Posted on 06/27/2006 6:00:40 AM PDT by Rakkasan1
Josh Blue isn't going to let his cerebral palsy get in the way of his chance at becoming the "Last Comic Standing."
The 27-year-old, who was born in the African country of Cameroon and raised in St. Paul's Midway neighborhood, scored a spot on the fourth season of the NBC reality show and is already a fan favorite thanks to lines like, "You guys better laugh because this is my make-a-wish" and "You're all going to hell for laughing at me." On a recent episode of "Last Comic Standing," he won the audience choice award.
"Not to sound cocky, but I knew I had a good show," said Blue from his home in Denver. "I ripped it up. I got a standing ovation, and no one else did."
The Como High School graduate decided early on that his physical disability wasn't going to interfere with his dreams. Not only is he a successful stand-up comedian, he is also an accomplished painter and a member of the U.S. Paralympic soccer team that competed in the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.
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A horse walks into a bar and orders a drink....the bartender says "why the long face".....
..."I just lost the 2004 presidential election" he replied.
Blue was one of the show's 12 finalists chosen to live in a "house," which is actually the Queen Mary ocean liner docked in Long Beach, Calif., and compete in various comedic challenges and elimination rounds. At the end of the season, viewers vote online or by phone to determine which comic will end up with a talent contract, courtesy of NBC, and a comedy special on Bravo.
"The whole time I was growing up in St. Paul I don't think it ever occurred to me to do stand-up," Blue said. "I did know that I was funny and very quick-witted. I was a class clown that could get away with murder."
In fact, Blue didn't consider a career in comedy until his days at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., where he earned a degree in creative writing. But his parents, Jacqueline and Walter Blue, noticed their son's witty sense of humor at an early age and weren't surprised that Josh, the youngest of their four children, has become a stand-up comedian.
Great guy!
I think he's been the best on that show so far.(and I hate reality TV shows)
I surfed thru it last night....thought I had stumbled across a Howard Dean campaign commercial.
Hope our great grandson is able to overcome and realize his dreams when he grows up.
"You mess with me and I'll pull out my knife and we'll both get hurt."
I was dyin'.
I admire a good, healthy sense of humor. In fact, I believe the more warped the sense of humor, the healthier and happier the individual. ;-)
"This is the part of the show where I tell you that you're all going to hell for laughing at me."
This guy is great!
LOL!
you will want to read this
Josh Blue is cool.
Good looking too.
Hope he does well in his career as a comedian.
Thanks. That made my morning.
Goes along with Ted saying-'Been swimming?'.
People with Cerebral Palsy still get the jokes. They just don't laugh at them right away.
A member of my short list of personal hero's is a guy in Michigan with Cerebral palsy. His name is Kevin and he is probably the most well known bicyclist in the state.
Since he cannot use one side of his body, he steers with one hand and pedals with one leg. He was riding a tricycle but recently a group did some fundraisers and came up with a few thousand dollars for a new customized quad cycle for him. This guy rides several thousand miles a year, holds down a full time job and has raised several hundred thousand dollars for various charities.
I'll see him in three weeks at an annual charity ride we do.
Kevin has overcome, so has Josh Blue, I trust your great grandson will as well.
Hire the handicapped.
They're fun to watch.
The kid is funny! Hubby and I picked him as the best from the get go.
"Wow, what a great audience."
Funny, I told that joke using John Kerry instead of the horse.
or: "My dad just lost the 2004 presidential election..."
John F. Kerry rides a horse into a bar. The bartender says "why the long face?". The horse says "Ha, ha... like I never heard that one before", and the bartender points to John F. Kerry and says "I was talking to him!
wow! what a cool story.
thanks, hun! :)
A grasshopper walks into a bar and the bartender says, "You know that we have a drink named after you?" The grasshopper says, "You have a drink named Larry?"
Check out "Deadliest Catch" on the Discover Channel. True, real life reality TV. Amazing.
That was a great season.
I live in a fishing community and have a whole new respect for what they do up in the Bering Sea.
One of the deck hands is the son to some folks we are aquainted with.
The one problem with the big cash at one time is a few don't relize it has to pay bills back home for a year to support family.
A few.
In the old days the problem was getting deck hands to show up for the season sober but they can't bring booze on board, now a days it is the drugs that are not so easy to detect before going out to sea.
Captain has to know the community I am sure when taking on a newbie deck hand.
Normally here some on works off loading and dock work and if they flunk out at that point well....
Always good to have a son or two who loves the sea to take over the fleet when you get to your senior years.
Most around here fished/crabbed back in the day when the marine trophic level was high and so they made there money and reinvested in other ventures.
Fishing is not that great at the higher trophic level so shrimp and other lower trophic level feeders are the catch.
Tuna season comes in Aug. and we have a Tuna fest in our lil rural (out of town) neighborhood. Buy tuna off the one boat at the lil dock and walk across the street to a warehouse and we all can our own. No mess in the kitchen and the older canners are around to take the newer ones through the process/help.
I watched it for the very first time Monday night. I can't cook at all (I hate cooking), so I don't know why I stuck around for the whole show. But it was certainly interesting. I'll try to catch it next week, too.
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