The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Come for the porn. Stay for the stand-up comedy. Plenty of pornographic film studios have garnered your attention in recent years with X-rated parodies of hit sitcoms. But what if a stand-up comedian decided to take advantage of porn’s popularity by introducing actual sex as a component of his comedy? …
The 2014 Andy Kaufman Award competition may have lacked the hyperbolic histrionics of a year ago that spurred a nation to wonder if Kaufman not only had faked his death but also had another daughter, but Andy’s actual daughter (45-year-old Maria Bellu-Colonna) and sister attended this year’s festivities, along with Michael …
Above (left to right): Andy Kaufman Award winners Harrison Greenbaum (2010), Harry Terjanian (2013), Michael Kaufman, Marcus Monroe (2012), Nick Vatterott (2011). You may have heard about the 2013 Andy Kaufman Awards. Mostly you heard, saw and read about a young woman walking onstage and introducing herself to Michael Kaufman, …
Last year’s special guest at the Andy Kaufman Awards was Tony Danza. This year? A 24-year-old woman claiming to be Andy’s daughter. Which is a neat party trick, considering Andy Kaufman died 29 years ago, in 1984. Trick or treat, you’re likely to get both from a Kaufmanesque performance. At …
