That’s right! Billy Ray Cyrus at Bloomingdale’s in Sherman Oaks, California. I was there with my mother, he was trying on hip clothes. Mom trekked upstairs while Billy and I continued with our ritual downstairs (he buys, I browse).

Later we got yogurt and overheard teens curse in public more than once. I wished Billy was with us, he would set them straight. Instead, I stood up and made the scene myself; gestured to the rowdy group, pointed to mother who calmly ate a swirl with chocolate on her lips, gestured back at the wild prep school punks, accidentally kicked a chair, stuttered, then blamed it on my toppings.

And this is why my family won’t trust me with real estate.

Hey, this is all a joke, based in truth.

And that’s why I do INTERNET TV!!

Tonight at 8pm on the West Coast (9-27) look for me on Merrillwood —> I think with Natasha Lyonne. Could happen, last week Merrill had Michelle Rodriguez in studio.

I’m in good company, Billy would be proud.

-brode

Yes, live from Glendale @ Big Fish for Dougg and Denver’s Joke Center, sponsored by the folks of Garage Comedy. Tune in around 9:30pm on the Western Coast, I’ll take the stage near 2am in the Eastern-most Time Zones of America.

And speaking of America…

First off, it DOES rain in Southern California. It poured at times during Yom Kippur, and yes I was frightened. Worried about the LA River over-running it’s asphalt boundaries.

Thankfully that didn’t happen. I was able to put away my yellow Event Staff slicker which doubles as a personal moisture/social repellent.

Oh, we’re just talking here, hanging by the Brita filter, shooting the breeze…

Thanks goes out to The Comedy Store for allowing Barris-Brody-Overdrive to utilize their club as we focus our preparation on a pre-holidays Venice Beach gig. The plan after that is for “BBO” to tour the Southwest through the new year. Check Billboard and Pollstar for updates.

People dig it, we have roadies, lights and a set list.

You can check us out most late nights at The Comedy Store on the Sunset Strip (we’re usually dark Tuesdays and Wednesdays). We’re like Morrissey or Bad Religion, who will literally block off two straight weeks of shows at the same venue. Morrissey with The Palladium, Bad Religion with House of Blues, Barris and Brody with the Comedy Store Original Room after 1am in front of 3 drunk couples and 5 other obligated comedians.

Hey, how about the Iranian President in New York? He’s gonna speak at Columbia University and The UN. Where is he staying? The Waldorf? Heard he got a great deal on Orbitz.

Milton Bradley of the San Diego Padres flipping out, again.

*chill, Milton… what are you? a 9/11 NYC Fireman? (callback to a personal attack on me from last week)

Wow, been thru so much since we last spoke. Let’s get straight to the details.

Here we go…

Fantastic fun last night at Garage Comedy in Silver Lake, kinda near Dodger Stadium. Hung with The Sklars and Steve Agee, just to name a few. My set was webcast to millions, watched by tens. This is a knock on me, not Val or Ryan, the minds behind this special night at El Cid near Chavez Ravine aka Dodger Stadium.

Baseball is in my blood. I pitch and long toss, that’s insider lingo.

Oh, Sunday at The Ramada Inn went off WITH a hitch. Just another show where I get attacked by a 300 pound NYC 9/11 Fireman.

Apparently I shushed his wife too much during the show, they were talking and distracting the comedians, me and the audience. So in a nice friendly way, with a smile, I shushed her and her husband a few times. I even let them interact with me during my set and intros, isn’t that enough stage time for a drunk couple from New Jersey?

She said I was rude, it was “like a classroom”, basically she instigated and her husband had to stand-up for her. This all happened real fast toward the last quarter of the show culminating with my intro for Denver, our final entertainer of the night.

So the guy looses it, comes after me. He looked like a former D-2 offensive lineman, a poor man’s Tony Siragusa with rage in his eyes. I wasn’t gonna fight him, he’d kill me, but I ain’t no punk!

BTW, he called himself a “9/11 NYC Fireman“.

So I back-tracked down the hall, separating myself from him with a sea of 20 hipsters in wigs and aerobics costumes due to a video shoot in the banquet room. Thankfully they provided a human barrier so I could hurl a few final insults at him.

This all lasted for about five minutes. Then a five minute break due to frayed nerves… Show back up and running! – (not me running, the SHOW was back up and running)

Once Gust the bartender calmed him down, the 9/11 Fireman wanted to apologize to me outside. I agreed. So I went out there and accepted his apology. He said he was sorry, he thought I was funny, and that he just lost it.

Fair enough, closure.

It was like an exorcism. I bring this out in people and it usually ends on a positive note. I’m a magnet for wayward souls looking to reset or shock their hard-discs back into functioning condition.

But the wife? She was still yapping outside, boy I outta…

Hi guys and gals,

Funny kid Josh Fadem will be outta town for the next several days, and luckily for us, he’s handing over the keys which ignite his weekend roadster to me and YOU.

