The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Two years ago, I got a spread in the Boston Herald to devote to a few of the local comedians that I thought deserved more press. Two of them are back in the spotlight this weekend. Baratunde Thurston has become the Web editor at The Onion, recently appeared on a …
MySpace asked Todd Barry 10 questions. He gave them 10 answers. This is all to help promote his new CD, which you can find out about and buy after reading my review of From Heaven. You can catch his stand-up live this weekend at the Arlington Drafthouse in Arlington, Va., …
If you were wondering how TJ Miller would fare as a club headliner this weekend at Comix (why do I always say you when really I mean me, which means I mean I), then you may wonder less knowing that Miller will have his fellow ex-Chicago comedy friends supporting him …
Jay Oakerson — no, make that Big Jay Oakerson — makes his big Comedy Central Presents debut tonight. And here’s a clip! Another clip after the jump…
Less than one week before a new crop of comedians get to add a Comedy Central TV credit to their bios as Live At Gotham tapes next week at Gotham Comedy Club. I’ll have more info on who’s performing when later. For now, though, I can tell you who’ll be …
You can see Joe Matarese live or on TV tonight. Matarese headlines at Gotham Comedy Club tonight (Leap Day) and Saturday, March 1. His half-hour Comedy Central Presents also debuts tonight. More of Matarese after the jump.
Always looking to improve upon my intention to be a definitive guide to comedy, I’ve added links to the regional comedy blog sites for Washington, D.C. (DC Comedy: 4 Now), Los Angeles (where The Coming claims it’s making a comeback), Philadelphia (Comic Vs. Audience) and San Francisco (SF Standup). Be …
If there’s such a thing as alt-comedy, then can there also be such a thing as alt-black comedy? Elon James White thinks so. White and fellow New York comedian Baron Vaughn have been trying to educate audiences on the notion that there are many different types of black stand-up comedy, …
So…Prof. Dave Saldana sent me an email requesting me to "throttle back on the accusatory tone," because if I were to Google "killing frogs" (they do have Google in Iowa!), I would see (as would you) that no one else was using that term for a comedy blog. Indeed. Point …
After six years, and after creating a new home for the so-called "alt-comedy" scene in New York City’s East Village, Invite Them Up called it a night. Hosts Bobby Tisdale and Eugene Mirman will go their separate ways. And who knows what’s next. Let’s take a moment to reflect. Invite …