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Margaret Smith, winner of the 9th Annual
American Comedy award for "Best Stand-Up Comic - Female" in 1994, makes
dysfunctional family life the backbone of her act. Dead pan delivery,
blank-faced and funny sums up her dark humor. She is a child out of six in a
demented, dysfunctional Middle American family. However, she contends that
all families are dysfunctional in some way or another.
She then went away to college, and eventually needed money. Since she was
from Chicago, she tried to get a job at Second City as would pay half of the
tuition for classes. Second City lasted three-and-a-half years. Writing many
of the sketches for the group. She gravitated to New York City, where she
began her stand-up career.
That Time Of The Month / Neck Brace... / Mom / Anti-depressants / Misery
Loves Company / Therapy / Sister Kathy / Relationships / I Adopted A Baby /
Safety / Burning Leaves / Disciplinarian / Drinking / Smoking / Gardening /
Just Say Yes / Dick and Jane / Babysitters / Trying To Conceive / The Taste
Of Gin/Home Movies ... plus 12 more tracks! |