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Don’t Miss the Gaelic Park Players Production of The Patrick Pearse Motel by Hugh Leonard: April 9 – 11, 16 – 18, 23 – 25, 2010

March 9th, 2010

Don’t Miss The Gaelic Park Players Production of The Patrick Pearse Motel by Irish playwright Hugh Leonard: April 9 – 11, 16 – 18, 23 – 25, 2010

There are few South Side actors whose work I recommend unreservedly, but this production includes one of them in the likes of Marty Donovan who I have had the pleasure of working with onstage myself and witnessing his raw talent, attention to his craft, his ready wit, his incredible imagination, humor and all around ability to move an audience to laugh, cry and cheer.

In the context of a Hugh Leonard play, his efforts are not to be missed. While you may be more familiar with Leonard’s Da or A Life, I urge you to take a chance to see this production of The Patrick Pearse Motel while you can, and to get seats while you can. Opening night offers two for one tickets a rare theater buy.

Here’s what the company says about the play and the production:

The Patrick Pearse Motel  by Hugh Leonard

An upwardly mobile couple living in an upscale Dublin suburb, and their business partners are showing what real patriotism is all about-selling it in the form of hotels. Each room in the Patrick Pearse Motel is decorated with a portrait of a national hero. Unbeknown to her doting husband, the lady of the house is plotting a tryst with an old flame, a television commentator famed for his rudeness. Soon the stage is filled with mistaken identities, dropped trousers, a flimsy negligee and false accusations. On a rainy night at The Patrick Pearse Motel, the characters crisscross paths, threaten one another with a shillelagh and hide in convenient closets. An hysterical bedroom farce that will have you wondering how will all of this turn out and who will get out alive?

The Patrick Pearse Motel
Director-Tom Kearney
Assistant Director-Georgina Chapman

Cast:
Dermod -Marty Donovan
Grainne-Kathy Holahan
Fintan-Stephen Heffernan
Niamh-Mary Kate Brophy
Miss Manning-Taryn Mckenna
James Usheen-Mick Kenna
Hoolihan-Barney Farrelly

Show Dates are:
Fridays April 9th, 16th and 23rd at 8:00pm
Saturdays April 10th, 17th and 24th at 8:00pm
Sundays April 11th, 18th and 25 at 3:00pm

Tickets:
PLEASE NOTE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE GAELIC PARK OFFICE

$12.00 Theater Performance only
$25.00 Dinner & Theater (Sundays Only)
Opening Night – Buy 1 Get 1 Free!!
Reservations are a must for Dinner & Theater
Tickets are non-refundable

For tickets and dinner reservations please call:

The Gaelic Park Players
Chicago Gaelic Park
6119 W. 147th Street
Oak Forest, IL 60452

708-687-9323


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gpphotel Dont Miss the Gaelic Park Players Production of The Patrick Pearse Motel by Hugh Leonard: April 9   11, 16   18, 23   25, 2010

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Peter, Chief Editor and Spelling Wrecker
The Peter Files Blog of Comedy, Jokes, Satire, Commentary and Videos
Http://ThePeterFiles.blogspot.com


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Sarah Silverman: ‘The Silverman and the Pillows’ Preview

February 11th, 2010

The February 11 episode of The Sarah Silverman Program is called “The Silverman and the Pillows.”

Sarah Silverman/The Sarah Silverman Program

For reasons that will soon become clear, Sarah makes it her business to demonstrate just how simple it is to create books and television shows for children.

Sneak a peek at “The Silverman and the Pillows” in the following preview called The Next Story Time. The clip shows what happens when poor Jay learns some unexpected news about a children’s show he loves. And, yes, the situation involves Sarah.

The Sarah Silverman Program airs Thursdays on Comedy Central at 10:30pm ET.

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‘The Sarah Silverman Program’ Returns February 4

February 4th, 2010

It’s about time! Quirky — to put it mildly — Comedy Central series The Sarah Silverman Program launches its long-awaited third season on Thursday, February 4, at 10:30pm ET.

Sarah Silverman/The Sarah Silverman Program

First up during the ten-episode run is the season premiere, which has the undeniably charming title “The Proof Is in the Penis.”

When Sarah’s sister Laura decides it’s time for Sarah to toughen up a bit, she lies that her sibling was born with both male and female genitalia, hence the lovely title.

Meanwhile, haunted by Mr. Jenkins’ ghost, Brian and Steve attempt to end the spooky business once and for all by returning the deadly TV remote that killed him to his body.

Check out an episode sneak peek and Season Three trailer below.

The Sarah Silverman Program airs Thursdays on Comedy Central at 10:30pm ET.

