Matt Iseman took the long way from Cherry Creek High School to “Sports Soup” on Versus network.
Iseman graduated from Creek (where he played football, basketball and baseball) almost 20 years ago, then on to Princeton, then to Columbia to get his M.D., then to the University of Colorado for his residency. His dad is Denver’s Dr. Mike Iseman at National Jewish Health.
But instead of doctoring, Matt decided to go into stand-up comedy. His parents must have been so proud.
“I realized my heart wasn’t in medicine,” Matt told me. “I started doing some stand-up just to clear my mind, and I fell in love with it.”
If “Sports Soup” sounds familiar, it’s because the producers of cable’s “Talk Soup” and “The Soup” are behind it. It’ll air at 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays on Versus (Comcast Channel 73), starting Oct. 14.
“It’s a pretty simple format,” Iseman says. “From bass fishing to bull riding to football — anything under the sun will be on this show. Sports is just ripe for parody. Now I get to combine my love of sports with stand-up comedy. As a dude comedian, this is a dream show.”
On the air.
Steve Kelley returns to 850 KOA-AM from 3 to 5 p.m. today — back to his roots. He was a radio man for three decades, 20 years at KOA.
Three years ago, he switched to TV to host Fox 31’s “Good Day Colorado.”
KOA programmer Kris Olinger asked Kelley to fill in for the two hours Dave Logan is busy coaching Mullen High School football and Lou from Littleton is busy with some Broncos business.
Kelley says he’s actually a little nervous about it.
“There are certainly less distractions than TV, with the producers, the lights, the cameras, the makeup, the scripts,” he says. “But radio has internal distractions. You have your own demons on radio.”
Tune in for a familiar voice.
Boo!
Halloween falls on a Friday night this year — so get ready to get scared.
On Oct. 31, CultureHaus, the youngish Denver Art Museum support group, takes over the Daniels & Fisher Tower for “A Dark Night” in the clocktower. VIPs will have the run of the five floors of the tower, which is scary enough. Then they’ll join the ghouls in Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret.
Kevin Larson offers up his ninth legendary Victorian Fetish Ball on Oct. 25 at Wish nightclub and the Diamond Cabaret. You must wear a costume, and nudity is legal. Go to .
Showtime!
Starz Denver Film Festival director Britta Erickson let it out at Wednesday night’s patron party at Laurie Galbreath’s house: The film on opening night, Nov. 13, is “The Brothers Bloom,” directed and written by Denver native Rian Johnson, starring Rachel Weisz and Adrien Brody. Big Night, on Nov. 15, features “Slumdog Millionaire,” a huge hit in Toronto.
City spirit.
Neil Bridge plays Sunday brunch at Randolf’s . . . It’s College Night today at Martini Ranch — open bar 9-11 p.m. for $10; college kids only . . . Sez who: “Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.” Lily Tomlin
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