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Junk-Cars And Valet Parking

Chad Thornsberry

Comedy Dynamics · 2019 · 40 min

Deadpan storytelling about junk cars, hospital bills, and modest expectations.

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Chad Thornsberry builds his act around the quiet discomfort of being thoroughly out of place. Speaking in an unhurried Missouri drawl, he treats his modest background as a matter of public record. His strongest routine targets hospital economics, specifically the insult of running up a six-figure medical bill only to have the administrative clerk offer a dollar-fifty validation voucher for the parking garage.

Recorded at the Dry Bar Comedy club in Provo, Utah, the 2019 performance caught Thornsberry as he was transitioning from public school teaching to touring full-time on the clean comedy circuit.

Other routines touch on the embarrassment of handing keys to a rattle-trap car over to a luxury hotel valet, marital hostility provoked by Pictionary, and the daily compromises of growing up in a trailer park.

Notable bits & set list

5 bits

  1. Drive-thru pay-it-forward chain at McDonald's

    Explaining how getting a $1.08 soda paid for by the car ahead was interpreted as karma, and refusing to pay for an SUV with eight kids behind him.

  2. Weigh-in on an eight-seat Cessna flight

    Recounting flying out of a local army base where passenger boarding positions were determined by weight balance, leading to passengers lying about how much they weigh.

  3. Small-town accents and perceptions

    Contrasting an Australian comic friend's attractive accent with his own rural Missouri voice, which makes women assume he can fix a tractor.

  4. Small-town scam immunity

    Living in Crocker, Missouri (population around 900) makes internet ads promising links to 8,000 local available women obviously impossible.

  5. Playing Pictionary with his competitive wife

    A high-stakes argument that erupts while trying to get his wife to guess 'gorilla' from drawings of a tree, banana, and chimpanzee.

How it plays

On stage
Described as a monologist and storyteller blessed with humor, quick wit, and a distinctive rural Missouri accent.
About
five star experiences, small town problems, hospital system, marriage, board games, rural life

Backstory

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Chad Thornsberry grew up in a trailer park and resides in the small rural town of Crocker, Missouri.

Details

Released
Runtime
40 min
Where
Comedy Dynamics
Director
Aaron Alviso Stephenson
Topics
After
Smart Comedy from a Dumb Accent (2020)

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