Sean Flannery

Billboards in Boystown

Sean Flannery — Thu, 03 May 2012 05:44:02 +0000

You know, a lot of people say Bill Engvall is a middle-of-the-road comic who takes no risks on stage, but I think it was awfully brave of him to become the spokesman for a HIV-related-belly-fat pill:

Blackout Diaries – preview

Sean Flannery — Thu, 03 May 2012 05:39:25 +0000

The Onion AV Club asked me to do a preview for The Blackout Diaries this spring. Directed by Sam Mechling and staring Bernie Brice and The Puterbaugh Sisters:

Blackout Diaries in Onion AV Club

Sean Flannery — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:25:42 +0000

The Onion AV Club previewed the Blackout Diaries again and asked me to put some drinking stories together in a video. They said some nice things about the show and I think, due to the talents of the Puterbaugh Sisters, Bernie Brice and Sam Mechling, the video turned out well too:

http://www.avclub.com/chicago/articles/the-blackout-diaries-reliving-drunk-memories-with,70792/

The Blackout Diaries returns Saturday March 31st at 7:30 PM at The Beat Kitchen. $10

Riding The Bench

Sean Flannery — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:00:08 +0000

Not Re-Assurring

Sean Flannery — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:07:00 +0000

Every time I do a sound check for Never Been to Paris, I walk in with two huge brief cases made of reinforced plastic and a projector screen:

venue: “man, you have a lot of equipment for a standp comic”

me: “it’s not as bad as it looks. The one brief case is just filled with beer”.

They rarely feel this is good news.

Let me Action News that for You

Sean Flannery — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:56:11 +0000

This may only be funny to tech people (and perhaps not even them), but it’s a kind of mini-Hell I experience at work so often, I decided to turn it into a blog.

CONFESSIONS: normally the process ends at #2, with me saying “f-it, I’m gonna install Chrome”.

Also, technically step #9 and later didn’t work. The Internet Explorer Search extension for ABC Action Action News points to the wrong URL, throwing a 404 every time. I had to manually use the search feature on their domain.

All that said, it makes me like Microsoft more and I’m going to stick to ABC Action News (Philadelphia) as my default provider. I love delusional people in real life, and there’s no reason I shouldn’t look for the same in my technology companies. To pretend that Google isn’t even one of the companies that you would consider, when listing internet search providers… Well, that’s a pretty hilarious ‘happy place’ Microsoft has sent itself to. I need to be working more closely with them.

How My Phone Felt Last Night

Sean Flannery — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:32:45 +0000

Laughfest

Sean Flannery — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:59:42 +0000

For anyone in the Western Michigan area, I’m in two shows at Laugh Fest:

My one man show, “Never Been to Paris”, is Tuesday March 13th at The Pyramid Scheme (10 PM).
I’m in the “Best of The Midwest” Competition, Wednesday March 14that The BOB (two shows: 7PM and 9:15PM).

I did a couple of interviews for the appearances. You can read / listen to them at the following link if
you’re interested in hearing about my shows or the festival in general:

laughfestgr.org/seanflannery

Power Lunch

Sean Flannery — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:14:55 +0000

Some times, the fight for veganism is exhausting and you only have time for a quick bite. At McDonalds. And you really wish the company car wasn’t so blatant.

(seen walking home in Lincoln Square)

Alternate Yous

Sean Flannery — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:06:46 +0000

Mark Wahlberg told Mens Journal that he was scheduled to be on one of the hijacked planes on September 11th, adding

“If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did — there would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin and then me saying, ‘OK, we’re going to land somewhere safely, don’t worry,’”

Wahlberg also revealed that he has “probably had over 50 dreams about it” (being on the plane).

I, like Wahlberg, like to think about possible universes, including the one where he stepped on that plane. …and, as though that day couldn’t be anymore surreal…

“Hey man, did you hear- we’re under attack!”

“What?”

“Yeah, terrorists took over planes! They crashed one into the Pentagon and another into the World Trade Center”

“Jesus.”

“Yeah.. they would have crashed a second plane into the other tower, but Mark Wahlberg was on it and killed each terrorist with his bare hands”

“WHAT?!!”

IMPORTANT: in this alternate universe –as I picture it– Wahlberg never became the successful actor we presently know. He hasn’t been heard from since The Funky Bunch.

“The dude from the 90s?”

“Yeah, the guy who sang ‘Good Vibrations’. He just killed 10 terrorists and landed a plane… You’ll never forget where you were, when you heard this news, aye pal?”