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Best of: Late Night
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Best of: Interviews
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Best of: Toronto Comedy
28-01-2009
Even history's "great" comedians rarely make news after they've passed. Bill Hicks has been gone for 15 years, and besides a few books published about the man, nothing has been
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21-01-2009
PBS’s six-part series Make ‘Em Laugh continued tonight with parts 3 & 4 (click here for my thoughts of 1 & 2). First up? Slapstick, which host Billy Crystal says
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21-01-2009
I can stomach James Lipton if it means I get to hear a brilliant comedic mind talk for an hour or two. So when Ricky Gervais's episode of Inside the
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19-01-2009
The long-running rumor that John Mayer would host a new variety show were confirmed by CBS last week, and immediately, venom spewed throughout the internet. He’s a sell-out, he’s a
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14-01-2009
Episode one centred on “Nerds, Jerks, and Oddballs”, and got off to a questionable start with a weird faux-historical view of comedy, in the hands of “host” Billy Crystal. (Quotations
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13-01-2009
Congrats to the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, for gaining the community support of their new location in Manhattan's Lower East Side! The new location hinged on them getting a liquor
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09-01-2009
A few months back I wrote about how despite having the best of journalistic intentions, and the savvyness to know what your interview subject wants to say, you can't deliver
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20-12-2008
A few weeks ago I got talking with an improv classmate of mine who used to do standup. Shop talk ensued, and at one point I presumptively inquired "you've seen
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Best of: Improv
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Best of: JFL
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Best of: More Live Shows
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