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Punchline Magazine’s 10 favorite marijuana-related video comedy bits

By | April 19, 2011 at 1:41 pm | 2 comments

Tomorrow is April 20. (It's today if you're reading this on Wednesday). For those who don't smoke marijuana on a regular basis, it's just Wednesday. For pot heads worldwide, however, 4/20 is the biggest day of the year; it's the day when stoners get more stoned than usual or at...

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South By Southwest Comedy: Day 5

By | March 19, 2011 at 3:43 pm | No comments

AUSTIN-- The penultimate night of SXSW festivities began with a one-two-three punch: three comedy shows, one venue, one night. It was also the first evening of comedy shows for the music segment of the festival, the interactive segment having shut down last Tuesday. So, instead...

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A glance back at the South Beach Comedy Festival; Wanda Sykes, Adam Carolla and more

By | March 7, 2011 at 7:07 pm | One comment

Comedy Central’s South Beach Comedy Festival recently hit lower Miami Beach like an entertainment hurricane, providing a new nightlife option for local residents bored to tears with the 85 degree winters, golden beaches and clubs full of physically perfect people. On...

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Denis Leary putting out book of tweets; good Twitter comedians are not

By | November 10, 2010 at 4:19 pm | 5 comments

Denis Leary is adding to the already giant stack of books written by comedians in 2010. In what feels like a strictly money making project, the comedian and actor has compiled his funnier tweets, had someone create illustrations around some of them and packaged them in...

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Doug Benson Interruption premieres Nov. 5 on Comedy Central; check out photos from premiere taping

By | October 13, 2010 at 3:57 pm | No comments

Comedy nerds across the country are already a bit familiar with comedian Doug Benson's ongoing, years-long project dubbed The Benson Interruption. In short, it's a live show hosted by the comedian, wherein comedian friends perform stand-up but then Benson -- you guessed it --...

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Ben Gleib covers Stony Awards for MySpace Comedy (VIDEO)

By | October 8, 2010 at 10:23 am | No comments

If you're not a complete pothead, you may not know what the Stony Awards are. But we're here to tell you they exist. They've existed and have been nurtured in the loving arms of High Times magazine for 10 years, in fact. It's the one time of the year when we, the people stoned,...

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Exclusive video interview with Doug Benson

By | August 31, 2010 at 3:14 pm | 4 comments

Doug Benson, just today, released a new album through Comedy Central Records. It's called Hypocritical Oaf. And it is filled with what you'd expect-- stoned out ruminations on the mundane facets of life. To celebrate the release of Oaf, his third album, Punchline Magazine's...

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Doug Benson and Graham Elwood in 'The High Road' tonight on G4

By | December 28, 2009 at 2:57 pm | No comments

Doug Benson and Graham Elwood star in The High Road tonight at 8pm on the G4 network. Taped earlier this year, Benson hit the road with his comedic pal, Elwood for a two night tour in the Pacific Northwest. I was able to reach Doug briefly to ask what he is most proud of about...

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The 10 best comedy albums of 2009

By | December 9, 2009 at 10:29 am | No comments

This past year was an incredibly strong time for stand-up comedy albums. It wasn't easy for us to whittle down the list to just 10, but then what's the fun in including everyone in a list? Like our list last year, the below selections have nothing to do with how popular each...

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