COMEDY NEWS: WILL DURST RELEASES 2ND COMEDY ALBUM FOR STAND UP! RECORDS
VENERABLE COMIC WILL DURST RELEASES 2ND COMEDY ALBUM FOR STAND UP! RECORDS
Elect To Laugh Finds Humor in American Politics and the Everyday Insanity of Modern Life
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LOS ANGELES, CA (THURSDAY APRIL 17, 2014) – America’s premier independent comedy label, Stand Up! Records (www.standuprecords.com) announced today that their second release from venerable stand up comedian Will Durst, Elect to Laugh, is currently available for purchase via iTunes, Amazon and the Stand Up! Records store (http://standupcrap.com)
Like all great Will Durst routines, material ranges from the skewering of the American political system combined with insightful and witty barbs that point out the increasingly preposterous world we live in. Erectile dysfunction, Mr. Rogers, tattoos, the European Union and more are fair game on Elect to Laugh. Still, political jabs are thrown left and right, landing body blows to the GOP, President Barack Obama, Fox News, Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney and Osama Bin Laden just to name few. One of Durst’s best lines regards the GOP: “Pat Robertson said the field was too extreme. Pat Robertson! Which is like having your drug intervention hosted by Lindsay Lohan. And Charlie Sheen is driving the van.” It’s that kind of top-notch common sense material that got Durst invited to perform for former Presidents Bill Clinton and George HW Bush.
Reigning as C-SPAN’s favorite comic (8 appearances,) Will Durst (http://willdurst.com) is a 5-time Emmy nominee and recipient of 7 consecutive nominations for the American Comedy Awards Stand Up of the Year. He is the first comic invited to perform at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and the first American to be nominated for the prestigious Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the show “Myth America.” He has racked up more than 400 television appearances in 14 different countries while slinging jokes around the globe in his one man crusade to make people laugh out loud on purpose against their will. Hobbies include the never-ending quest for the perfect cheeseburger, while his heroes remain the same as when he was twelve—Thomas Jefferson and Bugs Bunny.
Stand Up! Records is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and run by Grammy-winning comedy producer Dan Schlissel. With a growing catalog and more than 120 releases, We have a 14 year history as a champion of the underdog. Stand Up! Records is more than just a record label but a comedy brand juggernaut; combining comedy, great art, discovering new talent, founding comedy festivals and producing cool stuff.
For more information please contact Joshua Mills, It’s Alive! Media, 323-464-6314, josh@itsalivemedia.com
