Reviews
Quotes from the Critics
“ADDICTED delivers the goods! Funny, cannily
rendered … comic precision.
BRUTALLY FUNNY!”
“YOU’LL LAUGH YOUR HEAD OFF! One of the best comedians I’ve ever seen.
A masterful job. Don’t miss it!.”
“A MUST SEE!!
Very funny and genuinely amazing!
High energy, razor sharp performance and flawless timing!”
“ADDICTED is funnier than it has any right to be! Harrowing humor, refreshing. A WILD RIDE!!”
“Funny! An incredible comedian, reminiscent of a younger George Carlin.
A wickedly skewed way of looking at the world.”
"A funny, thrilling journey— extremely funny and moving, and when it's over, you wish it would go on for just a little bit longer."
“Engaging, personal, hilarious, likeable, FUNNY.
Genuine first-class theater!”
Professional Responses
"One hour of Mark's show is worth six weeks of group therapy."
"It's about forty hours since you finished your act at our 13th Annual Betty Ford Center Alumni Reunion, and the laughter remains . . . President and Mrs. Ford were truly impressed by your creativity and your ability to drive home a serious message on wings of wit."
"Your insight into recovery is inspired and delivered in such a way that people can laugh at themselves without shame. The beauty of your message is your celebration of life, which appeals to all audiences."
"What a wonderful response your presentation received. Your witty observations on life were exceptional, but the sharing of your personal story brought a mixture of tears and laughter that was a wonderful emotional release for many of those present who work in the substance abuse field."
"The Keynote Address at our Annual Civic Dinner is the most crucial piece to the evening and your ability to reach such a diverse audience was simply amazing. From all accounts, the evening was a tremendous success, due largely in part to your speech!"
Media Responses
Press Clippings
"ADDICTED delivers the goods! Funny, cannily rendered … comic precision.
BRUTALLY FUNNY!"
"YOU’LL LAUGH YOUR HEAD OFF! One of the best comedians I’ve ever seen.
A masterful job. Don’t miss it!."
"A MUST SEE!!
Very funny and genuinely amazing!
High energy, razor sharp performance and flawless timing!"
"ADDICTED is funnier than it has any right to be! Harrowing humor, refreshing. A WILD RIDE!!"
"Funny! An incredible comedian, reminiscent of a younger George Carlin.
A wickedly skewed way of looking at the world."
"A funny, thrilling journey— extremely funny and moving, and when it's over, you wish it would go on for just a little bit longer."
"Engaging, personal, hilarious, likeable, FUNNY.
Genuine first-class theater!"
"Wall Street Journal/ZAGAT Theater Survey
Top position as Most Highly Recommended Show"
"Has an urgency and dark hilarity missing from most such theatrical endeavors."
"... a tall cool "drink" of a show ... it's addicting."
"Riveting. Terrifyingly theatrical. Dark and funny."
"This is a show that stays with you."
"Very funny, compelling, fresh and worthwhile!"
"Eye-opening, funny, and powerful."
"... achieves peaks of hilarity."
"A deeply funny, illuminating story."
"... the tale is harrowing and hysterically funny."
"...Addiction itself, in one of Lundholm's better turns of phrase, is nothing but "energy without grace." He's a graceful onstage presence and a genuinely interesting actor in the making."
"The witty script, honed during his years as a comedy club comic, overflows with aphorisms that would sound like bumper sticker wisdom if he had not so obviously discovered these truths the hard way."
"The two-hour performance has many riveting moments, and Lundholm is a terrific performer, aggressive, funny and charming."
"Writers are told to write about what they know, which gives comedian Mark Lundholm a fertile road to hoe -- he knows drugs, alcohol, and how to stay free of them. ('I'm not an addict,' he says, 'I'm chemically-challenged' ."
Theater Previews and Reviews
Denver Post Preview
Chicago Digital City Preview
South Florida Sun-Sentinel Review
Miami Herald Preview
Denver Post Review
The Audience
"This is a thank you note for the laughter and joy you have brought to me. I was in the company of my husband, a "normy" and you did a better job of helping him to understand us than I ever could."
"Thank you - I haven't laughed so much since I got sober - 3 1/2 years ago. It's so important to learn that you can have fun - more fun - than when you were drinking. This time - I remember the show. Thank you for giving me the gift of knowing my life is not "sub-par" or "less than" just because I'm a recovering drunk and addict! I feel so very fortunate!"
"It's a very rare occasion that you get that level of honesty and open-mindedness in this area, it's refreshing. As corny as it sounds, I felt I learned a lot about myself by just listening to you and I walked away wanting to hear more. I can relate to a lot of what you said, joked about, questions you raised and situations you've been in, and felt invigorated because of it."
Thank you for a thought-provoking evening and a very much-needed laugh.
"Well. I guess my point here is that I liked you for your entertainment value alone. People who try to have a "point" to convey in their amusing discourse frequently fail at both the amusing discourse and getting the point across. You succeeded quite nicely at both.
You are yo-yo boy. I have never been so emotionally manipulated since my mother was alive. I enjoyed you even though I have never had one of the problems you addressed."
"Wheeee!!! Thank you for being so open, and honest, and loving, and funny, and REAL!!! Your words lifted a cloud that was sure to engulf my spirit, I am grateful."
"After seeing your show (second year in a row), I wanted to thank you for putting into words so well what all of us feel. Watching the people in the audience gave me as much enjoyment (almost) as your show!
