DBSA Chato Stewart Stand-Up For Mental Health Humor 2010

http://blogs.psychcentral.com/humor I'm Chato, this is me doing stand-up for mental health( http://www.standupformentalhealth.com ). I'm an mental health advocate and cartoonist. Get a free cartoon book here:
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/humor/2010/12/free-2010-mental-health-humor-car...

When I was at the DBSA 2010 NATIONAL CONFERENCE I got to try for the first time in my life, STAND-UP. Here I am in Chicago "celebrating" the Depression Bipolar Support Alliance's 25th year of peer support, and doing STAND-UP comedy to a crowd of 400 people!!!.

I want to thank David Granirer from Stand-Up for Mental Health for giving me a chance to bomb. I had 24 hours to write a set of jokes about living with mental health. All the other students had a three month course that Dave does with them to work out their jokes. I hope to be taking that class, I sent in my application.

I kind of did it backwards. I hope I can raise enough money to go to the DBSA 2011 NATIONAL CONFERENCE in Texas... I'm hopeing they let me do this year's DBSA comedy show at the conference so I have to crash the rehearsal and beg for a few minuets to do a set. I will beg if I have too.

Well, here is my act... let me know what you think... but don't be to harsh, it was my 1st you know.

http://blogs.psychcentral.com/humor/2010/05/dbsa-chato-b-stewart-1st-stand-up...

Dave's motto:

"Most people think you have to be nuts to do stand-up comedy. We offer it as a form of therapy! Stand Up For Mental Health teaches Stand Up Comedy to people with mental illness as a way of building confidence and fighting public stigma, prejudice, and discrimination."

Home of the original Mental Health Humor With Chato Stewart.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• comedy
• mental health
• mental illness
• depression
• Cracking Up
• stand up comedy
• schizophrenia
• bipolar
• recovery
• Mental Health Humor

[chatobstewart]

not bad... I like the 900 juke my-self...lol  Thx

[chatobstewart]

I started off bumpy but I got into it quick!

[RorschachRedemption]

You got a brass set of (censored.)

Is it bad that my favorite joke is that magnet therapy one?

[GodlessManitoban]

Good job