Here's an awesome preview written by Hiya Swanhuyser:::
Food Show's Nuts

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Freaks are a precious natural resource. They thrill us, mystify us, and cause us to shake our heads and ponder the meaning of life, just like, uh, giant rock formations. Anyone who says different probably hasn't ever witnessed Scot Nery live onstage in any of his hysterically weird incarnations: pancake juggler, backpack escape artist, cooking show host, etc. His new act, "Crash Course -- Cooking, Juggling, and Getting Hurt," promises to continue such silliness. With the spirit of a food fighter, the aplomb of Julia Child, and the desire to hand out samples of a Costco employee, Nery maps an evening that features guest chefs, innovative meal planning, and irreverent themes, all different every week. (Last week's theme: "French Mind Control.") Sure, Yosemite's beautiful, but so is Nery's soiled chef's smock; the show runs Friday through Sunday at 8 p.m. (continuing through June 26) at the Climate Theater, 285 Ninth St. (at Folsom), S.F. Admission is $15; call 871-9699 or visit www.crashcourseshow.com.
-- Hiya Swanhuyser

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A quick preview from the Pink Section of the SF Chronicle::

CRASH COURSE

"Emeril meets Johnny Knoxville": You can't do better than that SF Weekly description of Scot Nery, who is back with his interactive comedy cooking show, fixing a different cuisine every Friday through Sunday. This week it's "Gingerbread Crack House." $15. 8 p.m. at Climate Theater, 285 Ninth St., San Francisco; (800) 838-3006, (415) 871-9699, www.climatetheater.com, www.crashcourseshow.com.

I thought I'd throw my hat into the ring if for no other reason than to keep you from talking to yourself.

I hope to attend shortly. I'm sure I will be amazed and wowwed.

(How many words have a double-w in them?)

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It would be great if everyone can come this Friday. "Inside City Limits" (the TV show) is coming to do a video story on me. Also, a writer from SFSU's paper is coming to to write something probably Friday. I figure it's a good idea to have a packed house. Plus, the show's going to be great!

There will be a Crash Course segment on TV this coming week. March 9-12. Watch Inside City Limits on Comcast 11. Wed. 9pm + Thurs. 8pm + Fri. 6:30pm + Sat. 6:30pm.

It's funny. I screwed with the hosts, scared the lady and I think pissed off the guy.

Comedian Scot Nery gets cooking in his show 'Crash Course'
by: Joalien Johnson

COMEDIAN SCOT NERY, with the top burned off his chef's hat, heated things up at San Francisco's Climate Theater on Friday night during his R-rated interactive "Crash Course," a faux cooking show on "how to seduce a chess team."

The "cooking" show, which changes its theme weekly, began with Nery's energetic introduction on how to set the scene for a romantic date with a chess player over a meal of fettuccine Alfredo and pumpkin pie. Nery, in his zany-sarcastic fashion, laid out the rules for setting the right mood while cooking up inedible food.

Most important: The cook must not distract chess players by
using or doing anything involving the colors black or white because chess players must carefully focus upon their chessboard.

"For music, you want to play Green Day, not Barry White," he said.

The audience laughed and followed along with Nery's constant banter almost long enough to forget that the dinner he's making is also a joke.

The making of the Alfredo sauce, a blend of virgin olive oil that smoked "although most virgins don't," flour and coconut milk, could almost be forgiven if not for Nery's pasta boiling rule: "Add as much pasta as enters the pot. The rest is naturally
selected to hit the floor."

He then concocted a pumpkin pie composed of rice milk, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, all-spice, nutmeg, brown (not black) molasses, sugar and pumpkin, partially mixed in a blender with a power drill.

The pie, blender and all, was placed on a shelf behind a curtain that Nery identified as an oven. The audience was left to ponder how Nery planned to produce an actual pie.

In the meantime, Nery performed a juggling act with unopened Coke cans, one of which eventually hit the floor and exploded all over the audience.

"Good thing there's nobody in the front
row," he commented.

