Upright Citizens Brigade, The PIT announce new house teams for sketch and improv in 2012
by Both of New York City’s major outlets for sketch and improv comedy announced new house teams for the 2012 calendar year. Nate Dern, the Upright …
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SF Sketchfest unveils 2012 lineup
San Francisco’s annual SF Sketchfest books so many uniquely special comedy shows over so many consecutive nights, I’m not sure why every comedy fan doesn’t …
This year’s comedians nominated for the 54th annual Grammys in 2012
Seth MacFarlane is up for two Grammy Awards, but only one of them is for something funny. Steve Martin’s banjo found honors. And the South …
RIP Patrice Oneal, 1969-2011
Patrice Oneal, who suffered a stroke in October, has died. He was 41. Oneal was one of the funniest comedians anyone has known in recent …
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[Sponsored Post] Domtar imagines a paperless version of “The Office”
Think the folks at Dunder-Mifflin have it tough enough in Scranton? What if more and more offices went paperless? That’s actually a thing. But instead …
Dan Soder takes NY; Landry wins Boston in dueling 2011 contest finals
In an odd scheduling move, both the New York’s Funniest competition and the Boston Comedy Festival competition held their finals on the same evening last …
Comedian Drew Hastings voted Mayor of Hillsboro, Ohio
In case you thought Dave Chappelle was the only big-time comedian finding a lifestyle in rural Ohio, then you haven’t been keeping up with what …
New York Times launches regular comedy column, with a critic!
Boston used to have two daily newspapers that each had a weekly comedy column, covering the local scene, interviewing touring comedians and reviewing shows and …
Patrice O’Neal, 41, suffers stroke: status unknown
In a just world, the Comedy Gods weed out the no-talent hacks and leave the true voices to prosper. Alas, alack, we do not always …
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[Sponsored Post] Behind the scenes of Heineken’s remarkable ad, “The Date”
If you’ve seen Heineken’s ad, “The Date,” then you see some fairly amazing things happen in one trip through a restaurant. But take a look …