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Maria started her stand up career performing at theaters and comedy clubs in Minneapolis. She made a stop on her way to Hollywood at the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado. Her unique character-based, edgy stand-up continues to excite Hollywood television and film executives and she's been chosen by Variety as one of the top ten "COMICS TO WATCH"!
Maria Bamford "The Burning Bridges Tour"
Maria Bamford speaks in many voices. No, She is not an impressionist, unless you count the stellar impression of her mom. Maria feels her high-pitched voice does not command respect, as a result, she has taken on many voices to help her in her wickedly funny jokes. Decidedly off-beat, Maria has a wide-eyed innocence that comes shining through on this, her debut on CD.
1. My Mother Always Told Me 2. Goddess of Little Lake Pequaym 3. 32AA 4. Hollywood Standards 5. Small Talk 6. Miss the Excitement 7. "We Do Things A Little Differently Around Here" 8. Crazy Cult 9. Sexual Harassment 10. Lady Boss 11. Vennette 12. Plan B 13. Too Much TV 14. Celebrity Homes 15. Mom’s Religion 16. Touched By An Angel 17. LA People 18. Ritz Carlton Jesus 19. Ventriloquist Prayer 20. Voicemail Non-Sequiters 21. Pteryodactl Song
Maria Bamford "How to Win"
Are you a gambler? No? Well, neither is comedian Maria Bamford, but she will show you How to WIN!, which is not a poker strategy guide, but the title of her new CD on Stand Up! Records. You will, however, learn how to live life as a temp, make a comedy club reservation, deal with your high school nemesis and age gracefully. Maria will personally guide you through an off-kilter primer of her mind via sharp observations, quiet demeanor and her amazing ability to change characters instantaneously. So, you've got to ask yourself: Do you want to succeed? Are you ready to party? Are you ready to roadie for REO Speedwagon? Then crank up some Alicia Keys because YOU might be ready to learn How to WIN!
1. Opening Party 2. I Heart My Country 3. Mental Makeup 4. Competitive Living 5. Giant Corporation 6. Self Employed 7. Saddest Place in the World 8. Your Comedy Club 9. Fun Being Evil 10. Life in LA 11. TV 12. Super Confident People 13. The - Rapist 14. Alicia Keys 15. Credit Test 16. Depression 17. Dale Carnege 18. Dad 19. Sister Sarah 20. Arch Enemy from High School 21. Aging Maria Bamford "Plan B" DVD
For most people, Plan B is nothing more than a fall-back, a pale imitation of the grand plan that might have been. Maria Bamford, as even casual fans will admit, is not ''most people.'' There's no telling what her Plan A might have entailed (perhaps a one-woman rendition of ''Grey Gardens?''), but Bamford's Plan B turns out to be a virtuoso, one-woman performance of a self-imposed stint in Northwoods exile. Filmed live at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis, the extra-packed DVD now out from Stand Up! Records has an intimate and theatrical flavor that may feel unexpected to some of Bamford's followers, but skillfully weaves together the most well-wrought portions of her repertoire. More focused than her usual stand-up routine, in Plan B Bamford takes on the story of her own Hollywood life, viewed from the much safer - and possibly much weirder - climes of Duluth, MN. Playing all of the characters, from her parents to her high school nemesis-cum-Target checkout girl, Bamford lovingly skewers her origins, reminding us that, while there may be no place like home, there's really no place like home.
Among the most charming aspects of the whole disc, the many fantastic extras reveal a commentary track voiced by Bamford and her proud parents, Joel and Marilyn. The familial trio falls in easily together, watching Plan B, bantering, reminiscing, and occasionally setting the record straight when it comes to the way things were and the way things were... to Maria.
