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Cody Cooper

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I'm currently of the non-petite persuasion, enjoy playing racquetball in the dark and consuming alcohol. When I'm not doing these things I'm usually at work, school, sleeping or performing stand-up comedy.So what do you think of that? (Don't reply, that was a rhetorical question. If you don't know what that means, Google it, you dumbass.)

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Jesus (post-crucifiction), Quentin Tarantino, Mitch Hedberg (pre-death), Chevy Chase (pre-1994), Artie Lange, Stephen King, Chuck Palahniuk, Will Christopher Baer, Stephen Graham Jones, Irvine Welsh and YOU!

Music:

Good Rock, older Hip-Hop.

Movies:

OLDBOY, Casshern, Infernal Affairs, The Story of Ricky, Happiness of the Katakuris, Memento, Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, Fulltime Killer, Robocop, Caddyshack, Donnie Darko, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, Clerks, Clerks 2, Mallrats, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Television:

Don't have time anymore.

Books:

Choke, Invisible Monsters, Jennifer Government, Fight Club, Lord Vishnu's Love Handles, Haunted, Kiss Me Judas, The Contortionist's Handbook, Demon Theory, Dune, Stranger than Fiction, Cell, Truth in Comedy, The Second City Almanac of Improvisation, Rant: The Oral Biography of Buster Casey, Diary, Lullaby, House of Leaves, Only Revolutions, Penny Dreadful, Hell's Half Acre, Naked Lunch, Fletch.

Heroes:

Zach Galifianakis, Mitch Hedberg, Tom Kenny, Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, Dave Atell, Mitch Fatel, Norm McDonald, Chris Farley, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase (pre 1992), John Belushi, James Belushi, Tim Meadows, Will Ferrell, CHUCK PALAHNIUK, Will Christopher Baer, Christopher Moore, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Kelly, Guitar Wolf, Takashi Miike, Shinya Tsukamoto, Phillip K. Dick, David Lynch, and of course.... Billy Drago.

My Blog

Life = Comedy

Where does comedy come from?Good question.For me, it's all sorts of random places. I wrote a joke based on some ice cream that was given to me at an improv gig. I wrote another joke based on a very ...
Posted by Cody Cooper on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:49:00 PST

Thanks!

I would like to thank everyone for showing up last friday at Iovino's. We packed that room (and then some), which made our very first show in Corvallis one to remember. If you liked what you saw we ...
Posted by Cody Cooper on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:28:00 PST

I’m a winner!

I won the Vegan Vacation Comedy Knockout last night in Portland. YAY! For my troubles I won a $25 gift certificate to The Pirate's Tavern (which I used to pay for the dinner I ordered previous to win...
Posted by Cody Cooper on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:18:00 PST

Fists of Rage Tour Kicks Off!

Thanks to everyone who showed up to our show on the 13th. We packed the place and had a wonderful time. I've already posted a couple video clips on this page with more to follow on the tour's page.O...
Posted by Cody Cooper on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:49:00 PST

It's been too long...

Hey everybody!I haven't updated this in a while, so I'll try to bring you up to speed, VERY quickly!I have been/or am currently:Performing lots of stand-upTrying to organize a state-wide comedy tourWr...
Posted by Cody Cooper on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:10:00 PST