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Funny thing: AthFfest
to host Comedy Ffest
By ZACK TAYLOR
The Red and Black
This year AthFest will
have anew comedic ele
ment and comedian TJ
Young is more than happy
to be a part of it.
“I have done some unof
ficial shows during AthFest
a couple of times.” Young
said.
He tried for a couple of
years to get comedy to be
a part of AthFest and this
year he and fellow stand
up Chris Patton finally
succeeded.
Athfest Comedy
Showcase will be held
June 23 at New Earth
Music Hall, and is hosted
by Young. Young will join
eight stand-up comedians.
Young’s act, in particu
lar, is about “playing
dumb.”
He says sticking to a
dumb position is what
makes it ftmny. He tries to
avoid heavy political satire
in light of a different style
of comedy.
“I always say my come
dy is light-hearted absurdi
ty,” he said. “I try to take
everyday situations and
then have a really strange
slant at the end.”
His comedy influences
run a wide range of come
dians, such as classic
comedians like Bill Cosby
and Steve Martin to more
contemporary comics.
“I would say Brian
Regan is my favorite come
dian right now,” Young
said. “I also really like Jim
Gaffigan,”
Comedians, however,
are not the only people
who influence Young’s
comedy stylings.
“I have some friends
who aren’t even comedi
ans, they're just really
funny and I draw from
them as well.” Young said.
Young said his life as a
comedian has its roots in
his childhood.
“I came from a family
where laughter was always
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Showcase: Hosted by Athens’
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When: June 23 8 p.m.
Where: New Earth Music Hall
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a part of what we’re
doing,” he said. “I remem
ber my grandfather being a
particularly ftmny guy and
I would tell him dumb
jokes to make him laugh,
which in turn would make
me laugh.”
The comedy act didn’t
stop there, as Young
brought his family’s love of
humor into his group of
friends.
“I was always the clown
in my group of friends,”
Young said.
Young is not alone in his
stand-up journey. He is
one of four members of
“The Beards of Comedy,”
an Atlanta-based collec
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ing Young, Andy Sandford,
Dave Stone and Joe
Zimmerman, who all hap
pen to be comedians with
beards. Young claims he
got involved with the
group after one of the
future members suggested
the humorous name.
“The guy without the
beard who initially sug
gested the group idea grew
a beard a few months later
and joined as well," Young
said.
Although they don't have
the same exact comedic
styles, they share more than
just matching beards. The
group has common ideas
and goals as comedians.
“We all want to be our
selves and challenge our
selves,” Young said “We all
strive to be wildly appeal
ing but not have comedy
that appeals only to the
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tor.”
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By day a realtor, at night he’s The King
By ZACK TAYLOR
The Red and Black
Hail to the King baby, Elvis is
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Chris Shupe is a man of two
identities. By day he works in real
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name Elvis Presley. He is an Elvis
Impersonator. Shupe had his first
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of Elvis Presley at an early age
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“We had a cassette recorder back
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ing around with recording my voice
over the music and background.”
After that, Shupe would imper
sonate Elvis at school talent shows
and things of a similar sort, and
continued to perform as Elvis into
the present day.
Shupe, like many of his fellow
Elvis impersonators, has attended
Elvis impersonator conventions in
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“Some of the conventions get a
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will get into the hotel and there will
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right in front of you.”
Shupe claims the convention is
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song a certain way or put a little
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Shupe, who does have natural
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so it was ftmny watching everyone
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“I'm so glad I got to go and leam
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to-day life.
Since he does have a day job as a
realtor he spends much of his time
during the day out of character.
“I can’t walk around looking and
acting completely like Elvis 24-7,”
Shupe said. “Unless I wanted to get
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have the physique for it.
“I would say I run about 10 miles
a week, so I am not trying to por
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Shupe loves so much of Elvis’s
catalog and owns a huge collection,
but there are a few songs he enjoys
performing more than the others.
“I like to perform songs like Poke
Salad Annie, Proud Mary, or any
song with a lot of action and moves
to them,” Shupe said.
Shupe said he believes that
although Elvis has been around for
quite some time, that’s no reason
for the college-age crowd not to
eqjoy his music.
“Most of the crowd Is in their
late 30s or late 40s, but the college
age kids who do come out have a
great time,” Shupe said.
tice and a few return trips should
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