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LOL WITH IT: Chip Chantry's final One Man Show (with Special Guests)
Around three years ago, Don Montrey's monthly variety comedy showcase Die, Actor, Die was handed off to Chip Chantry and branded Chip Chantry's One Man Show (with Special Guests). Now, Chip is passing the torch to LOL fav James Hesky.
LOL WITH IT: Chip Chantry's final One Man Show (with Special Guests)
Every Friday, Ryan Carey covers the people and events that are giving Philly the giggles.
Around three years ago, Don Montrey's monthly variety comedy showcase Die, Actor, Die was handed 
off to Chip Chantry and branded Chip Chantry's One Man Show (with Special Guests). Now, Chip is passing the torch to LOL fav James Hesky (pictured). Hesky will be re-branding PHIT's variety comedy showcase The Monthly Hour, enlisting some Philly joke heavyweights like Jim Grammond (Reasonable Discourse with Jerks), Mary Radzinski (Laughs on Fairmount), Darryl Charles (CheaPodcast), Pat House (Helium) and Mikey Gleason (BirdText video producer) to produce each show. "I want to continue to provide a format for comedians and sketch groups to perform," says Hesky, "but I also want it to be a showcase for this group of comics, all of whom are among my favorites in the city."
The Monthly Hour will feature a monologue by Hesky recapping the major events of the month. Bits, sketches and videos relating to current haps will be interspersed between the standup and sketch guests. There will be a sneak peak at 10 p.m. on Wed. March 7, and the first official show will be Mon., March 26 at 9 p.m.
As for Chip Chantry's One Man Show (with Special Guests), you can catch the final installment on Mon., Feb. 27 at 8:30 p.m. Says Chantry: "I wanted to put on my favorite comics from back when I first started. So guys like Andy Nolan, John Kensil, the Legendary WID, Eric Todd, Mike Rainey, etc." Also on the show will be Don Montrey, Jim Grammond, sketch comedy from Secret Pants, and some surprises. When asked why Chantry is passing along the One Man Show, he said, "I'm gonna be taking some time off next year to do more road dates. I'm also going to be producing a more heavily sketch-oriented SNL-esque live show which will let me focus on writing. We don't have a venue yet, but it's going to be somewhere in center city."
Have a comedy something or other you'd like Ryan to feature in an upcoming LOL WITH IT? Email him at ryan.carey@citypaper.net or tweet him @slackerDIYtoday.
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