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I was on an Oregon Coast road trip with legendary Dallas, TX dance instructor Elaine "Twinkle Toes" Hewlett and started circling places I'd done comedy on the roadmap, so I thought, maybe that would be enjoyable here, too! You can click on each destination for details.

For Donna Ryan

Dear Mom;

Here is the tape I've been promising of my set at the Oregon Women's Comedy Festival. There is a part two if you're interested. I hope you have an enjoyable Thanksgiving and don't adopt any additional cats. Remember what they say about comedy and prostitution: the first time you do it for money, you're a pro.




Love, Virginia

Party at Ground Zero!

I don't know how many of my readers are from Medford, Oregon, but I'm headed out for what promises to be a stupendous road gig with headliner Keith Wallan tomorrow night, Friday, October 5th, at club Ground Zero!
Keith Wallan works in wordplay, observational humor and cussing. He's the last bastion of sanity in a world gone insane.

Virginia Jones has never been to Medford. She's funnier than Bill Hicks, John Belushi, and Gilda Radner put together. In fact, she's funnier than all dead people.

They are both left-handed Capricorns and they're the same height. This is a love note to everyone in Jackson County- come out and see us tomorrow!

Ground Zero*123 S Front St* Medford, OR*(541) 779-4827

Postscript: I am distressed at Ground Zero's lack of web presence, which in my book means that it does not exist, but I found a clipping from the MailTribune for this night, and it really says it all!

"Comedians Keith Wallen(sic) and Virginia Jones will perform at 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, at Ground Zero, 123 S. Front St. Admission to the show costs $5 and includes a buffet-style dinner."

It's My Happening, And It Freaks Me Out! - Ronnie "Z-man" Barzell

If you have not yet witnessed my comedy stylings, or if you have and found them enjoyable, or if you're just curious to see what the West Slope area is really like, please come out to see me in a real life comedy show this weekend at the Comedy Club Westside, where the headliner will be the Howard Stern show's Jason Stewart, and Emcee Kyle Harbert. If you've seen local comedy at the Boiler Room, he's the tall, skinny one with the hat that yells.
If you're not up to a weekend night outing, or just like a more competitive feeling, I am also participating in Westside's comedy contest next Tuesday at 9PM at Suki's, and finals to follow. As long as I'm self-promoting, I'm appearing at Grand Theft Pizza Party on May 9th at Ash Street, and I'll be at Mississippi Pizza on May 22nd. As the late Kurt Vonnegut used to say, busy, busy, busy.

I will be maintaining a calendar of my planned open mikes and guest spots that you can look at under the "Comedy Downloads" heading on this page, should you care to do so.

How to Rule The Cosmos

I had the opportunity to open a comedy night at Cosmos Bar and Grill last night, which made me nervous because a: Cosmos has no "web presence", which means that it does not really exist in my universe, and b: When I cruised it earlier in the day, there were silhouettes of people playing various sports on the window. I do not historically get along with two-dimensional sport fanatics. However, the crowd was very friendly (read: drunk) and I had a great time opening for Lonnie Bruhn, Keith Wallan, and Troy Thirdgill, with emcee Gabe Dinger. I think I killed, or at the very least, I seriously maimed. I was happy with it, you can judge for yourself here. Oh, and if you are one of the half-dozen family members and friends that I made fun of, you should know that I didn't mean it. I love you.

Gus Van Can't...(stand amateur comedy)

When I got to the Boiler Room last night for five minutes of open mike time received with monklike silence, I sat down at a table with two other gentlemen, finding one of them kinda familiar. I assumed it was someone I had seen do stand-up, but then I noticed was that he was drinking a three-olive Martini, which I thought was a little Pearl District for Old Town, and then I realized that I was sitting with Oscar winner Gus Van Sant, and his suitcases, and his date. I tried to eavesdrop a little, and was surprised to hear that he was actually talking moviemaking with his compatriot while I tried to memorize jokes.
I was kind of excited that the man behind Drugstore Cowboy might see my five minutes of stand-up, and I thought that he might be impressed by a joke I was telling in German and decide to do a fantasy biography of my life, possibly casting Nick Cave as my husband, but when our esteemed emcee Kevin Michael-Moore launched into a version of The Girl From Ipanema where said girl is legally blind, my new famous friend found his legs and skedaddled, his attractive drinking partner carrying his bags. It was clear after his departure that every other comic had also noticed who it was, and most had prepared a joke for him, but then we just told them to each other, like usual.
My five minutes, including the joke in broken German, is posted in the "downloads" section at right.