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Comedian Kathleen Madigan Returns To Las Vegas

Author Carla Rea

Comedian, Kathleen Madigan, returns The Mirage, Las Vegas, June 24th. The Mike and Carla Morning Show’s own Carla Rea will be opening for her once again.

If you don’t know this by now from listening to the Mike and Carla Morning Show – or if you have no idea who Mike and Carla even are – Kathleen Madigan is an old friend of Carla’s, and a good friend of the show.

Madigan helped Carla out a lot in her early comedy club days, and threw a ton of work at her. Carla opened, and featured for her on many occasions – and even crashed on her couch whenever she worked in her area.

According to Carla, “Kathleen Madigan is one of the funniest, most talented comedians on the planet!”  There’s the expression, “some people say funny things, and some people say things funny.” Both are important, but the second is most important when doing comedy. With her matter of fact, conversational, in the moment delivery, Kathleen embodies both.

Her most recent special “Hunting Bigfoot” can be seen on Amazon Prime Video, and it’s a must see for fans of Madigan, and comedy fans in general. Her album of her “Bothering Jesus” special, is the highest selling comedy album, and most played comedy album on streaming services since 2014.

Kathleen Madigan won the American Comedy Award for “Best Female Comedian” and “the Phyllis Diller award for “Best Female Comedian,” and she has done multiple USO tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Kathleen says, “The USO shows are the best. Trust me, no crowd is as appreciative and fired up to see any entertainer. I’m glad I have the chance because God knows I don’t wanna have to do their job!”

Kathleen was on The Mike & Carla Morning Show this wee, and talked about aging parents, and much more.

Kathleen’s 30 plus years comedy career isn’t slowing down. She spends about 250 nights a year on the road, still doing comedy clubs, along with huge marquee theaters with sold out shows. She has over 40 appearances on late night talk shows and multiple comedy specials on Netflix, Prime, Comedy Central and HBO.

She also made the most of the pandemic by launching a podcast, “Madigan’s Pubcast,” on all streaming outlets.

Did Madigan plan a career in comedy? “No, like that guy in the Joy of Painting used to say, it was a happy accident. This whole thing just started out as a reason to drink and wow, what a great drinking accident.”

Madigan is also an advocate and fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis and Autism. Kathleen spent a few minutes with The Mike & Carla Morning Show, catching up and talking about her parents, the heat and much more!

 

Get tickets here to see Kathleen Madigan (and a few minutes of Carla Rea), Saturday, June 24th, 10pm, at The Mirage!

A Wearable Bean Bag Chair For The Lazy People

We’re already pretty lazy as it is, but now we can be even LAZIER!

Face it, we work hard, right? So sometimes we just want to sit on our butt, but don’t want to walk far to do it. Well, viola! A company in Japan has created WEARABLE beanbag chairs! And they’re ridiculous – or are they?

The best way to explain them is that you’ll look just like Grimace, the chunky purple McDonald’s character.

They go on over your head. You know, like a sweater, or any other piece of furniture you might wear – but they’re basically like wearing a “fat suit.” Cause, that’s what we want.

The idea is that whenever you’re tired – which you probably WILL be if you’re carrying around all this extra weight in the house, or at the office – you can just plop your lazy butt down anywhere – and you’ll already be in a chair!

They come in four different colors: moss green, natural beige, mocha, and charcoal gray. And they come in three different sizes.  The child size is about $60, the medium size is about $80, and the large size is about $120.  The large one weighs 11 pounds. What are they stuffing these with, rocks?

Sadly, for now they’re mostly only being sold in Japan, but you can’t tell me there’s not a market for wearable beanbag chairs – or perhaps any other wearable furniture – right here in the US.

Now, I’m not sure if wearing this around the office is going to get you that promotion and raise you’ve been waiting for, but it sure would give the gang something to talk about at lunch – you know, while you are actually dining in your own wearable beanbag chair!

As we’ve seen from “Shark Tank,”just about any good – or strange – idea is worth putting out there. Thus – The wearable beanbag chair!

-Carla Rea

Here are some other suggestions, for all the lazy people out there –

  • Reclining toilets

    I mean, who doesn’t want to kick back – completely – when they are doing the doo?

    Lazy inventions

  • Business Casual Pajamas

    Out of bed, right to work  – thus allowing you a few extra minutes of sleep each day!

    Lazy Inventions

  • Self-boxing, and unboxing Christmas lights

    Just sit there, and watch them untangle themselves and land on that tree perfectly. Then watch as they beautifully unwind off the tree, and fit back into their boxes perfectly!

    Lazy Inventions

  • Drinkable steak

    Why bother having to cook it, cut it, and chew your ribeye, when you can just drink it.

    Lazy Inventions

  • 3-D printed, employed, self-sufficient children

    Bam! What’s not to like?!

    Lazy Inventions

Carla Rea is the morning show co-host on “The Mike and Carla Morning Show" on 96.3 KKLZ, in Las Vegas. She has been working with her partner and friend Mike O'Brian for the past 25 plus years. At KKLZ for 12 years. Carla Rea is a Gracie Award winner. She started out in talk radio, "when talk radio was still fun" Rea says. Prior to, and along with doing the morning show, Carla is also a comedian. You may have seen her on Conan O'Brien, Evening at The Improv, Showtime, or several comedy clubs across the country. Carla also worked as a light feature reporter at KSNV/NBC Las Vegas, going behind the scenes at various shows, and restaurants on the Las Vegas strip. As a content creator 96.3 KKLZ, Carla writes in a sarcastic, cheeky, unapologetic way on Las Vegas, movies, TV, celebrities, and this thing we call life.

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