Last minute booking at The Waterfront Theater in Marina Del Rey -- Willis Turner threw down!!

Stevie Mack produces a standup comedy show, "The Heavy Hitters of Comedy" at the Waterfront Theater in Marina Del Rey. He contacted me at the "last minute" to perform last night. Wow, he had a steller lineup. He had a film director warm up the audience and she was very, very funny. Got the audience warmed up with great ad libs and very funny material. I didn't get her last name but her first name was Patricia. Gayla Johnson followed and she was a very strong MC. Reggie Blaze threw down and Stevie Mack headlined and he was very funny. I loved his material regarding a Rockwieller. But my favorite comic was Mr. Willis Turner. Damn, he threw down. I haven't seen him in quite a while and he delivered the goods. Very funny, very confident, very quick ad libber, and he ended strong with his Prince bit. Okay, thanks Stevie Mack for the paid gig, stage time and a very good show. Hey Stevie Mack is doing a lot of impressive things including producing a radio show on the Internet. Check out his website: www.steviemack.com. He is focused with his career. Okay, it's a beauiful day in Southern Cali. I'm going out to have some fun. Oh, I have several shows coming up in June. I will post some of those dates later today or tomorrow. I also have to change the format of my upcoming gigs link on my website, to make it easier for you guys to keep up as to where I am. Have fun and stay positive, stay proactive and be all that you should be.

Happy Birthday Kelle of Fremont, California!!

A very special Happy Bday to a fan who resides in Fremont, California. Kelle, who is the #1 sales person at her high-end bed/mattress store, is going to celebrate her birthday on Tuesday, June 1, with some of her hot gurlfriends. I wish I could be up there and buy a round. I want to also thank Kelle from the bottom of my heart for taking the iniative of emailing a lot of her friends and asking them to vote for me for that recent KTLA comedy competition. Wow, talk about going the extra mile. Okay gurl, have fun on Tuesday sporting that new nose ring -- you have a few things to celebrate -- make each year better than the last!!!

KTLA comedy competition -- so Keith did you make the semi-finalist cut?

I hope all are doing well. I was not chosen as one of the 15 KTLA comedian semi-finalists. I APPRECIATE your support, taking time out of your day(s) to vote for me and spreading the word. There are many opportunities for me and I will continue to pursue my dreams, and I hope that you will always pursue your dreams no matter the challenges.

Enjoy your evening.
Stay thirsty my friends.

Dominic Anthony Bowden, Chelsea Bearce, David Hill and Rick (Dick) Spenneberg

Last night I hosted the show at the Ice House Annex. Dominic Anthony Bowden, whom I haven't seen in years, performed. It was great seeing him; he had some funny material. Chelsea Bearce, a KTLA-TV comedy competition semi-finalist, also performed. She is performing at KTLA station on Monday. I haven't heard from KTLA so I guess I did not make the cut. My favorite comics were David Hill and a comic who moved to Los Angeles from San Diego a few months ago, Rick (Dick) Spenneberg. He was professional and FUNNY. Most comics got ten minutes on stage last night, we let him perform for over 30 minutes. He was the headliner and truly a treat for the audience. I saw him for the first time the last time I hosted the Annex show.

Hey I saw an improvisational show at the National Comedy Theater in San Diego Saturday night, they were pretty entertaining -- Thanks Kay, yer the Best!!

Monthly Fans BONDing series - May

Several of my male fans have asked me to post pictures of some of my female fans on the website. So I have begun a new monthly posting entitled "Fans BONDing Series". We have two entries for May.


#16 - Licence to Kill



#2 - From Russia With Love

Please vote for me in KTLA's standup comedy compeitition

I entered a local Los Angeles TV station (KTLA-TV)'s "Rate a Comic" competition. Please check out my video and other comics' videos and if you enjoy my set, please vote for me. This competition is co-sponsored by KTLA TV and the Jon Lovitz comedy club. The winner gets a booking at Jon's club.

Please use the link below. If you want to vote for me, once you get on that linked page, begin to type "Keith Michael Ashton" in the "Search:" box, (just above the set of comedian videos) - when my name appears, select my name and click "search". Then my video will appear. I believe that there is a circle to click if you want to vote for me. And then select "save vote". You then should see "Vote: Your vote's been counted." and "Thank you for participating".

You can only vote for me once a day BUT you can vote for me again, the same day, if you use a different computer. Thank you.

The link:

http://ktla.upickem.net/engine/Votes.aspx?PageType=VOTING&contestid=16581#SubmissionDisplay

Who Stole the Electric Car? screening in Connecticut

Anybody in the NY or Connecticut area, don’t miss your chance to catch the 1st ever public screening of “Who Stole the Electric Car?”! The film will be part of the Connecticut Film Festival screening this Friday May 5th @ 8:30 PM in the Heirloom Arts Theatre at 155 Main Street in Danbury, CT. For info visit: www.ctfilmfest.com

Ice House Annex tonight

Hey, wow, the show at the Annex featured a lot of funny comics. Jeff Keller had to be one of the treats for the night. Very strong set. I also got to give a shout out to my boy, the very, very talented Carter Gregory. Afterward Carter and I had a lot of laughs at the house (House of Pancakes). Man, it's always nice to see Carter. In fact he will be doing a guest spot at the Ice House Annex on May 16th. Okay, it's 1:40 a.m., I guess I should go to bed. I really don't want to. I could stay up all night and just listen to music. Hey my boy Harvey checked out Conan O'Brien tour in Vega$ at the Palms. He said it was entertaining. Way cool. So much talent out here. Way cool. Good night everybody.

The General Mills' Fruit Roll-Ups Shoot Recap

Hey, that commercial shoot went well last week. I had the pleasure of working with director Harold Einstein. Harold has created award-winning advertising for the likes of Fed Ex, Apple, HP and Little Caesars, and continues his winning ways as a director at Station Film.

I also had the pleasure to work with a stand-up comedian named Mark "leg guy" Fry. In fact I checked him out that night at the Hollywood Improvisation where he was one of the crowd's favorites.

And I have to give an honorable shoot out to our stylist. Striking red-haired, always dressed in black, accented with her distinctive black shoes, Bic Owen. How refreshing to see a stylist who was actually ... stylish.

I'm grateful.

A pic from my vintage files ... well it's not vintage yet, it's from earlier this year -- my Vega$ gigs with the one and only Sharon Lacey.