Local stand-up comedian Lynette LaMonica may look cute and innocent, but once she gets on stage, it’s a different story: add a charming quirkiness, keep the cute, nix the innocent. Lynette’s humor involves everything from fantasizing about constellations to having intellectually stimulating conversations with cats. Catch Lynette at ColdTowne Theater this Friday at 10pm — she’s headlining Punchline.
That Other Paper Tell me about yourself.
Lynette LaMonica My name is Lynette LaMonica. Kind of a roller coaster of a name.
TOP Lots of Ls. Lots of liquids.
LL Everyone thinks my last name is my first name, which is really annoying, because it’s Monica and LaMonica. I always have to explain that. People also never capitalize the M, and that really pisses me off.
TOP How’d you start doing comedy?
LL Basically, I used to go to the Velveeta Room and see comics a long time ago. And then I had this friend who tried it and he’d come do his sets for us before he would go onstage. It was just really fascinating to think that someone we knew could go up and do comedy. It planted a seed that I didn’t realize was there at the time. It seemed like the scariest thing I could think of to do, but in the back of my mind it seemed like the most exciting thing I could think of to do, ever. Eventually I was like, “I have to try this.”
TOP What’s your favorite dinosaur?
LL Well, I don’t believe in dinosaurs because I’m a hardcore Christian. No, not really. I’ve never thought about what my favorite dinosaur would be. I’d have to say the smallest one, because maybe I could overpower him in a duel. The other ones would probably kill me. I don’t know what the name of that would be.
TOP Do you get most of your material from your life?
LL I do. I like to kinda have things that really happened to me and things that didn’t happen to me, or things that happened to me that I change around, where some of it’s lies or some of it’s the opposite of what the truth is so no one really knows which of it’s real and which of it isn’t, because I’m a really private person. Hopefully that works. Maybe people can see right through me.
TOP Have you always lived in Austin?
LL Most of my life.
TOP Did you go to school here?
LL I went to UT and got a degree in flute, which I ended up hating, and then that movie American Pie came out, which totally ruined the reputation of anybody who plays the flute. So then I started trying to learn to sing, so I do that on the side too. I’m learning classical singing. I’m in a choir.
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Yay Lynette! You’re already getting interviewed! Proof that you’re on your way to the big time! Now you have to get into a scandal involving drugs or something. It’s what all the cool celebrities are doing.
Sounds fun!
Thanks for the tip!
Now we all get to wait for the VH1 “Here’s How it all Went Downhill” special. But I’ll be applauding in the meantime, and I promise to say nice things about you when they interview me.
~ DH
wow, that’s a pretty short interview. you must’ve spoken very slowly to fill up two minutes like that :)
also, i didn’t know you sang in a choir. good for you.
WTF?
I am on this crazy computer that jumps all around. I just left a comment on this interview on the completely wrong page. Oh well, I am sure whoever reads it will appreciate the randomness of someone that finds the flute girl from American Pie hot.
not as cute as a small dinosaur
lynette lamonica, I saw your comedy routine online very funny. Best Wishes, uncle Jack.
I leave Austin for awhile, and look what happens! Good for you!
By the way, hopefully no jokes about cardboard boxes ;-)
“Oooo, look at me! I’m Lynette and I’m so special and everyone loves me and thinks I’m so great. La di da. Oooo.”
(That was my impersonation of you, in case you missed it)
It is good to be inspired with comedy it seems. On a spiritual journey i found that comedy is a good way to deflect confusion till one figures out how to solve it in love.
I found myself in a love discipline facing the bend overs so I practice a little “dark pooter” stick… I say when a funny vibe is around after a dude bends over…
Dark pooter productions presents “dude I not a bun warmer”
Though i usually take revenge with 1000 acts of love for every confusion I am not going to take revenge on your butt..
That is not what it is for. It is to bring inspirations of joy and love into hard places where people have trouble pooing each other back and forth so they can find the time to make a loving choice… it is not to warm your bunz…
Just a silly solution to lots of bendz and moods and reflections of reports harrassment not done…
I am not sure what they mean when they question if someone “went down” or “never went down” it seems like there are usually moods before and embarrissment after… empathy
There’s absolutely nothing about this comment I understand.
I kind of understood the first paragraph, but I got lost after that.
Nice clip! I look forward to seeing more… thanks for giving Carol the link to check it out! Best wishes!