STAGE TIME Magazine: My Big Break on HBO's Bad Boys of Comedy by Bobo Lamb

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My Big Break on HBO's
Bad Boys of Comedy

As I sit here early Saturday morning with my
material in front of me, I still feel like my
career is just beginning after ten years of
performing in bars that have been converted
into comedy venues, from dealing with
promoters who have no idea of the structure of
a comedy show and being put onstage after
the audience has seen enough to being
overlooked by Def Comedy Jam.

Five Best of Comic View seasons later,
opportunity knocks when P. Diddy Presents The
Bad Boys of Comedy is scouting for talent.

I'm proud to say Bad Boy Management saw me perform and win the National Bacardi
Lights Comedy Competition headlined by Cedric the Entertainer at the Pantages
Theater in Hollywood. I received a standing ovation like Young Jeezy that's hip hop. I
won the $5000 competition after advancing to the finals in Detroit.

It sparked a national tour, in which I hosted the show in 18 cities headlined by Don
“D.C.” Curry, John Witherspoon, Mike Epps, Sheryl Underwood, Mark Curry and Rickey
Smiley.

When the auditions came for Bad Boys of Comedy, I received a call saying I didn't have
to audition. I had a reserved spot on the show and that someone from the Bad Boys
camp really enjoyed my performance from the competition.

Bad Boys sent a contract that frightened comics away. The contract contained many
stipulations but I realized that it was just Bad Boys protecting itself. The pay wasn't very
much, but they took good care of me. They flew me in to New York City, provided great
hotel accommodations, a choice of some Sean Jean clothing and a per diem. The
venue was excellent. It was a blessing to be given an opportunity for exposure. I'm
thankful to have been a part of it. I headlined the third episode and my set was
hilarious.

As a writer and comic, it was a golden opportunity. Not only do I perform stand-up
across the country, I also write screenplays. I'm working on a movie that I wrote called
The Last Black Vampire, about a funny vampire who bites only gold diggers. Also, I have
been approached by a good friend, Kevin Hart, star of the movie Soul Plane to write
some treatments for him for stand-up. Brandon T. Jackson, who stars in new movie,
Roll Bounce with Lil' Bow Wow, also contacted me to write stand-up material.

The Bad Boys of Comedy was a great experience for me. You can't put a price on that
kind of exposure. I'm very thankful to Diddy, who treated me well. I'm looking forward
to showing the whole world how Jesus has blessed me with talent.

I also perform for churches and fundraisers across the country so never judge a book
by its cover. Thanks for the exposure in this great magazine and thanks to Bad Boys of
Comedy and HBO.

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Bobo Lamb is a stand-up
comedian who performs
regularly at the Ice House
in Pasadena, CA and
The Comic Store in Los
Angeles, CA.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Jim Norton
George Sarris
Leighann Lord
Jeffrey Gurian
Dane Cook
Eugene Mirman
Jon Stewart
Steve Harvey
Patrice O'Neal
Robert Kelly
Laurie Kilmartin
Jeremy Schacter
Ben Bailey
Jon Stewart
Steve Harvey
&
More

DVDs
Richard Lewis -
Concerts from Hell:
The Vintage Years

Lisa Lampanelli -Take
It Like a Man (CD/DVD)

Dane Cook -
Retaliation (CD/DVD)

Tom Green - Inside &
Outside

Brother Sam: A Tribute
to Sam Kinison

Laffapolooza 1

Latinlogues, Vol. 2

Platinum Comedy
Series -Bill Bellamy
Deluxe Edition

CDs
Todd Barry - Medium
Energy

Rick Younger-Come On
N'ah

Steven Lynch - The
Craig Machine

DL Hughley - Notes
from the GED Section

Books
Billy Crystal - 700
Sundays

Tom Green and Allen
Rucker - Hollywood
Causes Cancer: The
Tom Green Story

Margaret Cho - I Have
Chosen to Stay and
Fight

Penn Jillette and
Mickey D. Lynn - How
to Cheat Your Friends
at Poker: The Widom
of Dickie Richard

Margaret Smith - What
Was I Thinking? How
Stand-Up Did Nothing
to Prepare Me to
Become a Single Mother

Bill Maher - New Rules:
Polite Musings From a
Timid Observer

Oliver Double - Getting
the Joke: The Art of
Stand-Up

Robert Klein - The
Amorous Busboy of
Decatur Avenue: A
Child of the Fifties
Looks Back

Dave Schwensen -
Comedy Faqs and
Answers: How the
Stand-Up Biz Really
Works

Movies
Fri, Oct. 14
Domino - Mo'Nique
plays a dramatic role
opposite Keira
Knightley and Mickey
Rourke.

Fri, Oct. 21
Stay - Janeane
Garofalo co-stars with
Ewan McGregor, Naomi
Watts and Ryan
Gosling.

Fri, Nov. 4
Jarhead - Jamie Foxx
stars opposite Jake
Gyllenhaal

Nov. 11
Sarah Silverman: Jesus
is Magic - Comedian
discusses race, sex
and politics with friends.

Nov. 25
Rent - Sarah Silverman
plays a supporting role
in the feature
adaptation of the hit
Broadway play.

Yours, Mine and Ours -
George Lopez and Lil
JJ (Beauty Shop)

In the Mix - Kevin Hart
co-stars with singer
Usher and Chazz
Palminteri.

HELL YEAH, I SAID IT:

"If you’re not the star of these movies, you don’t
really work with these people...Did I work with Chris
Rock? No! I talked to him in the movie - but I worked
with Spike Lee." - Patrice O'Neal on making movies.