Bone. You are full of the best people in comedy, and for that, I love you.

–Saskia Bee“