←Recommendations of Better Call Shoenstein

  • Danielle Wirsansky: Better Call Shoenstein by Morey Norkin and John Busser
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    This is a delightful romp through classic comedic tropes, featuring sharp wordplay and clever puns that keep the laughs rolling. With a nod to old-school stand-up and a modern twist, this ten-minute gem showcases Busser and Norkin’s knack for blending humor with nostalgia, ensuring audiences leave with smiles on their faces and a chuckle in their hearts.

    This is a delightful romp through classic comedic tropes, featuring sharp wordplay and clever puns that keep the laughs rolling. With a nod to old-school stand-up and a modern twist, this ten-minute gem showcases Busser and Norkin’s knack for blending humor with nostalgia, ensuring audiences leave with smiles on their faces and a chuckle in their hearts.

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Better Call Shoenstein by Morey Norkin and John Busser
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    It warms my heart to see such a winning combination - two collaborators who seem made for each other - coming together to create a very funny play inspired by two separate but equally funny individual projects! I expect sequels and prequels and eventually a franchise. As they say in Hollywood, it's got legs! Laughter is the best medicine. Thank you both (Norkin and Busser) for making me laugh.

    It warms my heart to see such a winning combination - two collaborators who seem made for each other - coming together to create a very funny play inspired by two separate but equally funny individual projects! I expect sequels and prequels and eventually a franchise. As they say in Hollywood, it's got legs! Laughter is the best medicine. Thank you both (Norkin and Busser) for making me laugh.

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  • Philip Middleton Williams: Better Call Shoenstein by Morey Norkin and John Busser
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    I'm of an age where stand-up comics were the staple of TV variety shows and Vegas acts as well as the Catskills summers and Miami Beach winters. It was old-school -- "Take my wife, please" -- and this quick and hilarious piece by Norkin & Busser -- a comedy duo if there ever was one -- pays tribute to the old days by going back to the really old days. You can't miss a word, and I chuckled at the timeless -- literally -- set-ups and rim-shots. Bravo!

    I'm of an age where stand-up comics were the staple of TV variety shows and Vegas acts as well as the Catskills summers and Miami Beach winters. It was old-school -- "Take my wife, please" -- and this quick and hilarious piece by Norkin & Busser -- a comedy duo if there ever was one -- pays tribute to the old days by going back to the really old days. You can't miss a word, and I chuckled at the timeless -- literally -- set-ups and rim-shots. Bravo!

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  • Brent Alles: Better Call Shoenstein by Morey Norkin and John Busser
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    A very funny piece... great punning, wordplay, you name it. Each page has a lot of laughs on it. This would definitely keep an audience rolling in the ruins of the auditorium!

    A very funny piece... great punning, wordplay, you name it. Each page has a lot of laughs on it. This would definitely keep an audience rolling in the ruins of the auditorium!

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  • Mike Byham: Better Call Shoenstein by Morey Norkin and John Busser
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    Rapid-fire comic brilliance! Norkin and Busser are at the top of their funny, punny game with BETTER CALL SHOENSTEIN. We need more of this. I truly want to live in this world! Thanks for the laughs.

    Rapid-fire comic brilliance! Norkin and Busser are at the top of their funny, punny game with BETTER CALL SHOENSTEIN. We need more of this. I truly want to live in this world! Thanks for the laughs.

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  • Donald E. Baker: Better Call Shoenstein by Morey Norkin and John Busser
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    When I want punny wordplay and quirky characters, I turn either to John Busser or Morey Norkin. A collaboration between the two had to be hilarious, and it is. Somehow the agent for terrible Greek comic Cicero Lipschitz manages to get him a dream booking--at Caesar's Palace--the original one! But when they cancel him in favor of a young fiddler named Nero, he turns to the ancient world's best entertainment lawyer, Brad Shoenstein, who lets loose his greatest weapon, not The Kraken, but The Karen. Cicero's booking is restored and his appearance is a triumph. Read it and laugh.

    When I want punny wordplay and quirky characters, I turn either to John Busser or Morey Norkin. A collaboration between the two had to be hilarious, and it is. Somehow the agent for terrible Greek comic Cicero Lipschitz manages to get him a dream booking--at Caesar's Palace--the original one! But when they cancel him in favor of a young fiddler named Nero, he turns to the ancient world's best entertainment lawyer, Brad Shoenstein, who lets loose his greatest weapon, not The Kraken, but The Karen. Cicero's booking is restored and his appearance is a triumph. Read it and laugh.

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  • James Binz: Better Call Shoenstein by Morey Norkin and John Busser
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    Excellent comic piece! I was fascinated by the way the stand up comedy was able to be sincere and still not funny. Until it WAS funny! Te3rrific characters and a great story line - but truly funny, funny, funny!

    Excellent comic piece! I was fascinated by the way the stand up comedy was able to be sincere and still not funny. Until it WAS funny! Te3rrific characters and a great story line - but truly funny, funny, funny!

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  • Jean Ciampi: Better Call Shoenstein by Morey Norkin and John Busser
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    This is not a play to read in the library where uncontrolled outbursts are frowned upon. Brilliantly written, delightfully fun. The only disappointment is that it's only 10-minutes!

    This is not a play to read in the library where uncontrolled outbursts are frowned upon. Brilliantly written, delightfully fun. The only disappointment is that it's only 10-minutes!

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  • Christopher Plumridge: Better Call Shoenstein by Morey Norkin and John Busser
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    When two great playwrights collide, I mean collaborate, you know your in for a great read.
    Norkin and Busser take us on a weird and wonderful time fracture of an adventure between now and ancient Rome, taking in famous historic characters along with characters who have appeared in these two gentlemen plays.
    The result? One hilarious short play full of jokes which will have you giggling like a loon, well until The Karen comes along!
    Brilliantly funny, bravo chaps!

    When two great playwrights collide, I mean collaborate, you know your in for a great read.
    Norkin and Busser take us on a weird and wonderful time fracture of an adventure between now and ancient Rome, taking in famous historic characters along with characters who have appeared in these two gentlemen plays.
    The result? One hilarious short play full of jokes which will have you giggling like a loon, well until The Karen comes along!
    Brilliantly funny, bravo chaps!

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  • Brian Cern: Better Call Shoenstein by Morey Norkin and John Busser
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    Laugh out loud funny! The kind of humor that I adore: witty and smart, full of wordplay without ever feeling that you are being talked down to.
    Although featuring characters from other sources, the script is in no way dependent on knowing the source material. It stands on its own just fine.

    Laugh out loud funny! The kind of humor that I adore: witty and smart, full of wordplay without ever feeling that you are being talked down to.
    Although featuring characters from other sources, the script is in no way dependent on knowing the source material. It stands on its own just fine.

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