Comedy

Artie Lange: The 300-Pound New Jersey Comedian in the Room

Ryan Ritchie

Wed, Apr 2, 2008, 11:54 am

Artie Lange is a 300-pound New Jersey native who’s battled cocaine, heroin and alcohol addiction.…

The Jon Lovitz interview

Libby Molyneaux

Wed, Oct 31, 2007, 11:45 am

That's the ticket

Hitting It Off With Orny Adams

Libby Molyneaux

Wed, Oct 10, 2007, 6:00 pm

The Massachusetts-born comic has loads of great quotes, like this one: “If I don’t eat,…

The Greg Proops Chat Show

Libby Molyneaux

Wed, Aug 22, 2007, 3:00 pm

L.A.’s best-dressed comic (sorry, Paul F. Tompkins) brings his chat show to the cozy confines…

Lisa Lampanelli

Libby Molyneaux

Wed, Aug 15, 2007, 4:10 pm

The Queen of Mean comes to town on Saturday. In a rare fit of niceness,…

Kate Clinton: Lesbo Domo

Libby Molyneaux

Wed, May 30, 2007, 12:00 pm

At the Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Long Beach

Marc Maron, Janeane Garofalo and Henry Rollins

Libby Molyneaux

Wed, Apr 18, 2007, 3:00 pm

At the Silent Movie Theater

Kathleen Madigan

Libby Molyneaux

Wed, Jan 10, 2007, 3:00 pm

Like many people before her, Kathleen Madigan went to Catholic school. Apparently that can really…

Nick Swardson

Anthony D’Alessandro

Wed, Dec 27, 2006, 6:00 pm

A few weeks after a small plane crashed into a Melrose apartment building in June…

Jackie Kashian

Libby Molyneaux

Wed, Dec 20, 2006, 3:00 pm

Kashian — what kind of name is that? It’s Armenian. But it’s Wisconsin Armenian. So…

Mary Lynn Rajskub

ANTHONY D'ALESSANDRO

Wed, Dec 6, 2006, 3:00 pm

...It Was Then That I Carried You

Katt Williams

Siran Babayan

Wed, Nov 22, 2006, 12:00 pm

Katt Williams is short, his hair (relaxed or permed or shooting for the stars) is…

Jim Gaffigan

Libby Molyneaux

Wed, Nov 15, 2006, 3:00 pm

Thanks to satellite radio, Jim Gaffigan’s bit about Hot Pockets has become his “Satisfaction.” “Occasionally…

Emo Philips in the Shredder

ANTHONY D'ALESSANDRO

Wed, Nov 1, 2006, 6:00 pm

If you’re under 30 and never listened to Emo Philips because of his goofy album…

Girls Gone Weird

ANTHONY D'ALESSANDRO

Wed, Oct 11, 2006, 3:00 pm

Melinda Hill, the queen bee of chat-room comedy, is taking her next production into the…

The Nellie Olesons

Siran Babayan

Wed, Oct 4, 2006, 12:00 pm

Oh, Nellies! The Oleson triplets play at the Renberg Theater. (Photo by Scott Ashton) If…

Steve Byrne

ANTHONY D'ALESSANDRO

Wed, Sep 27, 2006, 3:00 pm

For all the girls out there who never hooked up with Dane Cook, there’s another…

The Walsh Brothers

ANTHONY D'ALESSANDRO

Wed, Sep 20, 2006, 6:00 pm

Comedy might come in threes, but comedy teams come in twos, from Abbott and Costello…

The Tomorrow Show

Ruby Carlson

Wed, Sep 6, 2006, 5:00 pm

You never know what might happen at The Tomorrow Show, a weekly midnight comedy extravaganza…

Nick Griffin

Anthony D'Alessandro

Wed, Aug 9, 2006, 12:00 pm

As a recent divorcé, Nick Griffin revels in a life of dirty laundry, frozen pizza…

Neil and Paul: Growing Up Is Tough

Anthony D'Alessandro

Wed, Aug 2, 2006, 12:00 pm

Neil Campbell and Paul Rust are like those college geeks who would taunt the frat…

Charlyne Yi!

Anthony D'Alessandro

Wed, Jun 28, 2006, 3:00 pm

Charlyne Yi’s antics have been known to evoke a lot of emotion. Once during a…

Stephnie Weir's Slowdeatha, Tx

Anthony DAlessandro

Wed, Jun 14, 2006, 6:00 pm

Destry Pharis is a repo woman whose car was repossessed by her father. As Destry…

Bill Bailey: Part Troll

NICOLE CAMPOS

Wed, Mar 29, 2006, 12:00 pm

It’d be easy to describe the standup comedy of Britain’s Bill Bailey with adjectives: Zany.…

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