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Shappy

I AM THE ETERNAL NERD OF SPOKEN WORD!

About Me

Who me? Well, I grew up in Dayton, OH in the 70's and 80's and I later found out that our city was one of the biggest test markets for new products and foods so I seem to have memories of things no one else remembers. McPizza, anyone? Anyway, I always loved cartoons and comic books and I still remain obsessed! I went to college at Eastern Michigan and did a lot of plays and won a lot of meaningless trophies at Forensics (Speech) Tournaments. I was part of the great theatre migration to Chicago in 91 and did lots of plays and open-mic's and eventually toured with Lollapalooza in 94 and then threw myself into the poetry slam scene. In 2000 I got on the Mental Graffitti-Chicago team and got to the top 12 and got asked to perform in Denmark. I also met the love o' me life-Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz! After a long-distance relationship I moved to NYC in 2002 to be one of the first bartending poets to open the Bowery Poetry Club where I still can be found to this very day!Also check out my web-page-UNCLESHAPPY.com!!!
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My Interests

Comic books, Hanna-Barbera cartoons, old Warner Bros. cartoons, Wacky Packages, View-Master, Slam Poetry, old advertising characters, PEZ, British comedy and British movie magazines, collecting t-shirts, Big Little Books, old board games, Scrabble, dachshunds and dachshund related stuff, flea markets and thrift stores, bowling, Atari, action figures, DVD's, 8-tracks, old kiddie records, diners, used bookstores, open-mics, hanging out with pals and everything SNOO!!!

I'd like to meet:

Someone who'd like to give me lots of money to be a nerdy dachshund owner.

Music:

NY HOWL, Matt Lydon, Giggle-Fits, Sweet D, Soce The Elemental Wizard, Brook Pridemore, Brief View of the Hudson, The Fools, Cheese on Bread, Morgan Taylor, Rachel Loshak, David Po,Make-Out Party, Sean T., DEVA, Schwervon, Dustballs, 3rd Party, Jollyship the Whiz-Bang, Hungry March Band, Station Wagon, Andy Friedman, Haunted Pussy, Uncle Jimmy's Dirty Basement, Trachtenberg Family, Sean T.,Dustballs,Make-Out Party, DEVA, Handsome Family, Soul Coughing, Queen, Bowie, Kinks, Devo, Weezer, Who, Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Partridge Family, Strokes, White Stripes, Beck. Ramones, Beasties, Johnny Cash. Me First & the Gimmie Gimmies, Richard Cheese, Shappy and the Family Shap

Movies:

Original Star Wars Trilogy, Star Trek 2, Superman 1&2, Batman Begins, X2, Spider-Man, Shaun of the Dead, Annie Hall, All Wes Anderson, All Tarantino,, JFK, Conan the Barbarian, Planet of the Apes (the 5 from the 70's), Ed Wood, Crumb, Ghost World, Sideways, King Kong, Godzilla, Incredibles, Shakes The Clown, RoboCop, Hellboy, Garden State, High Fidelity, Napolean Dynomite, Willie Wonka, Best in Show, Evil Dead, Mary Poppins, Blue Velvet, Escape From NY, Big Lebowski, Muppet Movie, Clockwork Orange, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstien, SlamNation, Goodfellas, Being John Malkovich, Revenge of the Nerds

Television:

America's Next Top Model, Mr. Show, Simpsons, H.R. Pufnstuf, Star Trek (original series),Venture Brothers, Aquateens, Space Ghost, Brady Bunch, The Office (UK & US), SNL (if the host is good),Batman (1966),Battlestar Galactica (70's),Greg the Bunny, Bob Newhart Show, Six Feet Under, Curb your Enthusiasm, Deadwood, Mr. Bean, Young Ones, Fawlty Towers, Spaced, Upright Citizens Brigade, Beverly Hilbillies, Andy Griffith, MASH, Monkees, Get Smart, Partridge Family, Charlie's Angels, Match Game, Freaks & Geeks, Undeclared

Books:

Complete Peanuts, Acme Novelty Library, Eightball, Angry Youth Comics, Girlbomb, Everybody In The Pool, books about TV shows, in fact, what's on?

Heroes:

William Shatner, Andy Kaufman, Woody Allen, Santa Claus, Yoda, Willy Wonka, Mel Brooks, Charles Schulz and, of course, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

My Blog

I’m in PLAYBOY MAGAZINE this month!

Another lifetime achievement completed! In the FEB 2008 issue of PLAYBOY on newsstands now, there is a sneak peak of FANBOYS the movie I'll be seen in later this year! There's a picture of me in-betwe...
Posted by Shappy on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:13:00 PST

NPS 2007 wrap-up!

Time for a overdue update!Sorry to have been gone all this time! One never really gets a chance to recover from the National Poetry Slam! I was super busy the whole week and had a lot of catching up t...
Posted by Shappy on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:31:00 PST

Shaptowicz Book Release This Friday, Jun 1st!

AN EVENING WITH SHAPTOWICZ & FRIENDS!Friday, June 1st 7-11pmBowery Poetry Club308 Bowery (between Bleeker & Houston-F or 6 train)FREE!Drink specials for all Book Expo Badge Bearers!Join Shappy...
Posted by Shappy on Thu, 31 May 2007 04:15:00 PST

Star Wars 30th B-day at the BPC!

STAR WARS 30TH BIRTHDAY PARTY!Join Uncle Shappy Wan Kenobi (Head Nerd and Barkeep)THIS FRIDAY NIGHT (May 25th 7-10) for a specialviewing of STAR WARS-A NEW HOPE on the actual 30thAnniversary of the gr...
Posted by Shappy on Thu, 24 May 2007 11:33:00 PST

Free Show with Sage Francis!

..>  FREE SHOW in NYC on May 5th!! Sage Francis and friends. ...
Posted by Shappy on Fri, 04 May 2007 11:17:00 PST

URBANA FINALS THE SLAMMIEST SLAM O' THE YEAR!!!

This Saturday!May 5th!9pm!!Bowery Poetry Club!!It's the biggest slam of the year!THE URBANA FINALS!!!After tonight we will have our 2007 Urbana Slam Team that we will send to Austin, Texas for the Nat...
Posted by Shappy on Thu, 03 May 2007 11:42:00 PST

SAVE LUCKY LOUIE!!!

 Dear Friends,I have just read and signed the online petition: "Bring Back "Lucky Louie""hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petitionservice, at: http://www.PetitionOnlin...
Posted by Shappy on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:21:00 PST

Nerd results

My score on The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test:style="font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">Modern, Cool Nerd/>style="font-size:12pt">(69 % Nerd, 73% Geek, 30% Dork)/>For The Record:A Nerd is someone who is pa...
Posted by Shappy on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:17:00 PST

National Poetry Slam 2006 Wrap-UP!

Dear LORD!!! I am back in the New York groove after the week long poetry party we call the National Poetry Slam! So much to say about how AWESOME this year's NPS was, but first I'd like to shout out a...
Posted by Shappy on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:58:00 PST

Myfirst Myspace Myblog!

Guess what? I have another old man's ailment! Say hello to BURSITIS! I went to see Doctor Z on Monday thinking it was a gout related swelling in my right elbow. NOPE! Bursitis! I'm taking 4 pills a da...
Posted by Shappy on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 03:43:00 PST