The show was a comedic success and a culinary disaster that ended with the audience being treated to (thankfully) store-bought pie and ice cream and a Montel Williams-like reflection upon the show's themes, during which Nery made comments like, "A woman's heart lies in her chess."

Nery, 26, got his start at age 7 with a magic kit. After mastering the basics, he was mentored by a professional magician, and by the time he was 11 he was performing for audiences and marketing himself by passing out his business cards door-to-door.

He ended up in Nashville, Tenn., joining up with
local street performers, magicians and jugglers.

There he learned how to bucket juggle, which involves throwing a bucket up in the air and catching it with his head. Of course that led to pancake juggling.

"I flipped pancakes on the street, along to hip-hop music, and people would walk by and think, 'Is he making breakfast? Is he homeless?'"

His current work at the Climate Theater will end in June. He also is performing the "Dirty Lil' Secret Pancake Show" at the New York Hotel in San Francisco.

"Actually, being serious, people try not to look crazy, and they fight their natural urges. I'm just going
to try to break people's expectations and shock people in a way that brings out appeal in my performance," he said. "I'm not a performer that's like, 'Hey, I'm the greatest.' I'm just here to converse with the audience and make something fun that people feel like they can be a part of."

Crash Course Caters to Hungry Comedy Lovers

by Maria Guevara, staff writer
March 2, 2005 11:00 PM

What is the right meal to cook while your home is burning down?

A new comedy act answers that and many other unasked questions, while giving audience members a chance to taste unique treats like “Smoked Satan.”

“I wanted to create a show that hasn’t been done before,” said Scot Nery.

Nery, 26, is the frenetic, hilarious creator behind the apron of an interactive cooking comedy show. Recently returned from a five-month gig in Huis Ten Bosch, Nagasaki, Japan, Nery is now producing his own comedy show, “Crash Course,” at the Climate Theater in San Francisco.

This is not a normal comedy show, where audiences listen, laugh and head home. At “Crash Course,” you may eat some Satan and go home wondering what you just witnessed.

Nery was bitten by the performance bug at a young age, doing magic tricks at 11 years old. After finishing high school he landed his first break as the opening act for Brooks & Dunn, a country music duo, for two summers in a row. Thereafter, he hit the streets where his first act, “The Pancake Show,” was born.

“Working on the streets was hard - either people like you or they don’t,” said Nery. “I needed to be on-the-spot creative.”

“The Pancake Show” is literally a sidewalk corner act where Nery makes a single pancake on a portable stove and then juggles it in the air and all around to hip-hop music. The show worked so well that Paul Nathan, director of the Climate Theater, saw Nery perform and asked him to bring his show and creativity to the theater.

The Climate is an old apartment building converted into a small intimate setting that seats fewer than 50 people. On this particular night the theme was “What to Cook When Your House Is on Fire.”

The show began with a short Japanese video that showed a conversation between a mob boss and a chef. After the one-minute video Nery came out on stage, greeted the crowd and began to chop vegetables as he made up jokes. Nery’s onstage concoctions adhere to his own vegetarian diet.

The evening’s special guest, Nathan, did some card tricks and took shots of Jim Beam while the audience waited for Nery to cook his devilish delicacy.

“Satan” is boiled little balls of wheat gluten protein, which Nery drowned in hot sauce. But before he shared this “tasty” treat with the audience, Nathan lit a cigarette, blew smoke on the pieces and called it smoked Satan.

Midway through the show everyone in the crowd was laughing and having a good time. The jokes were amusing, as was the theme of the show. A couple from the crowd enjoyed a skewer of spicy Satan.

Wacky and nutty stunts from cooking strange items to roasting marshmallows from a flaming foot will have your belly aching and your mind questioning the purpose of this show all the way home. If you are lucky, you may even see Nery do a little juggling. Every week includes a different theme, an off-the-wall guest, and some new vegetable cooking. Don’t cancel The Food Network just yet.

“I want everyone to escape the world and enjoy some laughter,” said Nery.

Shows Times & Location:
Shows at 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday through June 26
Climate Theater, 285 Ninth Street
$15 at the door (cash only)
Patrons are allowed to bring their own food and beverages to shows.
www.crashcourseshow.com