Dave Gorman's Googlewhack

Drolgin Steingrinder · January 19, 2005, 7:14 pm

This has to be one of the funniest, smartest and most mindboggling comedy shows I have ever seen. From the blurb on Dave Gorman's website:

At the age of 31 I decided to give up my stupid ways, grow a beard and write a novel. I guess this show is the story of my failure to do two of those things. (Yes, I have a beard)

All sorts of unpleasantness could have been avoided if other people had told me not to do it. Instead, they took me seriously. Meetings were set up, deals were done and a novel was commissioned.

To make matters worse, a publisher even gave me a chunk of money as an advance on the project. This was an exceedingly stupid thing to do. Needless to say, the novel doesn't exist and I've spent the money. What on?

On a googlewhack adventure.

It started when I received an e-mail from a stranger telling me that I was a googlewhack. I didn't know what a googlewhack was. Now I do.

A googlewhack is what happens when two words are entered in to Google and it comes back with one and only one hit. So when the stranger told me that I was a googlewhack, he didn't mean that my name Dave Gorman was one... he meant that my website contained one.

At the time, googlewhacking seemed to be a pleasant enough distraction. Just something to do while sitting at my computer thinking about how to start writing my novel. I had no idea it was about to take over my life. I tried to resist it but things happened. Lots of things.

Now, the adventure is over. Googlewhacking has taken me around the world. Three times. I've played table tennis with a nine year old boy in Boston, and I've been way too familiar with some snakes in LA. I've met mini-drivers in North Wales and hippies in Memphis.

I've grown a beard and failed to write a novel. But to show for it I've got a story to tell. In fact it's a story I've got to tell if I'm going to try and pay back my publishers.

Dave Gorman is doing a 3-week run in LA in march/april, other US dates will be announced soon (he just did 3 months off-Broadway) and the DVD is out now. Do yourself a favor and catch this, somehow. It'll blow you away.

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » March 5, 2005, 4:33 pm

LA residents: GO! You will not regret this. I cannot recommend this show enough.

Mar 23 2005 - Apr 10 2005
The Macgowan Little Theater, UCLA
Box Office: 310-825-2101 (10am-4pm)

Tickets on sale from Jan 3 book online

Los Angeles: Wednesday - Friday, tickets are $20 and $7 for UCLA students. Saturday and Sunday the tickets are $25 and $10 for UCLA students. There is a handling fee ($4) and a facility fee ($2) per ticket.

Detailed LA schedule:
Wednesday March 23rd through Saturday March 26th: 8pm
Sunday March 27th: 7pm
Wednesday March 30th through Saturday April 2nd: 8pm
Sunday April 3rd: 7pm
Wednesday April 6th through Saturday April 9th: 8pm
Sunday April 10th: 7pm

Drolgin Steingrinder · September 24, 2005, 9:25 pm

Dave Gorman is still touring, I will kill you in your face if you have the chance to see this show and decide not to! Back me up people - some of you have seen this, I know!

September 13 to September 25 2005
Cleveland, Ohio
Playhouse Square Center;
Hannah Theatre

September 28 to October 2 2005
Aurora, Illinois
Paramount Arts Centre; Copley Theatre

October 4 to October 16 2005
Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale Center for The Arts; Theatre 4301

October 18 to October 19 2005
Gainesville, Florida
University of Florida Performing Arts; Phillips Center Black Box Theatre

October 20 to October 22 2005
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Broward Center for the Performing Arts; Amaturo Theater

October 25 to November 6 2005
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pantages Theater

November 8 to November 12 2005
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Meyer Theatre

November 29 to December 11 2005
Seattle, Washington
The Moore Theatre

Check http://www.davegorman.com/livedates.htm for a detailed listing including phone # and links etc.

DO IT! PLEASE!

It's highly unlikely that I'll ever get to see this show in person myself - so I am hoping to live vicariously through some of you.

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » September 25, 2005, 12:41 am

thanks asshole! post the dates for cleveland one day before it ends.

Vaemas · Post by **Vaemas** » September 28, 2005, 2:30 pm

Drolgin introduced me to Dave Gorman in May of this year. I can't remember the last time I saw something this funny. I was literally in tears for 5 to 10 minutes. Well worth the money. If he was coming to Atlanta, I'd be there!