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Comic Strip Marathon: Post #33 Dawn
by Is it early or is it late? Either way, we’ve made it through 33 1/3 hours. And as night turns to day once more, everyone …
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Comic Strip Marathon: Post #32 Tough crowd?
Earlier in the hour, Mike DeStefano had no problems provoking the crowd with his thoughts on race and gender, saying he was here not for …
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Comic Strip Marathon: Post #31 Singles time
"There isn’t one married couple left in here, is there?" Tom Van Horn just observed from the stage, before launching into his relationship material. "They’re …
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Comic Strip Marathon: Post #30 30 hours!
Everyone seems a little feisty. Except me. I’m oddly calm. Some new audience members have filled in the vacant front seats, while other corners remain …
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Comic Strip Marathon: Post #29 Twice as Nice
"Damn! You were here last night? Now I’ve got to tell new jokes," Chuck Nice told the fans who said they came back for more …
Comic Strip Marathon: Post #28 Midnight mass exodus
Within the past 15 minutes, seemingly half of the capacity crowd has made their moves for the exits, following Jeffrey Ross toward the door at …
Comic Strip Marathon: Post #27 The highlight so far?
Mike Birbiglia goes onstage and immediately fills the audience in on my presence liveblogging the event. The lights go up. A couple of hundred heads …
Comic Strip Marathon: Post #26 Recording our set for next time
Gary Gulman opened with a quick quip about wanting "to set the record for beards of bees" before setting down his recording device on the …
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Comic Strip Marathon: Post #25 25th hour
I now have watched 24 hours of continuous stand-up comedy without napping, dozing or otherwise passing out from exhaustion. Our host, William Stephenson, has just …
Comics Unleashed gets two more years
Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen, the late-night half-hour chat show for comedians that features the least actual chat of any TV show I know, will …