With a library of 291 episodes, Guy MacPherson's What's So Funny, might be the best kept comedy podcast secret. Using the tagline "Probing the brains of the people who make the funny," the Canadian radio host has done such probing to the likes of Norm Macdonald, Marc Maron, Doug...
On the latest edition of the Laughspin Podcast, Mike and I chat about a great many things, including Jay Mohr's new podcast network, Comedy Central's Roast of Roseanne (airing this Sunday), the controversy surrounding comedian Jeff Ross' joke about the Aurora shooting and more....
A few weeks ago, we told you about comedian Scott Moran’s stellar mini-documentary series Modern Comedian. So far, Moran’s expertly captured the lives of Kurt Braunohler, Ben Kronberg and Greg Barris. And this week, we find Moran’s subject, comedian Lynn Shawcroft, the...
If you're a super comedy fan you may know that the late, great Mitch Hedberg was once a spokesman for Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches, an Illinois chain eatery with locations scattered liberally around the Midwest. You may have even stumbled across his radio spots online. But,...
This coming Thursday marks the seventh anniversary of comedian Mitch Hedberg's death. And although we lost him when he was only 37 years old, he left us with what seems like a long lifetime of material. We can always listen and re-listen to his two albums, Strategic Grill...
Mitch Hedberg would've been 44 today, but his friends, family and the comedy world lost him at the age of 37. In honor of his birthday, Austin writer Steve Birmingham just posted an interview he conducted with Hedberg in October of 2001, which originally appeared in the...
With his unfortunate passing in 2005, Mitch Hedberg has gained almost a legendary status in the comedy world. His jokes are quoted constantly and the influence of his writing and delivery are undeniably stamped on the current landscape of stand up comics today. His widow, who is...
[caption id="attachment_23033" align="aligncenter" width="398" caption="photo by Brandon Mikolaski"][/caption] With his unfortunate passing in 2005, Mitch Hedberg has gained almost a legendary status in the comedy world. His jokes are quoted constantly and the influence of his...
[caption id="attachment_22958" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="from the new mitchhedberg.net"][/caption] Although the site will be ceremoniously released to the world tonight at a special show in Los Angeles, it looks like MitchHedberg.net is now alive and working...
