By Dylan P. Gadino | April 18, 2013 at 2:54 pm | No comments
For the third year in a row, I had the privilege of attending Gilda's LaughFest in Grand Rapids, MI, a 10-day festival featuring some of the biggest names in comedy as well as some of the best up-and-coming comics around the country. The proceeds of all the shows go to benefit...
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By Emma Kat Richardson | April 17, 2013 at 4:48 pm | No comments
Being Jen Kirkman isn’t always as easy as it looks. In fact, being Jen Kirkman often involves more than the ability to provide narration for Funny or Die’s mega-hit Drunk History, and Jen tasks certainly extend beyond the realm of cracking wise on Chelsea Lately. Indeed, the...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 17, 2013 at 3:12 pm | No comments
Like his fellow comedy anchor Jon Stewart did 30 minutes before him last night on Comedy Central, Stephen Colbert addressed the bombings at the Boston Marathon, which took place Monday, leaving three dead and nearly 200 more injured. Be began The Colbert Report with a tribute to...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 17, 2013 at 1:33 pm | No comments
Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart offered a bit of a love note to the city of Boston, a day after two bombs were detonated near the finish of the Boston Marathon and left three dead and nearly 200 injured. “Thank you for once again, in the face of gross inhumanity,...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | April 17, 2013 at 12:29 pm | One comment
On Thursday, master comedian, actor and frequent guest star/multi-episode arc player on celebrated television shows Patton Oswalt drops by a special one-hour Parks and Recreation. In one scene, Oswalt successfully filibusters a council meeting vote—and does so by pitching a...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | April 17, 2013 at 11:04 am | 6 comments
Though he was well established behind-the-scenes of the comedy world 13 years ago -- having written for Dana Carvey, David Letterman and Chris Rock -- Louis C.K., was, by no means the comedy superstar he is today. Like most working comics, he took jobs that would hopefully...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 17, 2013 at 10:10 am | 4 comments
Having already dominated theaters in the UK, Australia, Switzerland, Holland, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Estonia, Latvia and Russia, internationally celebrated Irish comedian Dylan Moran is finally bringing his latest show to North America.
Moran will take his show Yeah, Yeah to...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 16, 2013 at 9:35 pm | No comments
While at Gilda's LaughFest in Grand Rapids, Laughspin editor Dylan Gadino interviews comedian and actress Mary Lynn Rajskub, best known as Chloe from the hit show 24 with Kiefer Sutherland. This laid-back chat ranges from balancing life on the road while being a parent, the...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 15, 2013 at 6:59 pm | 4 comments
As of this writing, there have been two confirmed deaths and dozens more injured – many critically – in a bombing that took place today near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. While we’re certainly not the news organization on which you should rely when it comes to...
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