Will Ferrell gets into character
by Will Ferrell is a really nice guy. Looked me in the eyes during our introduction a couple of weeks ago at the Ritz, delivered a …
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Meet Brian Kiley
Comedy Central had Brian Kiley guest blogging on its site the week before his half-hour stand-up special aired on the cable network that spring. It …
Gilbert Gottfried in his real voice
Some comics really try heard to stay in character. Dan Whitney does all of his interviews as "Larry the Cable Guy" with the Larry accent …
Gary Gulman on watching Tourgasm vs. LCS
Gary Gulman told me that watching Dane Cook’s Tourgasm has been an interesting contrast to his prolonged exposure on NBC’s Last Comic Standing two years …
Bill Burr, ready for a break
Bill Burr recently had his own HBO half-hour special, and I wanted to know what he meant in a MySpace blog posting about moving 20 …
Mike Birbiglia, Sleepwalk With Me
Mike Birbiglia spent most of the past week at the Comedy Studio in Cambridge, Mass., workshopping a new one-man show that he’s calling "Sleepwalk With …
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Joe Rogan in transition
I think I know why Joe Rogan’s publicist wanted me to see his stand-up last weekend at the Comedy Connection. For those of you who …
Louis CK on Lucky Louie, Boston roots
Louis CK had just gotten finished with his controversial appearance on The View when he got on the phone with me to talk about his …
Alonzo Bodden on Last Comic Standing
In 2006, Alonzo Bodden was the unknown winner of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, and here is what he had to say about the aftermath of …
Nick DiPaolo, off the air
Nick DiPaolo sometimes give off the impression of an anti-comic, or perhaps a rather extreme example of the comic’s comic, playing to his fellow comedians …