[Ohio-talk] Local comedians who talk about disability

[Kaiti Shelton]

That's exactly the kind of information I was looking for. Thanks, Debra.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 21, 2015, at 9:17 AM, Deborah Kendrick via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Richard, 
> You can find some great YouTube videos of Josh Blue, Last Comic Standing, on
> YouTube.  Just put his name in the search box.  
> 
> And Kaiti, rather than trying to raise money to bring someone from
> California, why don't you try to exploit our very own Richard Payne and
> David Cohen, who have done comedy, too.
> 
> Deborah
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 7:20 AM
> To: 'Kaiti Shelton'; 'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Local comedians who talk about disability
> 
> Can you get in touch with the comedian? That is doing the stand up this week
> end. Richard
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti
> Shelton via Ohio-talk
> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 2:46 PM
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> Subject: [Ohio-talk] Local comedians who talk about disability
> 
> Hi all,
> Together with another blind student on campus I am forming an organization
> for disabled students and allies. Everything is going according to plan, and
> I think we should be able to be registered as an official organization but
> the end of the week.
> One of the things we talked about doing for a fundraiser is putting on a
> comedy night.   A deaf student in the organization said she would be willing
> to try some standup, and I certainly have plenty of funny stories to tell.
> The aim of the comedy night will be to show others that disabilities are
> just a part of life and aren't something to be pitied. In sharing this with
> our faculty advisor she looked up Josh blue, who has CP and one last comic
> standing. Coincidentally, he is performing at the funny bone in Dayton this
> weekend. Although I am kicking myself for not getting the club started a
> month ago so we could sponsor a trip to see his show or have him do a
> charity gig at UD, I am going to see him this weekend. It got the advisor
> and me thinking about  finding some local entertainment to do comedy
> performance is here. I was wondering if anyone happen to know of anything in
> the area. The only other person I can think of is a blind woman in
> California,  Who will probably be glad to show off her stand up skills, but
> we would need to raise at least enough money for her airfare and hotel
> costs. Any suggestions would be wonderful. Sent from my iPhone
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