What does this mean? Basically, I’m gonna host and run the Ramada Inn Acid Reflux Spectacular on Vermont in Hollywood, CA this Sunday the 16th at 9pm on the West Coast!

So far we have…

Dan Bialek, a known commodity in the scene, his videos attract millions of views on Myspace. Also a writer and hard worker who’s earned the respect of fellow comedians in the trenches of entertainment.

Jonny Spanish (jonnyspanish@hotmail), from the streets of Philly. Can defend himself, involved in hand to hand combat classes here and abroad. Very close with Leo Allen and Matt Walsh of UCB and Old School.

*Martha Kelly from TV, she’s funny –> Ferguson, Comedy Central and The Crackpot Comedy Tour, etc…

*Adam Spiegelman, hilarious TV insider, great person

Brody, oh that’s me. I’m gonna talk, maybe drum, might have a surprise or one? But don’t count on it

*if you have any questions, email me at brody@brodystevens.com

Five seconds in, listen as fellow comedian Darren Carter (The Party Starter!) shouts out “Hey, Brody” as I drive by the Laugh Factory on my way to the Comedy Store for another fantastic late night spot.

Here’s Godfrey going off —-> Don’t cross him, he knows martial arts, born in Omaha, raised in the Midwest with values!

Happier times with our tennis friend, Jimmy Connors…

Hey staff, Brode here, so whatcha whatcha want?

This is where I’m coming from…

Please join me as I journal/brainstorm for the day. This is a very healthy exercise, please do not perform for the public, even in a private setting. I am a highly skilled individual who has devoted his life to attaining the uneasy chuckle.

Told you I was free-flowing, don’t judge and keep it positive. I’m not like West and 50, don’t need outside conflict to make me better, I measure my craft against against a higher standard; BBC Classics on Break.com

Maybe I’ll move to London one day? My skin loves the climate, just ask Seattle. I can be the next Bean, or the first Dennis Leary. Just took a shot at Leary because insiders say he adopted Bill Hicks’ persona. Yes, both Hicks and Leary spent considerable amounts of time in the UK and so may I.

Full sized futon in a flat or a bunk bed in a youth hostel? Point me in the direction of Daniel Craigslist? —> great stuff, funny word combos and buzz worthy names, I know what I’m doing.

Tonight I’ll be in Hollywood working on a secret FOX comedy pilot. Brought in for warm-up and crowd assessment. I bring energy and positivity, in a non-hacky, slime-free way —> basically, I get it, and the hip audience members follow my lead as we feed off the fresh nervous energy bused in from the suburbs.

Also, Sunday night at the Ramada Inn on Vermont in Los Feliz, then Monday night at El Cid for Garage Comedy on Sunset in Echo Park —> fun, non-comedy club settings, different, non-hater (which sometimes works against me)

Do you want more paragraphs? But first, a picture…

You may know Amare, you may not. Don’t get all “I don’t even know this guy”. That’s what everyone’s problem is. If you don’t know it, you act you don’t care or are above it, when in reality, you feel bad because you’re not in on the joke.

That’s why I name drop, because we are sheep. Oh, Patton and Sarah like it, now I will too. A sad but true formula, people always give me crap for this. But many fail to realize that I back my names up with hard work, such as late night spots for 15 bucks in LA and throwing a ball to a wall for hours on end at my local schoolyards.

Yes I take meetings, have old business cards, irrelevant headshots and am fully prepared to dive head first into credit card debt.

Mommy, I hope you’re proud.

This got real weird, fast.

Brody: final sentence self-sabotage

-And this brings a close to today’s journal/brainstorming session (everything off the record)

faces you’ve seen on tv…

Just a few things, if you don’t mind…

Fun showz last night at The Hollywood Improv with Owen and Nick, then a late night humor jam at The Comedy Store with Don Barris of Windy City Heat/Jimmy Kimmel Live fame. The line-up on Melrose was solid, followed Chappelle creator Neal Brennan and from Blades of Glory, Nick Swardson.

What I’m saying is, when you witness me perform, chances are someone famous will share the bill with me. It’s that simple.

How dare you say I name-drop when every single movie out there has the stars’ names above the title!

And speaking of movies and tv, can we stop with the use of “Chuck“? Good Luck Chuck, Chuck and Larry, the new Chuck show on NBC. We get it, Chuck is a funny word to say. But mix in some originality!

Tomorrow night I’ll be on Vermont in Los Feliz at Tiger Lilly. This show has a good following, hip and non-traditional.

Also, congrats to my high school catcher Joey Arnold, who was just named Head Baseball Coach at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, CA. Joey has paid his dues, teaching hitting and winning for years as an assistant under the tutelage of Valley coaching legend Bob Lofrano.

A bonus for me and you, Pierce is a mecca for major leaguers looking to get ready for spring training and I have the run of the place!

Can’t wait to play catch with a hero, long toss with multi-millionaires and shag balls off the bat of World Series participants.

Clooney and Sandler don’t get my access! I possess the highly honed ability to handle myself within the closed to the public private sanctuary of professional and community college baseball.