SHCC with Bob Seibel

By Shawn Hansen, The Valley Patriot

Published January 2010

Host Alvin David started off the evening telling the crowd it was nice to meet everyone. “I had a hard time meet- ing people as a child mostly because my parents named me Alvin and sent me to public school.”

Growing up in Everett, David told a story about a business in town that advertises for tattoos, piercings, and more, explaining that he was intrigued by the “and more.”

“It’s not like it’s a coffee, muffins, and more. What’s that you say? You want a hook for a hand? Poof, you’re a pirate, and more,” laughed David.

Talking about when he quit smoking lit up the room in a laughing matter. “I quit for no other reason, because you’re not going to believe this guys, but every now and then a lady has... with me without a cash transaction.”

David then said he gets tired after a while, and ends up looking like David Ortiz trying to leg out a double.

Ending his night, David joked about being in the Air Force telling everyone he joined because the recruiter’s words were inspirational to him. “He calls me into his office and says, ‘Hey, Alvin, how would you like to defend America from a really safe distance.”’

From this, David said he joined the Air Force, but had a hard time because they

once made him do 25 push-ups on his knees over the course of a day.

Taking the mike next was no other than Kelly MacFarland. Opening her bit, she told the crowd that in 2004 she was on The Biggest Loser.

“Has anybody not seen the show? It’s the show with the fat Americans. Easy to catch, they don’t like to run. I was at an Applebees when they caught me. I was like, ‘Can I finish my...Riblets?”’

Bringing up the topic of running into old friends, MacFarland said they feel awkward because they either don’t recognize you, or just don’t know what to say.

“If you haven’t seen me in awhile, and I lost a...Olsen twin off my backside, mention it. I worked hard to lose that little Mary Kate.”

Before the show, talking to Seibel he said he has been doing stand up comedy for 31 years this April. Seibel said that he started comedy when he was in school and kids would make fun of him.

“I had a big nose, elephant ears, large lips,” said Seibel. “I took a lot of heat from my friends because I wasn’t the same. I learned if you make them laugh they’re not going to hurt yah.”

In his career, Seibel has done stand up on cruise ships, worked with Jane Oliver, Frankie Valli, The Temptations, The Tops, Loretta LaRoche, The Pointer Sisters, Eddie Youngman, and Robin Williams. Seibel will be at the Sahara in Las Vegas from Jan. 4-10, so if you’re out there,

go see him. When Seibel went on stage, he told the

crowd that he is 68 years old. “How did I make it? Obviously you can tell I had some serious problems. You don’t get to look like this unless you hit the concrete on weekends,” said Seibel.

Explaining that he would drink for four days, and then take two weeks off, Seibel laughed saying, “I’d eat the gourmet food at the bar, Slim Jims and pickled eggs. You breath on people, they’d go, ‘Did you fart?”’

Seibel also does a funny bit about his German mother. He tells the audience that when she got older she started getting smaller. He said, if she got any smaller she would be a Hummel.

If you would like to see more of Seibel’s comedy, buy his DVD called: “70 Minutes of Manic Madness with Bob Seibel.” Interested in purchasing this DVD, email Seibel’s girlfriend at dianareintges@verizon.net.

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