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Matt Kirshen was in New York City last week (turns out he was supposed to tape Live At Gotham, but something happened with his paperwork?). Kirshen helped out fellow Last Comic Standing finalist Amy Schumer on a benefit show at Gotham, and also dropped in at Rififi on Friday night. …
Standing room only for last week’s Inside Joke, which featured Zach Galifianakis. After an opening bit from Dave Hill about Osama bin Laden and an elephant of the same name, it was time for the show, and your host Carl Arnheiter. The title, Inside Joke, may clue you in to …
If the lineup for the 7th annual Gerry Red Wilson Foundation comedy benefit didn’t warn me, then the crowd waiting outside Town Hall on March 5 should have…as much as the comedians onstage wanted to celebrate and honor their late friend, the audience in the seats wanted jokes about sex …
The New York Post has two staffers who double as stand-up comedians, and one regular freelancer who writes about comedy, and yet, they felt like publishing this two-page piece about New York City’s "underground" comedy scene. What? The? Insert Your Own Expletive? Did this story start as something else entirely, …
The interview with AST’s isoS that I referenced a couple of days ago has sparked an online kerfuffle between Shecky Magazine and the AST. First, Shecky called Matt Belknap’s description of comedic motivations "moronic." That certainly prompted some comments. And then a thread on AST that bashed Shecky back. Comedy …
The late-night TV talkers are back in action this week, so let’s take a look at which comedians and comedic actors will be making the rounds, shall we? David Letterman…Monday: Jim Carrey; Wednesday: Lewis Black; Friday: Brian Regan Conan O’Brien…Thursday: Harland Williams Jay Leno…Tuesday: Bob Saget; Wednesday: Bill Cosby; Thursday: …
In case you’re in NYC and curious about such things, Rififi remains open and operating under the current comedy schedule… Wednesdays: Gelmania (Brett Gelman hosts, vowing in his debut to be inaugurated as "The President of Comedy," with guests this week of John Gemberling, Bobby Tisdale, Jackie Clarke, Andrea Rosen, …
My comedy weekend was so big…(how big was it?)…so big that before I can fully decompress and tell you all about it, I’m going to need you to watch this new episode of A.D. Miles’ satiric soap opera that’s definitely NSFW because it’s Horrible People!
Ben Kharakh published an interview this weekend with Matt Belknap, aka isoS, aka the man who made A Special Thing. Read it. Fun fact not included in the interview: Belknap is an Emerson College product. They really are everywhere. And as you can read from this alumni bulletin, he graduated …
In the wake of the departure of the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, comedy itself in Aspen has taken a dark turn. If that previous Aspen Times report on the Aspen Comedy Club’s woes wasn’t enough for you, then here’s the follow-up piece from Friday’s paper. Still full of damning he-said, …