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"THE ROBIN WILLIAMS CHALLENGE"


I will be revising my "Fan Wall" all through December.
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         Forty-two years ago, Robin told me he thought I should quit teaching because he thought I could succeed as a professional comedienne. But comedy was my avocation, not my vocation. However, after I retired from teaching,  I imagined a "Robin Williams Challenge",  testing his "thesis", to see how much viable material I could create in a year. But then, COVID hit, and I lost the opportunity to refine and revise old material or develop new material.  In order not to forget what I have created, and allow me to create new material. I built a "comedy studio" in my garage, affectionately called "Garage Comedy"  where I perform in front of a comedy "fan wall", a "virtual audience, with pictures of my loyal friends, cheering me on. Admittedly, this particular page is my "work space", a place to evaluate and revise my material, but also a replacement for Prevagen.  At my advancing age, it will get harder to remember all of this. 
The numbered routines aren't in any particular order. I will treat them like Legos, or "comedy kernals" to build comedy "mixes" targeted for different venues.  


1985 PERFORMANCE FOR THE PTA

I recently found this video and was surprised to discover I really did have budding talent. Historical Context.  I never needed an agent when I performed,  as  Shirley Hemphill, of "What's Happening" fame,  let me open up for her.  Shirley was my Maid of Honor, and bought me my first Apple Computer on the condition I  quit comedy, focus on education and my husband. She felt I would better impact humanity as a teacher, not a comedienne. Then, the comedy ecosystem did not appreciate woman anyways. So, I left LA scene and performed occasionally at small venues like this PTA meeting.  There is a lot of material in here I will try to repurpose.

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You will note, that I am wearing a different outfit in each video.  That's because my dearest friend, a true fashionista, passed away in March and she left me more clothes than I will be able to wear in my lifetime.  And that's after I donated 75% of her clothes to charity
She was much thinner that I, so I'm going to have to wear "Spanx" and retape some of these.

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 GARAGE COMEDY: 
 Creative ideas inspired by my FANS.




​​Number.  Routines                         Time
1 Teacher American Heroes
2 Claire on Medicare,Velaporator
3 Apple Watch
4 Keigle Adult
5 Keigle Teacher
6 Millenials Adult
7 Emojis
8 Saying the F Word
9 Therapy-Comedy Peewee
10 Teaching Spelling
11 Road Rage
12 Tatoos
13 Buddhist Catholic
14 Lost Weight/Foxy/Shapermint
15 Puberty
16 ADHD--Lost Thabit
17 Lost Car, Costco,Wallmart
18 Being Old
19 Old-Benefits
20 Ripped Clothing as a Fashion Statement
21 GpS Systems Differ
22. Mask Benefit
23: Mask: "Karen"
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Number 1:   Teacher American Hero

Number 2: Intro Claire on Medicare, Old Age..Flappy arms
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Number 3: Apple Watch

 Number 4: Keigle Adult Version

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#5 Teacher Keigling--Student version


#6 Millenial Madness

#7 Emojis

Number 8: Saying the F Word



Number 9: Comedy/Therapy-PeeWee Soccer

Number 10:  Greatest Teaching
​Regret: Teaching Spelling

Number 11: Road Rage

Number 12:  Tattoos


Number 13:  Buddhist Catholic

Number 14: Lost Weight/Foxy/Shapermint
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Number 15: Puberty

Number 16: ADHD-Where is Away? Thabit

Number 17:  Lost at Cosco-Found at Wallmark



#20 Millennial Fashion Statement:  Ripped Clothing

#19 Baby Boomer Benefits
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COMEDY MIXES
Different mixes of material above.
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NOVEMBER 19: ACT COMEDY MIX (Type up) CMC/Shakespeare, Road Rage, Climate Change

NOVEMBER 12 COMEDY MIX (NEED TO TYPE) OLD, 5/6 COMBINATION, CLIMATE CHANGE.


NOVEMBER 2 COMEDY MIX (NEED TO TYPE UP)  IMPROVCITY PRACTICE: OLD JOKES, MEDICARE BENEFIT-COVID SHOT; COVID COVER-UP, LONG HAIR, CULT GROUPS, MISS MASK MANDATE;JANET

October 2, Garage Comedy Practice Video.

COMEDY MIX "CLASSIC CLAIRE": (14:50)
This is my most "stable" and frequently audience-tested material.  Claire on Medicare, Volaporator, Apple Watch, Keigle, Relating to Millenials, Emoji's, Teacher American Hero 

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COMEDY MIX: August 28:  Mixture of new material, (Road Rage, Comedy Tragedy, Peewee Soccer, Teaching Spelling), with old material. Unfortunately, my video stopped taping while performing and this is the only record of this mix. Because this was only 34 minutes, I added "Tattoo. " 





June 23: Garage Practice; Comedy/Tragedy/Missing Wearing Masks


JULY 10:  Garage Practice for July 12 Performance Dirty Nellies.  Topics:  Irish/Proctologist/Miss Masks/Karen/Medicare Benefits/ 

July 27:  Revision New Material:  Road Rage
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July 27:  Practice New Material:  Teaching Spelling Creates Tiny Terrorists
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GARAGE COMEDY PERFORMANCES OF PRE-PANDEMIC COMEDY- Created September, 2018 to February, 2019




WHERE IS "AWAY"?  I KNOW WHERE "OUT" IS! (10:00)
​Covid introduction, ADHD and Organization, "Homage" to all my students' parents who helped me organize my classroom. In "George Carlin" style.


BUDDHIST/CHRISTIAN (6:07)
Intersection of Buddhism and
​Catholicism in navigating life.




FIRST -TIME FOXY"-Shapermint (5:00) 
Reflections after losing 46 pounds and still being targeted as "fat" by advertising algorithims.
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SAYING THE "F-WORD" IN SCHOOLS (4:50)
This bit inspired  by an accidental slip of the tongue on February 4, where I accidentally said the F-word. February 4 was the day both my father and mother died, in different years, and I felt I had hurt their memory, as I promised them if I performed comedy I would now swear.


97% IRISH-TEACHING PUBERTY (6:30)
Reflections on going through puberty and supervising education's training platform on puberty.


MILLENNIAL-MADNESS: PURCHASING "RIPPED CLOTHING" AS A FASHION STATEMENT? (2:50) 
Baby-boomer dismay over the fact that ripped clothing is a "fashion forward" statement.

COVID COVERUP..REFLECTIONS ON COVID. (8:30).
Although, all of these will be revised, this is a particularly rough cut.

LOST AT COSTCO/FOUND AT WALLMART. (3:44)
Reflections on the pressures of living with ADHD: Getting Lost in big box stores.
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BABYBOOMERS-ADJUSTING TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES LIKE GPS SYSTEMS (3.56)



LOST CAR SYNDROME:   (4:40)
Downside of ADHD..constantly getting lost, especially in parking lots.

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