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About Me

In Bed at the Bunker: I am one of the only physical comedy rooms who has the skill to be able to write my own MySpace profile. I'm also the youngest being, at the time of my writing this, not even a year old! Which I think is pretty impressive since you could almost say I have the vocabulary of a 24 year old. Anyway I suppose you would like to know a bit about me. The people who run me are two lovely girls called Ally and Dani (I'll let them say a litle bit later on). I run every second Tuesday from 8pm (my first night will be on the 12th of June 2007, and i'm very excited about it), my location is The Bunker Lounge which is at 407 Swanston St, a three min walk from Melbourne Central. Ally and Dani have told me they have big plans for me but they will only work if you are there!
Dani: Hi! How are you? Great I hope! I'll let you know a bit about me: I first started getting really interested in comedy when a science teacher in grade 11 introduced me to the Doug Anthony All Stars and I pretty much haven't looked back since. I don't do stand up myself (that's Ally's job), but I know a lot about how to enjoy it and to quote a friend of mine I've had a 'healthy interest in the finanicial well being of comedians' for a while now (translation: I see as much comedy as I can). So I make sure the audience are having a good time and Ally takes care of the comedians. Between the two of us a good time is guaranteed by everyone!
Ally: HOWDY!!! I'm Ally. Alison to people from highschool, Mobydick to those bully's from primary school, and Ally-Syn, when I'm on stage. I've been into comedy since I was a little one. Always wanting to watch the comedy festival Gala on T.V, but generally missing out because my mum wanted to watch Better Homes and Gardens. Possibly the reason I dislike that show. I attended my first comedy festival 3 or 4 years ago after watching the Gala, and realising that there was a comedy festival! First show, and love...TRIPOD! I became obsessed with comedy, with only two choices to do with my life, 1. Quit Cold Turkey 2. Become a comedian myself. Obviously I'd be going brilliantly at uni right now if I had of quit, and thus...I am a comic.

My Interests

In Bed at the Bunker: Generally, I'm interested in meeting you!

Dani: Risus, musica atque unus bonus libri! Music, laughter and a good book. And writing in bad Latin.

Ally: Pretending she can read Dani's bad Latin. Comedy...um... so there's not a lot that interests me.

I'd like to meet:

In Bed at the Bunker: these 'punters' Dani and Ally keep talking about

Dani: Comedy lovers (like meat lovers but less meaty).

Ally: Comedians, and comedy lovers. mmm cheese

Music:

In Bed at the Bunker: Check out my website http://www.bunkerlounge.com.au for the kind of music I play on nights of the week that aren't Tuesday!

Dani: Have to say Scott Edgar and the Universe, Muse, Keane, Katie Noonan, The Cat Empire, I'd Be Here For Hours If I Listed Them All and the Mirrormask soundtrack.

Ally: Dani Forgot the 'War of the Worlds' Music. Tripod, Tim Minchin, Christina Agulera's new stuff, Guen Stephanie.

Dani: Thanks Ally. And Jeff Waynes Musical version of the War of the Worlds soundtrack. (who the hell let Shannon Noll anywhere near that??)

Movies:

In Bed at the Bunker: I'm a building, we don't go for films much. Well unless we're a cinema or something, then maybe we do.

Dani: I'm a fan of Aussie movies (or 'foreign films' as a friends ex used to call them), but only the good ones. And the usual supects, Kevin Smith, Tim Burton, Rolf De Heer, Nadia Tass, etc (ok, I know those two aren't 'the usual' but damn they're good!)

Ally: oooo Foreign Films can be good(Run Lola Run and Kung Foo Hustle), Not a huge fan of Aussie films...My fave film is ever after.

Television:

In Bed at the Bunker: See above comment but subsitute cinema for television studio.

Dani: Anything GNW productions has ever had anything to do with, Thank God You're Here, Spicks and Specks, Kath and Kim, Dead Like Me, Criminal Intent...

Ally: The Glass House, Spicks and Specka, Simpsons, Supernatural

Books:

In Bed at the Bunker: I'm not a library

Dani: Discworld, Neil Gaiman (more the novels than the comics), Harry Potter (oh yeah, I'm not too cool to admit it!) and you all should read Andrew McGahan's book Underground

Ally: I'm not a Library

Heroes:

In Bed at the Bunker: my interior designer

Dani: my mum, Justin Hamilton, Corinne Grant, Magda, Jane and Gina and my best friend Amie for saving me from a countless amount of spiders when we lived together.

Ally: Tripod, Adam hills, Corinne grant, Justin Hamilton, ...