In a festival full of whimsical storytelling, Karl Chandler is fairly up-front about his aim to return to the art of gag-gag-gag, striking an average rate of one every 36 seconds. He’s joined by a man counting down the hundred; not on stage, but sitting on it, unseen by anyone but the front row of this [...]

Sorry to my legions of blog fans. My internet has been down, so you guys have probably been wondering how I’ve been, worrying about my welfare.. I expect some of you may even have called the police or made a ring-around of local hospitals. Calm down, I’m fine. Since we last spoke, the rollercoaster has continued. Wednesday: The [...]

It was my birthday yesterday. Here’s a tip for you. If you do a show on your birthday, make sure you have friends come along. Or at least, make sure the people who DO turn up, like you. Wow. Twelve people last night, and they did their best not to interrupt me. With laughter. If I’d known the show was [...]

So, we enter the second week. The plan was to be refreshed and relaxed, starting today. But last night was the opening of the Shaun Micallef-starring play/something, “Good Evening”, to which I went, along with half of Melbourne (the good half). Imbibements were offered afterwards, and on the way, I also snuck in to Comedy@Spleen to see our [...]

OK. I’m about to go set up the show. I still have A LOT of stuff to do. From picking up my only prop, to paying bond on the venue, plus a heap of minor things, like remembering my show. Plus, last night I didn’t remember to try out my new stuff at Spleen. What a little dumbdumb. Then [...]

I’m sitting in my room, running over my list of jokes, in order. Again. (If you missed yesterday’s episode, I established that I am Karl Chandler, the lead in “Karl Chandler is 100 Jokes Per Hour”. And now “Comedy Festival Eve” continues..) Trying to think of links between jokes that will help me remember the [...]

Hello. My name is Karl Chandler (there should be a photo to go with this.. oh yes, there it is, just up there) and I am in a show called “Karl Chandler is 100 Jokes Per Hour” (I play the lead), and I am in the midst of tricking my brain into learning all of those [...]