Michael Malone wins 2012 Seattle International Comedy Competition
by Congratulations to Michael Malone, who edged out four other finalists and a couple of dozen other stand-up comedians to emerge victorious last night as winner …
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NYC comedy benefit shows for Cyclone/Hurricane Sandy
Several comedy benefit shows are happening in and around NYC to raise money for victims of the storm known as Sandy. Here are the ones …
Marcus Monroe wins the eighth annual Andy Kaufman Award
In what other competition but the Andy Kaufman Awards will you find a juggler competing against a ventriloquist, a street performer, two actors in character …
Jim Gaffigan gets the Hanksy treatment
Hanksy is like Banksy but with a dash of Tom Hanks, which makes everything better and funnier. The artist known as Hanksy enjoys adding wit …
Free events to enjoy at the 2012 New York Comedy Festival
Key & Peele, live, for free? You betcha! A live performance by Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele is but one of several free events and …
Buy a limited-edition David Cross “Throbblehead” figure
Want to be one of only 1,000 people to own a David Cross “Throbblehead” figure? Well, you just may be in luck! Aggronautix has partnered …
Naming of NYC street as “George Carlin Way” heads to City Council
In an effort that has taken over a year just to get this far, the petition to rename a block of New York City’s Morningside …
Fall 2012 Guide to Comedy Festivals
With the fifth annual Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival underway in Brooklyn this weekend, and more festivals such as the first-ever RIOT Los Angeles coming in …
Abbey Londer on planning RIOT, an alternative comedy festival for Los Angeles
If you live and/or work in Hollywood, then you know — or at least have heard the joke — that everyone there is in show …
Inside the 5th annual Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival
Has it been five years already? The fifth annual Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival kicks off Thursday night in Brooklyn’s Gowanus and Park Slope neighborhoods, and …