Out for Laughs: The Land Cruise
Upcoming Dates
| July 11 | Denver CO - Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret |
| July 17 | Seattle WA - Hot Flash Dance |
| July 19 | Portland OR - Darcelle's |
| July 22 | Chico CA -
The ARC Pavilion, 7pm. Doors open at 6:15 pm. Buy tickets now! Only $15. |
| July 24 | Guerneville CA - Russian River Resort |
| July 25 | Walnut Creek CA - 1220 |
| July 31 | San Francisco CA |
[see all tour dates here]
Shann Carr's Summer Comedy Tour
After cracking up audiences for over 10 years on 70+ gay cruises on the high seas with Atlantis Events, comedian Shann Carr's land-locked fans are clamoring for a healthy dose of Shann-tastic fun. So this summer for three months she'll set sail across the US in an RV with red-necked sidekick/driver, two dogs and a cameraman, to explore today's gay entertainment circuit first-hand.
Out For Laughs: The Land Cruise will motor through cities across the US from May to mid-August sprinkling fun-loving gay comedy out onto the landscape of gay and not so gay America. Shann and her sidekick, aspiring comedian, Ken Cypert, a self proclaimed hillbilly from Arkansas, now residing in NYC, will perform at gay events large and small including pride celebrations, summer festivals and various truck stops and dive bars along the way. They'll frolic with other gay & lesbian performers and interact with the locals they cross paths with and capture it all on film. They'll drink in the gay nightlife from Chicago to Hot Springs, and get into all sorts of mischief hanging out with real people who live delightfully gay lives. All of this goes 'in the can' to create a comedy/reality series called "Out For Laughs: The Land Cruise." Check out some of the stops on the tour on the map below.
The Tour Destinations (subject to change)
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August 21, 2010
Making gay and not-so gay-America laugh… one RV park at a time.
The tour is done!
Gay comedians Shann Carr and Ken Cypert spent this summer in a pink rhinestone encrusted RV, driving over 13,000 miles to some of the country’s best gay events and destinations. They went to NY, Las Vegas and Key West’s gay prides, International Mr. Leather, Gay Days Orlando, Fire Island, The Russian River and a couple of gay campgrounds. In fact, says Shann “Performing at The Woods (a gay nudist camping resort in the Poconos) was one of our favorites. For the stage, they opened up the side of a barn and a few hundred people in varying states of undress and inebriation sat in their own, portable lawn chairs in the field below. Who gets to do that?”
Ken Cypert, my hillbilly-sidekick, really did wear that cowboy hat everywhere. I really did catch him highlighting his pubic hair (in the name of having the carpet match the drapes) with a bottle of Sun-In and a blow dryer. He really did go from stand-up virgin to becoming a full-fledged comedian over the course of this summer– one whom I was proud to have opening for me.
I really did have my picture taken with “Gertie” (our RV) and large groups of naked men on more than one occasion, I really did convince Ken that a day of hiking AND kayaking would be a relaxing last-day on tour and I really did learn a lot about what it means to be a boss this Summer. It was an honor bossing Ken around. An expensive honor.
Gertie, our RV had some issues. She’s bi-polar. She chugged and lurched herself to the side of the road in at least 15 precarious locations around the country. Somehow, she always drove us to our destination as long as we gave her a short asphalt nap in a shady rest area. Weird, we never figured out what it was. Bi-polar, high maintenance, whatever you want to call it, she took us a total of 13,255 miles. Should I bitch? I think not! Won’t stop me.
Becky, our stray dog, came to us with a number of pretty serious issues too. The most severe of which is that he is an alcoholic. He’d lap down three or four cocktails over the course of a party. Inevitably he’d end up in someone’s den, dry humping a small statue or sculpture… he really loves art. Then he’d come and try to bum a cigarette. There is always a “tell” with addicts.
We came home with a million stories and a bunch of new friends and a better idea of how grueling it is for an entertainer trying to work the gay circuit on the road. We love our video footage, we loved the experience and now it’s time to make the one-hour special we’ll use to pitch our series. Believe me the things that happened to us on the road were some good viewing. Wish we’d had a full camera crew.
As we edit this piece and we want to team up with a $20,000 presenting sponsor. You know, an “Out For Laughs is ‘brought to you by’ (your company name here)” kind of Presenting sponsor. We really earned it this summer and we’re hoping to be able to finish the project respectably with real money. C’mon coroporate folks. It is advertising dollars well spent.
A million thanks to my family, friends and fans who kept us floating on air (6 tires worth) throughout our 90 day tour. Out For Laughs: The Land Cruise was the best adventure I’ve ever cooked up, and I do love a crazy challenge! Thank you for being there at every Facebook entry with a great come-back, a brilliant thought or a helping hand. We loved every minute of it, even the crappy minutes.
July 5, 2010
Vodka and Soda, Please!
55 days on the road. I’m sitting at a bar in Cherry Grove on Fire Island considering ordering a cocktail at the unreasonable hour of 12:45. I’m gonna make myself wait until 2:00.
In these past 55 days we’ve traveled 8,000 miles, had some cancelled shows, some great shows, we’ve been robbed, wined and dined, broken down on the roadside and rescued by hot mechanics. We’ve been kicked down the proverbial Yellow Brick Road and propped back up by friends and family over and over again. We’ve had romantic interests and a ton of preposterous adventures and most nights,all before 10:15, when one of us mutters “Goodnight John-Boy!”
We have found ourselves in touch with the most visceral parts of ourselves, as it seems that no single breath comes without some struggle. Dear God we are living the sequined motto on our throw pillow in the RV that says “Live Your Life.” Wouldn’t change a thing, even the crappy stuff.