Audience interactions and crowd work gone awry: Is the customer always right?
by Stand-up comedians need an audience to laugh at their jokes and pay for their services. Comedy clubs provide a direct conduit for both, and need …
Tag: Big Jay Oakerson
Aziz Ansari and Amy Schumer topline third annual Oddball Festival tour for Funny or Die
The third annual Funny Or Die Presents Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival 2015 will get a later start in late summer, but run through October and …
Not in on the joke? Rich Vos, Legion of Skanks hoodwinked by Zach Broussard’s “Top 1000 Comics of 2014” list
All lists ranking or otherwise grouping the funniest and/or hottest comedians are inherently biased — subject to the whims of the list-maker. And yet, online …
HA! The Musical, an Off-Broadway production about stand-up comedy starring stand-up comedians
Not all of the new Broadway musicals staged in New York City are based on hit movies. Rehearsals began last week for HA! The Musical, …
Dave Attell shares the wealth with comics old and new, plus Operation Purple, in “Comedy Underground” stand-up series on Comedy Central
Dave Attell gives back to some of his fellow comedy veterans, and in a very real way has given back to military veterans and their …
Big Jay Oakerson’s debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Just like The Roots, comedian Big Jay Oakerson is a Philadelphia boy. Well, he’s a big man now. He even put it in his stage …