{"id":804,"date":"1997-03-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1997-03-25T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/dalton\/?p=804"},"modified":"2020-05-18T11:38:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T15:38:46","slug":"stand-up-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/dalton\/stand-up-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Stand-up Comedy (1991-1995)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tragedy plus timing equals comedy.<\/p>\n

Richard Pryor<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

STANDING UP<\/b><\/h2>\n

Bad things happen in threes.\u00a0 <\/span>In1988 my mother was unexpectedly diagnosed with lung cancer.\u00a0 <\/span>I left New York City and moved into her hospital room with her.\u00a0 <\/span>I became her nurse and her protector, but no matter what I did, how hard I tried to bargain with the gods she was dead within six weeks.\u00a0 <\/span>Heartbroken, I went back to New York City to my strained marriage and my lucrative job in the garment center.\u00a0 <\/span>And after five years of working like a dog\u2014I\u2019d built their unknown company into the #1 Color-Forecasting company in the country\u2014they fired me.\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019d put my life on hold for four years to put my husband through law school.\u00a0 <\/span>After he passed the bar he informed me he was moving to Hollywood to become a motion picture producer and I wasn\u2019t invited. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1990 I found myself alone, forty years old, and unemployed.\u00a0 <\/span>Devastated, dejected, and filled with rage, I did what any red-blooded scorned woman would do.\u00a0 <\/span>I cut my hair off, died it red, and began doing stand-up comedy.\u00a0 <\/span>I had to somehow get my soul, my self-esteem, and my voice back.<\/p>\n

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Jill Dalton (R) receiving the Mary Jo Comedy Show Award c. 1995.<\/p><\/div>\n

Mary Jo Comedy Show Award<\/h2>\n

In 1995 I received the Mary Jo Comedy Show Award for best up and coming female stand-up. \u00a0I was shocked but so grateful.<\/p>\n

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Mary Jo Comedy Show Award c. 1995.<\/p><\/div>\n

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c. 1995<\/p><\/div>\n

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c. 1995<\/p><\/div>\n

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Photo of my award check for $500. c. 1995<\/p><\/div>\n

I was thrilled to receive a check for $500.00. \u00a0I so needed that money.<\/p>\n

The Alluring Ladies of Laughter<\/h2>\n

One of the greatest gatherings of new female comic talent!<\/p>\n

CaB Magazine<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

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(Top to bottom): Jill Dalton, Leighann Lord, Michelle Balan, and Venessa Hollingshead<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s not always easy to get stage time so Leighann Lord, Vanessa Hollingshead, Michele Balan, and I put together this show, \u201cThe Alluring Ladies of Laughter\u201d that we did on Wednesday nights 55 Grove Street. \u00a0We\u2019d invite special guests every week as well. \u00a0One week we had Amy Stiller and she brought her mom and dad. \u00a0Jerry Stiller and Helen Meara (Stiller and Meara).<\/p>\n

Taking it on the road.<\/h2>\n
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Comedy tour with Sam Brown c. 1995<\/p><\/div>\n

Sam Brown and I did a comedy tour and because I\u2019d been on the Soaps I got the publicity even though he was the headliner and I was the middle act.<\/p>\n

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Stage Time.<\/h2>\n

In order to get stage time, I was always traveling out of town via Metro-North to do \u00a0 \u00a0clubs. \u00a0I\u2019d do The Laughing Bean (NJ), McGuires Comedy Club (Bohemia, NY), Porky\u2019s Comedy Club, \u00a0Pips Comedy Club (Brooklyn), etc.<\/p>\n

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Standing in front of the venue where I was the entertainment for the Nut Swamp PTA fundraiser. \u00a0c. 1994.<\/p>\n

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Nut Swamp PTA c. 1995<\/p><\/div>\n

Standing with my photo\/resume that they\u2019d blown up.<\/p>\n

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Nut Swamp PTA c. 1995<\/p><\/div>\n

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c. 1994<\/p><\/div>\n

When we pulled up to Brother\u2019s Caterers there was a gigantic banner draped across the front of the building with my name in huge letters. And I guess because I\u2019d done soaps and America\u2019s Funniest People they billed me as a T.V. star! The place was packed, and I remember I was getting over a bout with food poisoning. \u00a0My set went really well.<\/p>\n

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c. 1994<\/p><\/div>\n

My sister, Cam ( featured in the photo above on the left) asked me to MC at the Winterland Ball in Long Beach, CA so I did.<\/p>\n

New York stand-up comic, Jill Dalton, kept the room in stitches . . .<\/p>\n

Shirley Wild, PRESS-TELEGRAM<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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