Hello There,
Another year in the books..and unless you
were named in the Mitchell report or write
scripts for a living, it merits a fond
recollection. I just wanted to check in with
a look back and a look ahead (which is good
advice if you are walking in a bad
neighborhood).
I do get a lot of pleasure from putting this
newsletter together. Thanks for reading and
replying. Thanks for
your kindness, your referrals and your
support. But mostly, thanks for not reporting
this newsletter as spam to your ISP. 
| 2007 Performance Highlights |  | RCG-IT "Jeopardy" Event at Dulles
(January)
I had to do this one for free because I
forgot to state my fee in the form of a question.
Walter Reed Army Hospital (March,
October)
When rebooked, my wife asked,
"Haven't they suffered enough?"
CMT's Comedy Stage (April)
It is amazing how much a little thing like a
national television appearance can change
your life... well, at least it affected my Myspace
friend total.
Outer Banks Comedy Club, NC (June)
Heard of the
healing power of laughter? Turns out it
doesn't do so much for jellyfish
stings. Grocer's Convention in Myrtle Beach
(August)
Ten years and a thousand shows; I've never
had a "This Is Your Life",
faces-from-your-past moment onstage. That
ended when the
parents of my high school girlfriend called
out from the darkened showroom..."Is that
Kelly? We know YOU!" I immediately
began mentally rewriting my "High School
Girlfriend" bit. Whatd'ya know? Turns out I
WAS a gentleman.
Kennedy Center (September)
The show was so successful they asked me to
dance the role of Herr Drosselmeyer in
The Nutcracker.
Northrop-Grumman Event (November)
The Military-Industrial complex has quite a
sense of humor...until you present them with an
invoice reflecting significant, but
unavoidable, cost overruns.
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| Strangest Show Moment of the Year |  |
I was hired by John Griffin to entertain at
the American Water Works Association Annual
Conference in Kennewick, WA.
Imagine our surprise when we actually met and
discovered that we looked a WHOLE lot alike.
I'll bet that never happens to Brad Pitt!
( I'm the YOUNGER one, on the left.) |
| Terruh...Tara...Terry...forget it! |  | Because I got to the party early, (and
because there are only four Kelly Terranovas
in the US), I was able to nail down
the rights to kellyterranova.com.
Problem is...folks have a lot of trouble
spelling it. (Pronouncing it can be a
challenge, too. I once was introduced
onstage as Kelly Turnover.)
So it is with pride that I introduce KellyIsFunny.com Same content, new name. Of course,
kellyterranova.com still works, too.
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| Ask Mr. Terranova |  | Here is the feature where you ask many
questions and I answer one. In spite of my
better judgment (and
the advice of counsel), I decided to try it
again.
- Kelly,
I always hear about comedians
working the road...how far do you travel in a
year?
-Sierra Johnson City, TN
Good question with an easy answer. I was
just going over my records and discovered
that I traveled 33, 216 miles for comedy in
2007. To put that in perspective, that is
like driving one mile 33,216 times. Wow!
33,000 miles. Gas is three bucks a gallon. I
get about 30 MPG.
Can't wait till they get that Star Trek "Beam
Me Up" thing figured out. Of course, by then
gas will be free and cars will run on
Starbucks. 3 bucks a gallon will be looking
pretty good.
Thanks Sierra. You'll get a LOST
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| Where's Kelly? |  | One of the questions I am often asked is,
"Aren't you a little, you know, 'out of
shape' to be wearing Under Armour?"
But another common question is, "When are you
going to have a show near me?".
Well, it's easy to find out where I will turn
up next with the Show
Calendar. When ever I
get a new booking, this is where it will pop
up first, usually with a link to the venue's
site. In the next couple of months I'll be
in Charlotte, Tampa, Birmingham, Knoxville
and Myrtle Beach just to name a few.
As for the Under Armour thing, Ray Lewis told
me not to worry about what people say.
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| Something That I Found Amusing |  |
The music is lacking, but the
sermons are short.
Happy New Year.
See you next time!
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| The Big Plug... | | Last New Year's Eve I performed five "family-
friendly" shows in five hours at the First
Night Annapolis celebration, and I really
wanted to be asked back. Through summer and
fall my phone never rang and my emails went
unanswered. Didn't they want me? You can imagine my joy when I heard that
First Night went bankrupt. Shew!
Still, I
needed to find a New Years show.
Eddie Hitt to the rescue. Eddie is staging
the 9th
Annual Family New Year's Eve Celebration
at the Ocean City Convention Center. In
addition to live music and dancing, rock
climbing and magic, there will be several
sets of stand-up comedy as I have signed up
to perform and co-host.
Eddie really puts a lot into this and in
many ways it is a labor of love. Jack and
Sherri Hennen of Special Event Productions
produced the event for the first 7 years.
Starting in 2006, Eddie and Sue
Hitt of Hitt Productions, LLC took over as
producers of NYE Celebration.
If you want to know more,
hit the website,
or buy tickets here.
9th Annual Ocean City Family New Year's Eve Celebration |
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