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Brown Cover Art: Trent Call Mike Riedel, Nancy Perkins, Community Development Associate Producers: Nick Kuzmack, Peter Fryer, Lead Graphic Designer: Executives/Advertising Sales: Alexander Ortega, Christian Schultz, Ricky Vigil, Ryan Hall, Scott Farley, Joshua Joye John Ford: [email protected] Henry Glasheen, John Ford, Sean Zimmerman-Wall, Graphic Design Team: Angela H. Brown: [email protected] Joshua Joye @SLUGMag youtube.com/user/SLUGMagazine 4 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 5 everybody,” says Jay Whittaker, Utah transplant Joy Lane also recounts how I’m so frustrated throughout the week that a member of the Geek Show her passion for comedy began. “My first crush I just can’t wait to get up onstage and get Podcast and a favorite on was Johnny Carson,” she says. She would it out.” It’s great, he says, “because you’re panels at Salt Lake Comic smuggle a little black-and-white TV into her amongst a family that understands where Con. “I guarantee you’ll like room to watch him at night. Growing up on the you’re coming from.” All the com- all of us,” he says, mostly East Coast and visiting New York, a 12-year- ics seem to agree. “The best serious, while laughing. old Lane ran up to Carson and told him that part,” as Mower puts it, “is These jokers are skilled en- she loved him. “My mother rushed me away the variety we have and the tertainers, still hitting the and said, ‘How do you know that man?’ and people I’ve met.” With such beaten path of numerous I said, ‘That’s the man on TV every night,’ and variety, you’ll never know comedy superstars before she’s like, ‘Well, how do you watch him every what to expect. Stephenson them, week in and week out. There is night?’” She was busted, but obviously lived to says, “Come with no expec- something even more authentic when the tell the tale. Similarly, Dobbins happened to be tations. Leave your expec- comedy is grown out of our own backyard a Mormon home-schooled in Montana. “I didn’t tations elsewhere. Have an By Rachel Jensen [email protected] and our communal experiences. Mo’s Diner even hear stand-up until I was in my senior year open mind and follow along open-mic organizer and Comedy Carnivale in high school, and it was Brian Regan,” she with the story.” Their stories will become founder Christopher Stephenson has says. Dobbins is pretty sure that comedy didn’t new references in your stories, and who been making people laugh for 13 years even exist in Montana until that moment. “I didn’t knows? Maybe the next person to inspire December brings together eight of Utah’s forms through laughter. “If you go with other but also to cement culture. “When you see since he was a fresh-faced 18-year-old who know what stand-up comedy was, but this guy new generations of comics will be right here funniest comedians for the first stand-up people, there’s a sort of connection you can a comedy show, you’re fostering some- did his first show on a dare. He talks about was just talking about my life stuff.” in our own backyard. comedy Localized showcase. The absolutely make that you can’t with other things,” says thing creative and awesome in your com- being a huge Michael Jackson fan as FREE show is one night only at Urban Lounge Natashia Mower, the petite force of laugh- munity,” she says. a kid. “He’d always talk about escapism,” The passion of these entertainers is apparent You can check out some great local com- on Dec. 17, brought to you by Spilt Ink, ter who recently won a City Weekly Arty award he says. “Comedy, especially, is very relat- the moment they walk onstage. Comedy is hard edy podcasts—like Sketch Sandwich, Stupid High West Distillery, Uinta Brewing for “Best Stand-up Comedian” and has helped Even those who are regular performers can able. I want to do that for people.” work. You don’t have closed-door jam sessions, Questions with Jason Harvey and the Geek and KRCL 90.9 FM. launch new comedy shows in the state, including frequently be seen on the other side in the so each joke has to be perfectly crafted by Show Podcast—anytime on your favorite the weekly Funny Fridays at Sandy Station. She audience. Nicholas Smith, who started With the availability to stream a comedy performing it live, failing time after time until it platform like Stitcher or iTunes. To really get It’s a shame to find out that some people believes that sharing laughter and creating new out as a heavy metal musician, got into show at the click of a mouse, comedy as finally gets the desired response. The pure drive the feel for the talent of the comedy scene don’t know that Northern Utah has had experiences brings people to comedy shows. the stand-up game about three and a half a genre is picking up steam at a level that to keep getting onstage and perform is deeply at large, check out the weekly live shows a consistently thriving stand-up comedy “You’re enjoying something in the moment, to- years ago when he needed a new outlet.