EXCLUSIVE: A Martha Stewart Roast, without the main course
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- December
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These days it might seem like Martha Stewart and Katonah couldn’t be any cozier if they were cuddling in a color-coordinated pillow and duvet set, but Katonah resident Bill Tisherman is still taking a few more jabs at the business magnate/ baking queen via YouTube. Tisherman (”Tish” to anyone but Martha) recently posted several video clips from “The Martha Stewart Roast,â€? an amateur comedy show and wine tasting sponsored by his company, Wine For All.
Tisherman took a comedy class about six months ago and since then has been performing every once in a while in Manhattan. Martha seemed like ripe material (what with her whole, ‘trying to own Katonah’ thing), so he organized the roast for Nov. 28 at the Sage Theater in Times Square. While Tish honed his stand-up, the comedy duo The Waldorf-Statler Tribute Band performed skits, each performance with varying degrees of success (the wine helped quell the occasional awkwardness—I didn’t see much swish and spit). Skits re-imagined Stewart in a variety of her public incarnations, ranging from her days as an aspiring TV hostess to those as a corporate harpy, and, eventually, a warden-cursing jailbird. Who knew she could play harmonica? And that prison showers don’t have luffa or body wash? Tish did a comedy bit involving an inflatable Martha doll that got some big laughs at first and then started to seem a bit creepy as her air-filled avatar watched the rest of the performance side stage.
Aside from its purpose as a showcase for aspiring comics and fine wine, the evening functioned as a quiet coda to the Stewart saga, which was insulting to those who cared and tiresome for those who didn’t. When one attendee said that she hoped Stewart (who wasn’t invited) still had “a good feeling towards Katonah,â€? a friend of hers retorted, “She’s been in prison. She can handle a little comedy.â€?
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on Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 at 3:30 pm by Dan Marra.
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