Steven Wright’s first special in decades
by Steven Wright’s first TV stand-up comedy special in 15 years, "Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away," premieres at 9 p.m. tonight on Comedy Central …
Marc Maron moves past bitterness to anger
Air America may have declared bankruptcy this week, but that wasn’t my first question for former morning radio guy (and always bitingly funny) Marc Maron, …
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Two Girls For Five Bucks
Cathleen Carr and Daiva Deupree met years ago through Improv Asylum, and they’ve returned to Boston and IA with a limited engagement show of their …
A comedian for president?
The premise behind the movie, Man of the Year, which suggests that a late-night TV host could become president. Sort of. Anyhow. Here are some …
Gaffigan goes beyond the pale
Jim Gaffigan is one of the truly nicer and funnier guys I know. And I’m saying that even before typing in the part of the …
Craig Ferguson, winging it late-night, soberly
When Craig Ferguson called me up Tuesday afternoon, it was still morning in L.A., where he wasn’t quite sure what his monologue topic would be …
Quotes from Jon Stewart, live in concert
More words and wisdom from Jon Stewart, dispensed onstage Friday night at the Wang Theatre in Boston. On the Wang Center…"This is, by far, the …
SNL 32.1: Dane Cook/The Killers
Saving the best for last is not the phrase you want associated with Saturday Night Live. Alas, such was the case on the Sept. 30 …
The skinny on Dan Boulger
The online record tells you very little about Dan Boulger. We’re about to correct that, although not by much. Boulger remains an elusive comedy creature. …
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Todd Phillips on comedy, “scoundrels”
Filmmaker Todd Phillips talked with me the other day (actually, last Friday) about comedy and his latest film, School For Scoundrels, which opens today. What …