Interview: John Mulaney
by Yesterday was John Mulaney‘s first day at work as a writer on Saturday Night Live. That sounded as amazing to me hearing it as it …
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Tickets for Comedy Central Presents tapings (Aug. 24-29, 2008)
Free tickets are available to this year’s Comedy Central Presents tapings in New York City, taping shows in pairs from Aug. 24-29, 2008 at the …
Reviewing Del Close Marathon 10
Only now unwinding from my second tour through the Upright Citizen Brigade’s Del Close Marathon, which ended Sunday night (though starting the tour after an …
Rififi’s Last Night: The photos
Mindy Tucker took photomographs (it’s a technical term) of the final night at Rififi. Enjoy the full 46-photo slideshow at Tucker’s site, With Reservation. Here …
Rififi: This is the end, the end my friends, the end
Why would anyone mourn a venue that’s essentially a dive bar with inconsistent air conditioning, horribly horrible bathrooms, a movie screen that had a massive …
2009 Comedy Central Presents lineups
Even though they’re taping from Aug. 25-29, the next round of Comedy Central Presents half-hour stand-up specials likely won’t air until 2009, if past precedents …
Montreal 2008: News, notes, highlights, quotes
It’s time for one last look around the 2008 Montreal Just For Laughs festival, which Variety reports raked in $10 million (which is about the …
Montreal 2008: Best of the Fest. Really?
Most of the industry just got to Montreal, Just for Laughs still has four nights to go, but that’s not stopping them from jump-starting and …
Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch, 2008
Variety magazine named its "10 Comics to Watch" for 2008 and wrote up profiles on each of them this week. Their choices? Read what they …
Big benefit comedy show tonight in NYC
Almost missed this entirely somehow…but tonight, as in an hour from now, doors open at 7 p.m. at the Knitting Factory in NYC, there’s a …