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Mack the Knife with Peter and Ray on my 50th Birthday

November 28th, 2009

When I went out for dinner for my birthday, a few things happened that I didn’t expect. This is one of them.

In keeping with our plan to show more locally produced videos!

Please go back to You Tube and comment if you like it! Comments here welcome provided you understand the impromptu nature of both the performance and vide

Peter, Chief Editor and Spelling Wrecker
The Peter Files Blog of Comedy, Jokes, Satire, Commentary and Videos
Http://ThePeterFiles.blogspot.com


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Penguin Habits, or Was That Habitats?

November 25th, 2009

Did you ever wonder why there are no dead penguins on the ice in Antarctica – where do they go?

Wonder no more!!!

It is a known fact that the penguin is a very ritualistic bird which lives an extremely ordered and complex life.

The penguin is very committed to its family and will mate for life, as well as maintaining a form of compassionate contact with its offspring throughout its life.

If a penguin is found dead on the ice surface, other members of the family and social circle have been known to dig holes in the ice, using their vestigial wings and beaks, until the hole is deep enough for the dead bird to be rolled into and buried.

The male penguins then gather in a circle around the fresh grave and sing:

“Freeze a jolly good fellow.” Then they kick him in the ice hole….

You really didn’t believe that I know anything about penguins, did you?

As a matter of fact, you might pause to wonder why the words “Did you ever wonder why there are no dead penguins on the ice in Antarctica?” didn’t give you pause to think further?

I mean, how many of us actually tool down to Antarctica for any reason, let alone wonder why polar bears aren’t doing their jobs…

(If you were disturbed at all by that last comment, just right-click on the two highlighted links and you will feel lots better. Or lots more foolish depending on what that reveals about your cold weather animal habitat lore knowledge.)

This joke submitted by my friend Mary M.

Take care, and have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Peter, Chief Editor and Spelling Wrecker
The Peter Files Blog of Comedy, Jokes, Satire, Commentary and Videos
Http://ThePeterFiles.blogspot.com


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Caught Visiting! A University Person From Belgium!

November 24th, 2009

I hope you won’t be freaked out by this, but my site meter keeps a little info on who comes to visit and right now in the wee hours of the morning its someone at a school I considered going to, the Katholieke Universiteit of Leuven.

But they had NO scholarships for Americans then and I couldn’t put together a master’s degree program funding without it.

So hurray to you, whomever you are, student or faculty!

Domain Name kuleuven.be ? (Belgium)
IP Address (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
ISP Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Location
Continent : Europe
Country : Belgium (Facts)
State/Region : Vlaams-Brabant
City : Leuven
Lat/Long : 50.8833, 4.7 (Map)
Distance : 4,158 miles
Language Dutch
nl
Operating System Linux UNIX
Browser Firefox
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); nl; rv:1.9.1.4) Gecko/20091016 Firefox/3.5.4
Javascript version 1.5
Monitor
Resolution : 1920 x 1200
Color Depth : 24 bits
Time of Visit Nov 24 2009 4:29:39 am
Last Page View Nov 24 2009 4:36:59 am
Visit Length 7 minutes 20 seconds
Page Views 3
Referring URL http://images.google…25&hl=en&start=12&um
Visit Entry Page http://thepeterfiles…ust-need-little.html
Visit Exit Page http://thepeterfiles…ust-need-little.html
Out Click
Time Zone UTC+1:00
Visitor’s Time Nov 24 2009 11:29:39 am
Visit Number 65,614

Nb: the time on site is often understated. Especially if it is zero. You usually have to go to a second page for me to get any idea how long you were there.

Peter, Chief Editor and Spelling Wrecker
The Peter Files Blog of Comedy, Jokes, Satire, Commentary and Videos
Http://ThePeterFiles.blogspot.com


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November 24th, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving for all the Americans who read my blog! Happy “Why Not Try Turkey with Cranberry Sauce Day” for the rest of the world.

(Vegans who haven’t should really try cranberry sauce and orange-cranberry relish. You have to make the latter yourself usually.)

Yes that’s right! That F|Share button in blue you see is the perfect way to share a blog page here you like with your friends.

Best news of all. You can to through the hundreds of posts in our archives to find something special your friends might like or hate, or scroll down my sidebar on the right to see some links I put in for some of my favorites.

While I’m add it. If you go down to the next article you will see my post about why I’ve been gone so long. Well part of the reason. The rotator cuff injury was just about as awful as I described it.

Worse, they changed my pain medicine to something that gave me reactions as if I had H1N1, the black plague, stomach rot, or the giant weasel of Gort in my tummy. (I put that one in for my fan(s?) from Louth who keep logging in so faithfully. I don’t know who you are, but thanks, thanks, thanks for checking back all the time.

I hope to be better at this.

