This year we’re bringing in tons of comics from all over the country.
Meet MO WELCH!
Mo Welch comes from a historic family of thieves. Her family is rumored to have started the whole “World is ending in 2012″ philosophy. The Chicagoist called her “effervescent and possibly insane” although Welch believes this was a typo and was supposed to say “Homecoming Queen”. Welch’s mom has a brand new red Chevy Malibu and her bio was written by R.L. Stine.
How long have you been a stand-up comic?
I’ve been doing the comedies for almost 5 years, that’s with improv too, but please call me a performance artist (She whips her scarf to her back and walks out with her head up high).
What other comics will you be watching during the festival?
I’m Adam Cayton-Holland’s number one stalker. He’s like in love with the idea of having a stalker, so I’ll watch him. Not on stage though, just when he’s hanging out and brushing his teeth. As far as comedy, I’m gonna get me some Chris Charpentier and Mara Wiles fo sho.
If you could give yourself advice when you first started out, what would it be?
I would say “YES, keep drinking, it does help for the first couple of years you slob, you are doing everything right”. For real, I think bombing for all of the time I was in Denver (some say I haven’t stopped) made me gain confidence and weight so it’s hard to give myself advice because it’s made me the performance artist I am today. No regrets! Just kidding, Regrets, ALL REGRETS!
If your future self ten years from now could give you advice, what would it be?
My future self would say “Stop wearing denim on denim you Murphy Brown cowgirl! That’s poop joke you open with is stupid. Also, stop dating comics, why don’t you ever listen to me?! I love you”.
Scientology inspired questions. Feel free to go into detail if you need to. Here we go…
a) Do you lie about yourself? Everyday.
b) Do you connect yourself with bad influences? Yes, I’m not a party animal enough to be a bad influence so I hang out with them instead.
c) Should you be punished forever? Is being me not punishment enough?
d) Have you ever invented perverted sexual practices? Despite being a virgin, I invented the following:
-Human Sex Jenga
-Ice Skates on Carpet Sex
-Volleyball Net BJs
-Hipster Phone Sex (use a really huge old cell phone to have phone sex)
-Who can cry more sex (Therapy Sex)
Is there a past life that you can’t talk about? Yes and thank you for asking. I would like to finally publicly talk about my past life so thanks for giving me the opportunity. I used to be a super old lady and I sang in a pretty awesome band with my loving siblings. Here is a video but please don’t let this spread. If Huffington Post gets a hold of this I will be insanely popular again.
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