Nobody's quite sure what to make of Reggie Watts— not even Reggie Watts. This happens when you've never done the same show twice. Watts, the New York-via-Seattle absurdist-via-music, is doing what hardly anybody dares in the world of stand-up comedy — making it all up as he...
photo by Chris Saunders This interview was originally posted on Punchline Magazine on Nov. 30, 2009 Doug Stanhope's newly released album From Across the Street is exactly what you'd expect-- that is, if you're a sick and twisted human being. How many comics...
"I don't mind the crowd dividing up," W. Kamau Bell says after a collective should-we-laugh? moment early on his debut album, Face Full of Flour. "That's when we're getting to shit." Bell gets to a lot of shit in a hurry here, proving himself one of our country's most adept...
Natasha Leggero just keeps turning heads. A prolific stand-up performer whose intelligent musings earned her a regular seat on Chelsea Lately, she'll appear on Comedy Central's new post-apocalyptic series Ugly Americans premiering March 17. She also has a starring role in an...
photo by Chris Saunders Doug Stanhope's newly released album From Across the Street is exactly what you'd expect-- that is, if you're a sick and twisted human being. How many comics today could get away with comparing themselves to the 9/11 hijackers? How many could...
Matt Braunger has had the deep respect of his LA and Chicago comedy scene contemporaries for years. But thankfully, with a powerful, albeit brief stint on MadTV, a new album on Comedy Central Records and a robust tour schedule, the Oregon native has become a national hit. Go...
If you didn't know better, you might mistake the title of Pat Dixon's newest comedy CD, Goodbye Forever, Fatty, as Dixon suggesting he's grown up from an awkward, pudgy former version of himself. You'd have taken the hook. When, seconds into the album, you find out it's actually...
"Always get the name of the dog." That's a common refrain among journalists, a reminder that the beauty of any story is in the details. On Half Breed, Al Madrigal's latest comedy album, the master storyteller gives you the dog's name, address, favorite color and Social Security...
[caption id="attachment_3539" align="alignleft" width="275" caption="photo by Seth Olenick"][/caption] In the past few years, Aziz Ansari has gone from well-respected downtown New York City comedian to high-profile star of MTVs Human Giant, NBC's Parks and Recreation, and now...
