LA Comedy Writer

As you probably know, I, along with the incredible jessica drake, have been doing a little comedy/talk podcast called the STFU Show, for about 2 months now. It’s definitely a fledgling, grassroots effort at this point, relying on listeners’ word of mouth to gain the hits and downloads that we need to keep the show going by signing up advertisers. Which brings me to the great social network…Twitter. jessica and I (lacomedywriter) both have accounts, along with one specifically for the show. I’m very choosy about who I follow on Twitter; a few friends so I can exchange direct msgs. I also follow some very clever comedic minds such as Jimmy Kimmel, Kevin Smith, and Adam Carolla, along with a couple of guilty pleasures such as Jillian Barberie Reynolds of Good Day LA.

I’ve specifically tweeted a few celebs, asking them to give our show a listen, and perhaps a shout-out, to bolster the numbers. Fuck me raw, you’d think I was requesting a kidney, for not a single time, has any celebrity seen fit to give a mention of the show. These are celebs (not necessarily those mentioned above) who tweet every time they take a shit, as if we give one, by the way; Some of them follow either jessica or myself, yet can’t be troubled for the 20 seconds it takes to let their precious followers know there’s something new and halfway decent out there. Yet, they’ll ask us to watch the most boring of YouTube videos, read their reviews, comment positively about them, and so on, ad nauseum. Meanwhile, you have someone like jessica, who volunteers maybe 20% of her free time to causes she really has no reason to care about. She walks for breast cancer and AIDS, yet (last time I stared at her body) has neither ailment. She’s building things all over the world for the underprivileged, in countries where a clean glass of water is treated like Microsoft stock. And I’ve seen her re-tweet many, many times, when an event needs to be delivered to the masses. I think, there’s WAY too many celebrities out there who conveniently forget that, somewhere along the line, in spite of massive amounts of hard work, they still needed a break from someone to be noticed…whether it was a chance to get up on stage, or a happenstance meeting with another celebrity who gave them a chance. And for some reason still unknown to me, there’s a certain unwillingness to pay it forward.

Now, do I compare the STFU Show to a kid in Cambodia who eats bamboo shoots three times a day? Not at all. We’re just a couple of idiots doing an Internet radio show, but I do think we entertain quite a few listeners all over the world (the stats and reviews say so). And if we can get some truck driver through his day a little easier, or some college listener in India who is trying to gain a little insight to America, to laugh, then we’ve done our jobs. I do know there’s a certain segment of celebrity Twitter accounts which are maintained by staffers, assistants, etc. Those are fairly easy to spot and I won’t follow them. The accounts which are truly tweeted by the real stars are the ones I reach out to. Even some of the porn stars, who have mentioned to both jessica and myself, that they really enjoy the show, don’t put the word out to their fans. Porn stars in particular, I would think, have a vested interest in this doing well, for it might open a door for them to do something similar in the future. That being said…if anyone doesn’t like the show, we expect nothing. I wouldn’t endorse anything I didn’t enjoy either. You won’t see me tweeting about the greatness of Real Housewives Of (fill in city here), or Pawn Stars, or any other worthless reality show. I understand, believe me.

We (jessica and I) have discussed this. It’s both puzzling and aggravating at the same time. jessica has told me of numerous “stars” who have really put the heavy hit on her (i.e. they want to fuck the shit out of her, regardless of marital status), and it’s not my job to “out” them in this forum. But, how dare they try to schmooze someone like jd, trying to get in her pants, or a quick blowjob, yet can’t even take the time to recommend our little show. Again, it’s 20 seconds out of their day, and costs them absolutely nothing, except the feeling that maybe, for once in their pathetic lives, they do a little good for someone else, for no real reason. I really wonder how many of these “celebrities”, wake up in the morning, and feel 1/10 as good about themselves as jessica drake does every day?