COMIC FINDS HUMOR IN HOLLYWOOD.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer Laura Hayes says she plans ``an evening of down-home realness'' for her comedy shows in Palmdale. Hayes, who portrays Miss Laura on the BET cable channel's ``Nuthin' But a Woman,'' plans to talk about being a fortysomething African-American woman in Hollywood and raising her children and grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. . ``I'm not a joke teller. I can't write a joke with a punch line punch line n. The climactic phrase or statement of a joke, producing a sudden humorous effect. punch line Noun the last line of a joke or funny story that gives it its point Noun 1. ,'' Hayes said. ``I take experiences and make them funny.'' Hayes will give shows at 8 and 10 p.m. Thursday at Louisiana Hots, 2728 E. Palmdale Blvd. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance at G's Place, 3005 E. Palmdale Blvd. For more information, call (805) 274-8000 after 6 p.m. or call (805) 273-2854. For Hayes, the path to standup stand·up or stand-up adj. 1. Standing erect; upright: a standup collar. 2. Taken, done, or used while standing: a standup supper; a standup bar. comedy and television appearances began with a seven-month stint in a county jail in 1975 for a theft she says she didn't commit. Hayes, who says she used to steal women's clothes and then sell them, figured the jail term was payment for past offenses - just not the one for which she got arrested. ``I had to totally remake myself,'' Hayes said. ``I had no skills and my children were asking questions like: Where do you work? I grew up at age 33.'' Hayes enrolled at a community college in Oakland and took a variety of classes in search of a career. One semester, on a lark, she decided to take a theater-arts class. She learned that she loved acting. ``I just didn't know how to make money out of it,'' Hayes said. Hayes eventually found work for an Oakland theater group - first as an office manager and then as a performer. The director of the theater group, Tony Spires - now her manager - told her that standup comedy is one path to being discovered. So Hayes began working nightclubs. ``I did characters such as Miss Bonnie bon·ny also bon·nie adj. bon·ni·er, bon·ni·est Scots 1. Physically attractive or appealing; pretty. 2. Excellent. , an elderly woman who walks with an ax instead of cane, so people do not bother her, and Cookie, a little girl who tells all the family secrets,'' Hayes said. Hayes' comedy career took off. She has performed at clubs across the country and in television specials such as ``Showtime at the Apollo'' on NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , ``Mark Curry's HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy Special,'' and HBO's ``Def Comedy Jam Def Comedy Jam is a HBO television series produced by hip-hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons. The series had its original run from July 1, 1992 to January 1, 1997. The show has returned on HBO's fall lineup in 2006. .'' Hayes also has a recurring role as Mattie on Fox Television's ``Martin'' and has been a guest actor on WB's ``The Parenthood'' and ABC's ``Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Hangin' with Mr. Cooper is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from 1992 to 1997, starring Mark Curry and Holly Robinson. The show took place in Oakland, California. .'' ``I want to do some serious stuff,'' Hayes said of her acting. ``I want to generate some thought in people.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Laura Hayes Will perform in Palmdale |
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