CRAIG GLAZER TALKS THE KANSAS CITY COMEDY SPORTS WEEKEND!!!

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Comedy Sports Weekend Galore

J. Chris Newberg from ‘America’s Got Talent’

You may have seen him last season on America’s Got Talent fencing with Piers Morgan. He was really the first comedy contestant on America’s Got Talent to hit America’s hot button. He was so funny that judge Howie Mandel took J. Chris under his wing. Mandel helped get J. Chris on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno a few weeks ago. Jay enjoyed the set so much he’s invited Newberg back to perform once more before he turns the reins over to Jimmy Fallon. Recently, one of the two largest agencies, ICM, took Newberg on to be a client; he is a currently a finalist to become a new writer on Saturday Night Live and he is currently slated to star in a series similar to ‘Workaholics’ on Comedy Central, the twist being that it’s female instead of male employees.

J. Chris first got noticed as a semi-finalist on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, followed by teaming up with Dane Cook for several sketches on American Idol, he also provided all the music for the independent comedy ‘The 41 Year Old Virgin who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and felt Super bad about it’. He also co-starred with Lewis Black in ‘Surviving the Holidays’. He also became something of an underground sensation with Youtube renditions of his songs like the hit ‘Drunk Girl’ which received over a million hits.

Newberg has appeared at Stanfords Legends location each year since the club opened in ’07 and has been one of the more popular young stars of the comedy scene. Call Stanfords at (913)400-7500 for tickets and more information.

To be fair to all Kansas Citians this is a great sports weekend as well. Our Kansas City Royals will be at home against the first place Boston Red Sox. The Royals have been one of the hottest teams in baseball since the All-Star break going 16 and 4. They started the second half of the seasons eight games back, now, they are eight and a half games back. Go figure. Might be because Detroit’s even hotter. We’re finally seeing the nucleus of what could be a championship team in the future. Due to the horrible month of May for the Royals it is unlikely they will make the post season. This team reminds me of the 1975 Royals, they’ve identified their core players Gordon, Hosmer, Moustakkas, Cain, Perez and last but not least Billy Butler. Hosmer and another Royal need to start hitting with more power and a higher batting average next year to win this division. One could argue that the Royals current pitching staff is the best in baseball. KC’s defense is also rock solid. The chances of them getting the Wild Card spot is about 5 percent as they will have to win about 75 percent of their remaining games. We can sure dream about it, fun to see them winning for a change.

Tonight, you can watch the Kansas City Chiefs play the New Orleans Saints in a televised pre-season game. Though KC has acquired a much better quarterback, a name-brand coach in Andy Reid, a new Defensive Back and a borderline wide receiver we picked up from the Colts, they did little else but lip service. Yes we got a good offensive lineman in the draft and a bunch of maybes that usually don’t work out. At the moment, we have no true playmakers; an individual player who can turn the game by himself, dominate. To this point, Jamal Charles and Dwayne Bowe have proven to be good not great, the defense also does not have a true playmaker. For those of you who would argue this, the Chiefs had the least amount of positive turnovers last season. With only 11 positive turnovers last season, last in the NFL, that stinks and there is no playmaker. With the improvements and a soft schedule, KC could win between 6 and 9 games. Not likely a playoff team. Until proven otherwise, we just don’t have that kind of talent. Still, game one tonight, maybe a playmaker will show up.

So if you aren’t big into sports, or it rains, or you’re just not into pre-season football, come on out to see J. Chris Newberg. We’d love to see you.

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