The DAW summer gathering

On Saturday, the Drink at Work crew held its second annual summer gathering down by The Pier I Cafe on the Hudson River at West 70th Street. Queen may have established that thunder bolts and lightning are very very frightening, whee, Galileo, Galileo, but the party was still magnifico. Even …

The oddest half-show I’ve seen in ages

Last year, I remember walking into Rififi and seeing a flyer for The Greg Johnson and Larry Murphy Show that had several quotes, but they all referred to the club, and not the actual show. I offered them one: "The most consistently funny and daring show in the city." They …

Jim Norton hosts Live at Gotham

Jim Norton hosted this weekend’s Live at Gotham on Comedy Central. I enjoyed his backstage bits of wisdom as much as his onstage material. Here, for example is Norton giving ample advice and warnings to would-be stand-up comedians… And even when you’re performing, then you’ve got your fellow comedians to …

Live at Gotham: Erin Jackson

Erin Jackson may have drawn a short straw this week on Last Comic Standing, but she got plenty of airtime last night on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham. Here is Jackson’s bit explaining why being a comedian makes her good marriage material: More from Jackson after the jump.

The truth about Last Comic Driving

OK. So we’ve had more than a few weeks now of this silly little Last Comic Driving contest, and it’s time to spill some beans. For one thing, anyone else consider it odd that NBC put the first contestant, Andrew Norelli, up on Hulu, but no one else? Conspiracy? Or …

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20 words you can’t say on a podcast for cell phones

Max Silvestri, who takes part in Best Night Ever podcasts for the Best Week Ever site, got his hands on the super duper (as in, not super, so just duper?) list of 20 words that cell phone networks consider "Level 0" and will not be heard in broadcast form over …