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Jim Norton

Presented by Improv Comedy Showcase and Restaurant at Improv Comedy Showcase and Restaurant

November 5-November 7, 2009

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The Improv Comedy Showcase and Restaurant presents Jim Norton.

Being pegged as an "angry comic" truly makes me want to vomit. To me the only labels in comedy that matter are “funny,” “original” and “hack.” By original I don’t mean so weird that Andy Kaufman wouldn’t get it and by hack I mean the next...

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The Improv Comedy Showcase and Restaurant presents Jim Norton.

I also loathe the wording in a lot of bios. I did not “burst on to the scene,” nor do I leave crowds “rolling in the aisles” “on the edge of their seats” or “gasping for air.” Some nights I kill, other nights the crowd wants to gut me with a fishing knife.

Judi Brown of the Aspen Comedy Festival said, “He’s so brutally honest. He’s very refreshing in a business where a lot of people are phony.” That is probably the nicest compliment I have received as a performer.

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Improv Comedy Showcase and Restaurant

7620 Katy Freeway
Space 431
Houston, TX 77024

Full map and directions

Tickets:

$22

There is a minimum purchase of two items per person in the showroom

ALL SHOWS ARE 21+ AND 18+ IF ACCOMPANIED BY A GUARDIAN.

Times:

Thursday 8pm
Friday 8pm & 10:30pm
Saturday 8pm & 10:30pm

Phone: (713) 333-8800

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