Clark Jones is coming to Portland for the MonsterBox Comedy Show

[Music] first live local this is Fox 12 now hello everyone this is Fox 12 now I'm Greg nibler thanks for joining us wherever you are that is our live shot right there from our Shriners cam over downtown Portland looking at Mount Hood and it's going to be a little bit cooler today not uh not super cool but a little bit cooler than it was yesterday so I'm sure that's good for a lot of you out there but we are live here from the studio as we are every weekday starting around 1: p.m. Pacific spe covering a wide range of topics on this show we're on kptv.com we of course on the Fox2 Oregon app and on social media as well so lots of places to watch it live and afterward and then share the show but we're now going to be talking about a comedy showcase coming up on Monday July 15th Monster Box and uh it is going to be a pretty amazing event we've got one of The Producers here who's going to be joining us we've got one of the star comedians for the show Clark Jones who's also going to be here we've got him right here right now so let's go ahead and bring them in uh rayan Wickwire one of the co-founders co-producers I don't know I don't know which which you want to prefer for your title or all of the above does any of that work yeah sure yeah much that works okay great well raan and Clark uh you know thanks for joining us here to talk about this and I think to start off you know ran you've been in so many involved in so much of the comedy scene in Portland for for so long whether it's producing just anybody who's involved in any way in comedy in Portland knows who you are so let's it's true so let's talk about this particular showcase though this is the first one and you know co-founding it with Jason Lamb tell us about this and what what the idea is behind this one um let's see where to begin so Jason just ended his show minority retort a couple of months ago and I had been thinking that I wanted to start doing something again and I don't know he's also got great taste and is kind of like me and that everybody in the comedy World kind of knows him even though we don't do comedy so I was just like hey we should team up and do something together and then I found out that Alberta Street Pub is like blackowned again and I got really excited about that and I was like Hey minority retorts over but we could start this new thing where we still kind of bring in like black Headliners but um you know just kind of fill the bill with like local comics from here Salem Seattle wherever we can get good people yeah and building it out from there and this is you know it's it's is a perfect pairing having the two of you you know join up for this and what's the uh what's the story behind the name oh my goodness I was just joking about this because I forgot to tell Jason we don't tell people this but it actually came to me in a dream I had a ridiculous dream like we were throwing around names and then I woke up one day and was like hey I had this dream with this like silly giant mascot monster head and it seemed really goofy and fun and he was like yeah Monster Box let's do it so here we are you know what coming up with a name is usually like one of the hardest things ever to do so that's that works if it came in a dream that's that's actually yeah that's a good story so so go from Monster Box creating this setting this lineup and then Clark you are gonna be on the show here coming up on my day I'm sorry I've been giggling this whole time this whole set up is giving uh black uh TMZ because we we got a a light skined woman with bra got like you know that dude always like yeah man I just saw Courtney Love and Fred Armon fist fight in the parking lot this this is I'm sorry just I'm always in another world but yes I'll be here I'm not from not from Portland but I'm from coming from La this is my first time performing in uh Portland Oregon so I'm very excited yeah first time coming up here I know that you've passed through or you've performed somewhat in the Northwest before yeah no I'm excited to see Portland's brand of interracial dating because I know it's gonna be a flock uh every time I'm in the Pacific Northwest it's just like man all the United Colors have been a time um so I'm bringing that I'm bringing lroy the official felter of interracial couples it's gonna be great man I I cannot wait cannot wait to perform yes yes it's gonna be great all right I I'm going to ask you and this is an honest question here what is your opinion what are you expecting from Portland when you come here into town performing for the first time it's not often I get to talk to a comedian who has never performed here at all what are you expecting yeah you know I'm going in blank slate man I'm going in blank slate I uh I'm expecting you know the the pandemic kind of erased all the cooler than thess of everything so like this was before that I was have to kind of overdo it kind of shock people a little bit but I think people are gonna just be like you know what you know I'm I'm here so let's go you know like I think it's different now people leave the house and they come to see a show they're G to be um they're gonna be ready to laugh as opposed to before where everybody's like okay I like you like swirling red wine as they um as they conjure up thoughts of what comedy should be history of it I don't think people I think people going to be drunk and ready to laugh even on a Monday and what did cat say they know I'm coming I know I'm coming and we G and I'mma show up and I'mma do give them the best show that I can give them I think that that's perfect right there as they're swelling their red wine um sring their the pbrs now yeah I think that's more likely that's that's more accurate um so so for you though you know coming in here you've been touring all over the place you've been a part of so many big shows I mean don't tell comedy and you're a writer as well so you know behind the scenes for you do you prefer being in front of a crowd and doing you know stand up in front of a crowd that you've never been in front of before or do you prefer writing and writing for all these different television shows that you've been on if