The Lighter Side: Has Anyone Seen a Yoram Bauman Show? (Stand-up Economist)

[airjesse123]

Hey all:

The Standup Economist (AKA Yoram Bauman, UWash Prof) is coming to the bay area over my spring break. I was wondering if anyone here has seen his show and thought it would be worth a 1.5hr trip to Santa Rosa. I enjoyed his "Principles, Translated" bit a lot. Thanks!

Bauman's Website

Tour dates

[walt526]

Apparently he's coming to my school in May, which I am quite excited about.

EDIT: It's May 6th at 3pm. If you can make it, it might save you a trip to Santa Rosa.

[airjesse123]

Apparently he's coming to my school in May, which I am quite excited about.

EDIT: It's May 6th at 3pm. If you can make it, it might save you a trip to Santa Rosa.

Depends on how my final schedule shakes out, but I may have class at that time. Super excited to see him either way! All you lucky Seattle-bounders get a part time comedian on faculty. Now THAT is an intangible.

[SlowLearner38]

I saw him earlier this month when he did a show at my school. I got a chance to talk with him for a while after the show -- very nice guy. Even after having seen his youtube videos, the jokes he used again were still funny and his new stuff was even funnier. If you get a chance to see him perform I'd highly recommend it.

[airjesse123]

Thanks SL38. That was very helpful!

[dauntilus]

That's really cool. I'm definitely making a trip to SF for this

[airjesse123]

Dates (also added to OP)

• Outside the Pacific NW
  
• Mar 22: San Diego Jewish Academy (CA) SDJA assembly at 2pm! I'll also be joining Glenn Doshay's class the next morning. This show is not open to the public, sorry.
• Mar 23: Reading/signing at Kepler's Books (Menlo Park CA) 7:30pm reading and signing at Kepler's.
• Mar 24: Pixar (Emeryville CA) Tentative lunchtime (12pm) gig at Pixar. This show is not open to the public, sorry.
• Mar 24: San Francisco State University (CA) At 3pm in HSS 130, free and open to the public! (HSS is at the SE corner of campus, near the corner of 19th Ave and Holloway; see maps here and here.)
• Mar 24: Reading/signing at Booksmith (San Francisco CA) Reading/signing at 7:30pm at Booksmith, 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117.
• Mar 25: Google (Mountain View CA) Google @Authors talk, 12pm. Sorry, this event is not open to the public. (Google folks, as a thank-you how about bumping me to the top of the list when folks search for "stand-up economist"? Oh, never mind.)
• Mar 27: Charles M Schulz Museum (Santa Rosa CA) Saturday, March 27 from 2 – 4pm. Admission to the museum is $8 for adults and the comedy show is included with museum admission. The museum is located at 2301 Hardies Lane in Santa Rosa, Ca 95403. More info at 7070-579-4452 or www.schulzmuseum.org.
• Mar 29: United States Military Academy (West Point NY) Class visit. This show is not open to the public, sorry.
• Mar 30: Siena College (near Albany NY) Class visit at 1pm, then 4pm for the gig with reception/dinner to follow. "The 4pm will be open to the community, but will be a predominately student audience with some faculty, staff, and some from the outside."
• Mar 31: United States Military Academy (West Point NY) Class visit. This show is not open to the public, sorry.
• Apr 01: Reading/signing at R.J. Julia Booksellers (Madison CT) April Fool's Day at 7pm at R.J. Julia!
• Apr 02: University of Chicago Executive MBA Program (Chicago) For executive MBA students only, 5-6pm at the downtown Gleacher Center. I'd love to do another show later that night for Univ of Chicago undergrads and/or others in Chicago, so email me if you want to hire me!
• Apr 05: University School of Nashville (Nashville TN) Mon Apr 5 at 5:30pm (refreshments and meet'n'greet at 5pm) in the USN auditorium, possibly with some terrific opening acts! Open to the public, free for folks connected to USN and free for all students and teachers of economics (you'll have to answer an economics question to prove your bona-fides . Admission is $5 for everyone else. The show will be over well before the start of the NCAA championship
• Apr 06: Birmingham-Southern College (Birmingham AL) In the BSC Munger Auditorium at 7:30pm.
• Apr 07: Rutgers (New Jersey) 8pm at the Livingston Student Center, 84 Joyce Kilmer Ave, Piscataway NJ 08854. Free and open to the public!
• Apr 21: University of Kansas (Lawrence KS) At 8pm in the Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Free and open to the public!
• Apr 26: Lawrence University (Appleton WI) Show at Lawrence University, details TBD.
• Apr 27: Edinboro University (near Erie PA) Details TBD.
• Apr 28: St Michael's College (Colchester VT) At 4pm in the Farrell Room in Saint Edmund’s Hall. "Technically it is open to the public, but will mostly be advertised to our campus community and on our website. This is in honor of the induction of 8 new student members into Omicron Delta Epsilon."
• Apr 29: Middlebury College (VT) Details TBD.
• May 06: Cal State Sacramento (CA) At 3pm, details TBD.

[gbea]

I saw one of his shows. He did the youtube routine, which I enjoyed but I had already seen, but the rest of his material was not particularly economics related. It wasn't bad, but I guess going in I was hoping for an hour of material as good but different from the video I had seen, and that wasn't the case. But if there is a free or reasonably priced show on your campus, and you are not too busy, it is worth checking out.
His stuff is pretty accessible to non-economists.

[SlowLearner38]

I really liked his bit when he talked about his favorite comments on his YouTube video. In general, if you are a nerdy economist (this may or may not be an oxymoron), then the probability of leaving his show after having >=1 good gut laugh is probably equal to 0.9327.

[airjesse123]

I really liked his bit when he talked about his favorite comments on his YouTube video. In general, if you are a nerdy economist (this may or may not be an oxymoron), then the probability of leaving his show after having >=1 good gut laugh is probably equal to 0.9327.

... So you're saying there's a chance...