In truth, I’ve been slacking off a bit because of Facebook. With out putting too fine a point on it, I’m in that slightly older group that seems to be the fastest growing demographic for them.

That means that in the last year, several hundred friends I thought I’d never see or hear from again started writing to me, sharing baby pictures, life stories, all that wonderful stuff. So, I’ve been writing so much there that I have had less time to write comedy. But my New Year’s resolution is not only to write more but to upload more videos now that I have a new iPhone 3Gs that has a built in movie camera which is perfect for blog level (ie., small) movies.

That means lots of laughs because all I have to do is show up to get a laugh!!!

Last. I have some really sick friends right now. Please, if you are one of those that pray, pray for them. I won’t list them because I’d then have to update this and I’m too lazy to do that. Except for Emily who is beautiful and young and very, very ill. But she can and will make it, but the prayers of millions of my readers would help a lot.

Of course, I don’t have millions of readers, but if you share one page, share this one asking for prayers for Emily. When it’s not needed I will take it down. Good thoughts and well wishes are also welcome.

OK, this is really the laaast thing. I’ve gotten a few nice comments from other humor webmasters asking me if I wouldn’t mind promoting their site:

WWW.reallynaughtywordsthatdonotgoonafamilysafebloginthesitename.com

Sorry. This I try to keep this site safe for home and work. So, if your website has bad words in the title, I may visit it and leave you a message, but I won’t be adding your comment to my blog. Not when the very NAME of your blog isn’t funny.

I visit the sites I get ads for in comments on an older machine. If it starts to act up right away I know your site is bad news. Sometimes I will let ads for places I think interesting through. Especially small, individual or close to it blogs like mine that feature fun clean humor. Then I place them in my sidebar if I really like them for others to find. Note: If you really, really, really want a blogger to feature you on his site, there’s no better way than featuring him first!

Happy Thanksgiving.

Oops. Joke needed.

Q: Waiter! How do you prepare your turkeys!
A: We don’t beat around the bush sir. We tell them flat out they are going to die.

Peter, Chief Editor and Spelling Wrecker
The Peter Files Blog of Comedy, Jokes, Satire, Commentary and Videos
Http://ThePeterFiles.blogspot.com


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Secret Girlfriend: First-Season Finale Preview

November 10th, 2009

A decision must finally be made during Secret Girlfriend’s November 11 first-season finale.

Michael Blaiklock, Derek Miller/Secret Girlfriend

You — meaning the unseen dude observing everything — must choose one woman…

…either crazy and determined ex-girlfriend Mandy or sane and fun-loving new romantic interest Jessica. Or could the hot neighbor be in the mix, too? Ahhh … hormones.

But first, there’s time to find a couple of women for Phil and Sam, and Mandy also begins acting not-crazy to win unseen guy back. Will it work?

Check out two finale sneak peeks below: Benching Yourseslf (sloppy firsts as a method of hooking up) and Who Will You Choose? (all the women encountered this season).

Secret Girlfriend airs Wednesdays on Comedy Central at 10:30pm ET.

Photo: Michael Blaiklock and Derek Miller (Mark Davis/Comedy Central)

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‘Secret Girlfriend’ Preview: Aquarium Girl

November 4th, 2009

There’s just one more week until the first-season finale of Comedy Central’s Secret Girlfriend after the November 4 episode airs.

Derek Miller, Michael Blaiklock/Secret Girlfriend

During the next-to-last installment, the dudes hire a so-called “Aquarium Girl” to sit on their couch all day wearing nothing but her underwear…

…And then the unseen guy tries to find a place to have sex with Jessica before she heads out of town. Such eventful, meaningful lives.

Watch Sam demonstrate some of his never-fail (at least in his mind) pick-up lines at the local club during the Sam Works the Room sneak peek below.

Secret Girlfriend airs Wednesdays on Comedy Central at 10:30pm ET.

Photo: Derek Miller and Michael Blaiklock (Mark Davis/Comedy Central)

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‘Secret Girlfriend’ Preview: CSI Porn Stars

October 28th, 2009

The October 28 episode of Comedy Central’s Secret Girlfriend takes us one episode past the halfway point of the show’s six-episode rookie season.

Michael Blaiklock, Derek Miller/Secret Girlfriend

On the plate: a little investigating to figure out the identity of a porn star from the gym and, for Jessica, posing as a relative instead of acting like a girlfriend to keep Mandy from going ballistic while green with envy.

And if that’s not enough for one episode, there’s also the following preview clip filled with lots of backyard wrasslin’. Lovely. What you see is what you get.

Secret Girlfriend airs Wednesdays on Comedy Central at 10:30pm ET.

Photo: Michael Blaiklock and Derek Miller (Mark Davis/Comedy Central)

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