you had to I look at I compare it to uh it's like them Aderall that hit right away that's stand up and them long release ater rolls that's like good throughout for that get you right throughout the day not to say that I'm pro drug I am but that's not what I'm trying to I'm just saying that instant release is a different type of chef's kiss um so I love them both I that's my long way of saying I don't have an answer I just love to create something that came straight from me and PE that people can't connect to it do you depending on where you go I mean because you Tour all over the place do you change your set or or modify it for depending on what like say area of the country that you're in I I may hit the local ref I've already referenced Courtney Love and Fred Armon so yeah nailed it right there love is not ours no she was here like 40 years ago or something somebody somebody better tell uh the new Goole AI uh oh okay because they they gave me that that was Gemini's fault hard that's that that works yeah who knows if anybody's gonna fist fight frett armson in the Whole Foods parking lot it'll be she'll find a way to make it be her so uh that ain't even Portland that's I believe it just just crazy just black TMZ um PDX TMV um but yeah no I I I'll give some people some local stuff you know I'll talk about what's happening because I read about everything that's the thing about comedians we you know ignorance is bliss right but we are charged with doing about everything that's going on so that that leads to a little bit of our insanity but if we we get it all out that's the Deep that's the uh that's the release when we can get on stage and just entertain people and connect with that crowd who's also looking for that same kind of you know interaction and and release and that just kind of an escape so uh looking uh you know for hey ra for this lineup too I mean obviously we've got Clark here or here so that's that's pretty good but uh but you also have a pretty amazing lineup going on for this show can you tell us about this here yeah I mean a it's the first show and then also it's on a Monday night so I really wanted to like try and entice people to come out and yeah I don't know we are lucky to have a lot of really great talent here and yeah it's going to be super exciting like I love Arlo And Maro and DEA dorgi the Seattle comic that we both really like and then Phil schellberg who's just like the weirdest genius that I know maybe uh I'm really excited to see what he's gonna do and then also we've got ammani and possey hosting which they have never done together so that will be exciting too I'm just hoping for like a super fun super fun Talent packed show I mean that lineup is that right there so oh and I completely forgot Kyle Kain who is like basically another headliner we' also got canine on the show forgot he's on this one who can forget about Kyle Kain yes yeah little gu 30 years he's very quiet very demure so we've got pretty lucky he's a local now so yeah had to grab him too well um yeah I mean it's a huge solid lineup so for any body out there uh you know who's who's looking to come out on a Monday night what should they expect from this show what would you want somebody to walk away from after going to it oh man I wanted to be like super fun party B like kind of like midnight mass used to be at fun house I don't know who would even remember that but that was like one of the most fun shows in Portland history I think yeah and I'm kind of trying to create a similar Vibe everybody just come I know it's a Monday but come cut lose hang out it's going to be super fun awesome and where where can people get tickets um uh it's on Brown Paper Tickets the easiest place is probably to go to the monsterbox comedy Instagram it's right there in the bio like the link for tickets is right there or um Google Clark Jones Portland Clark Jones Port Clark Jones Portland and click that link buy them tickets buy five because it ain't gonna be this ain't you know not gonna get this every week you know you're not going to get me and listen if you've been listening to this interview this is this is a change of pce and you know this is something special black comedy black comedy black own in the whitest named bar in the Pacific Northwest it didn't used to be a black neighborhood McGill cies black lives matter those things don't go together but Monday they will Alberta sweet P or theater Blitz 8 o'clock Blitz Creek pup staring the drop staring the drop KCK Murphy's and Clark Jones buy the ticket it's gonna be funny There It Is throw foggy Molly open up to you all right well uh thank you thank you for joining here I guess for PDX TMZ so I grabbed a water bottle just to um comedy show wow that's crazy all right thank you both of you uh ran congratulations you know on starting up another amazing thing so Monday night Clark coming to Portland get your tickets thanks to both of you for being here on Fox 12 now thank you thanks for having us absolutely for everybody watching this is live so we are live here every weekday from the fox Oregan Newsroom so thank you for joining us uh you can watch us you know on the live stream of course but you can also watch this afterward go to kptv.com click on the Fox2 now tab you can also download the Fox2 Oregon app another great way to watch all of these these shows and share them and let other people know about it and uh we cover a wide range of topics coming up at 1:30 p.m. we're going to switch gears to something a little little different we're going to be talking about a rescue on Mount Hood that happened just the other day somebody fell down 700 feet and survived we're going to talk to Portland Mountain Rescue one of the crews that goes up there and helps to save people they're going to talk about that and how to stay safe if you decide to go climb Mount Hood especially during the summer there are risks you need to be aware of so we'll cover that coming up at 1:30 p.m. so you can join me right back on whatever platform you're on I'll talk to you then I'm Greg nibble this Fox 12 now

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Length: 13min 13sec (793 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 10 2024