By Dylan P. Gadino | November 6, 2006 at 6:24 pm | No comments
Stand-up comedian Brian Regan never had a sitcom, doesn’t have a movie credit to his name and you can’t see him on commercials. So how, then, did this Miami native reach the top of the comedy scene without the usual vehicles to high...
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By Noah Gardenswartz | November 3, 2006 at 5:57 pm | 2 comments
What started as one e-mail to 20 friends has turned into 50,000 subscribers and a career in stand-up comedy. But Aaron Karo still uses his degree from Wharton. Sort of.
By Noah Gardenswartz
Comedian Aaron Karo has made quite a successful career out of partying. Taking his...
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By John Delery | October 10, 2006 at 6:19 pm | No comments
Stand-up comedy legend Steven Wright has been expanding minds with concise quips for nearly three decades. Now with a new Comedy Central special -- his first in 15 years -- the master of the monotone is arming a whole new generation with brilliant one-liners and bizarre...
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By John Delery | September 25, 2006 at 5:31 pm | One comment
Coming to a city near you, stand-up comic Joe Rogan headlines the Maxim/Bud Light Real Men of Comedy Tour. But before he hit the road, the former Fear Factor host hit Punchline Magazine... with theories and hard truths.
By John Delery
Like the inventive but usually defective...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | September 18, 2006 at 9:05 am | No comments
Saturday Night Live alum and stand-up comedy veteran Norm Macdonald is a man unfettered by Hollywood producers and sitcom stooges. He’s a man finally free to corrupt young minds in style. Come and get it, kids!
By Dylan P. Gadino
Having woken up minutes ago...
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By Punchline Magazine | September 2, 2006 at 8:55 am | One comment
Rising from from a hip, close-knit scene in New York City, Russian-born Eugene Mirman is twisting traditional stand-up comedy into something incredibly odd. And no one's safe... not robots, not Star Trek and certainly not Richard Dreyfuss.
By Caroline...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | August 27, 2006 at 8:50 am | No comments
What happens when you inject some rock 'n' roll into stand-up comedy? Read on.
Hours – and I do mean many, many hours – before the doors opened Saturday, August 26 at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ thousands of people...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | July 15, 2006 at 8:34 am | No comments
Known for his work on MadTV, the tireless stand-up comic has re-entered the game of sketch comedy. But this time Damon Wayans is involved and the censors are far, far away.
By Dylan P. Gadino
The sidewalks and streets of midtown Manhattan are getting abused by driving...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | July 10, 2006 at 8:38 am | No comments
Dane Cook’s new HBO series is redefining the way we look at stand-up comedy while changing the careers of four comics. Punchline Magazine checks in with the stars of Tourgasm in the conclusion of our two-part interview
Interview by Dylan P. Gadino
When we...
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