By Chase Roper | January 12, 2009 at 3:45 pm | No comments
Let’s face it, the Stand-Up Showdown is a sausage fest. The deep honor of being part of the Top 20 - and thus having your half-hour special re-aired during the Stand-Up Showdown Marathon - has mostly always gone to the guys. Yet, every year there seems to be a few ladies...
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By Brendan McLaughlin | January 12, 2009 at 1:08 pm | No comments
It ends up Steve Martin lost the arrow but hung on to the banjo. On Jan. 27, the actor/writer/comedian will release an album of bluegrass music.
The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo will be available exclusively through Amazon for the first 90 days of its release. The...
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By Punchline Magazine | January 12, 2009 at 11:59 am | No comments
There’s comes a time in a man’s life when he realizes he’s never going pro. Comedian Dwayne Perkins testifies. Check it...
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By John Delery | January 12, 2009 at 3:34 am | One comment
When the moment is right (as they say on those way more creepy than sexy Cialis commercials), most people shut the boudoir door and bolt it behind them. Not comedian Robert Schimmel. During his hour-long sex act, he flings open the door and virtually invites spectators into his...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | January 12, 2009 at 2:27 am | No comments
Midway through a two-minute bit about how he abhors Rosie O’Donnell, veteran Nick Di Paolo gives a quick anti-disclaimer to the packed room listening to him record his latest comedy album: “This ‘ain't According to Jim. This is a comedy club. Buckle up. This is the only...
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By Punchline Magazine | January 9, 2009 at 12:48 pm | No comments
Comedian Kurt Metzger opines about what makes New York City so great– from skinned bodies on display in art galleries to Ethiopian food. Check it out.
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By Dustin White | January 9, 2009 at 11:39 am | No comments
Roseanne Barr has launched a new weekly radio show on Los Angeles’ mega-progressive station KPFK 90.7 FM.
In a promo running on KPFK, Roseanne says, “In addition to offering insights and expert analysis on the nut jobs running things, we’ll have great guests...
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By Punchline Magazine | January 8, 2009 at 2:04 pm | No comments
In a post yesterday on his Tower of Hubris section of his official site, comedian Christian Finnegan eloquently opined that real-life douche bags should wear costumes – much like comic book villains – so that we can know immediately what type of person we’re dealing with....
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By John Delery | January 8, 2009 at 11:58 am | No comments
Blue and black are the favorite shades in comedy, a generally off-color art form. The great masters George Carlin and Richard Pryor, the Da Vinci and Rembrandt of their profession, used painted prose and profanity to hilariously illustrate their points or stories.
But swearing...
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