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Todd Barry to host Village Voice awards, pledges to take his anger out on winners

By | December 1, 2010 at 3:20 pm | One comment

The Village Voice just announced that the host of their first annual Web Awards will be none other than smooth-voiced comedy god, Todd Barry. Now, if you're one of the Todd's 73,597 Twitter followers, you know that he expressed interest in participating in this award show...

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Exclusive video: Todd Barry airport interview

By | July 18, 2010 at 1:09 pm | One comment

MONTREAL -- Our coverage of the Just For Laughs comedy is almost done. But That didn't stop me from shoving my camera in Todd Barry's face at the airport here. He was kind enough to chat a bit about his fest experiences and his upcoming dates. Check out toddbarry.com for the...

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Judah Friedlander is 'spectacular' on Sesame Street

By | February 18, 2010 at 9:54 am | No comments

One of the advantages of being up at 7 a.m. every morning, due to having a one year old? You're always one of the first people to find out when your favorite comedians turn up on Sesame Street. This morning the mighty World Champion Judah Friedlander graced my television set as...

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Comedy Matters with Judah Friedlander, Ralphie May and more

By | January 7, 2010 at 5:53 pm | No comments

Comic Strip Xmas Party The truth is I liked my last column so much it was hard for me to start to write this one. That’s a dangerous thing for a writer to fall in love with his own stuff! Anyway, thanks to all of you who sent your condolences on my Mom. For the second year...

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Todd Barry is in the charitable holiday spirit

By | December 7, 2009 at 5:47 pm | No comments

Comedian Todd Barry is offering a unique bundle of holiday cheer this season. Barry has posted an eBay auction where the highest bidder will win one ticket to Comedy Death Ray's Xmas Nativity Pageant and a personal phone call from Barry live on stage! The Xmas Nativity Pageant...

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Comedy Matters with Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock and more

By | November 13, 2009 at 10:21 am | No comments

TRIBUTE TO MARJORIE GURIAN This column will be kind of a double column due to the sudden passing of my beloved Mom, Marjorie Gurian, right at the time my last column was due. It just kind of rocked me, and brought home the concept that all we have is today. [caption...

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Punchline Magazine celebrates anniversary with Lewis Black, Janeane Garofalo, DL Hughley, more

By | October 15, 2009 at 3:57 pm | No comments

All Photos by Kevin Duffy. On Oct. 13, we celebrated Punchline Magazine's four years online as the go-to place for all things stand-up comedy. We did this by producing an amazing show with some of our favorite comics: By the end of the night, host Pete Dominick welcomed Robert...

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Eugene Mirman launches second comedy fest

By | September 15, 2009 at 10:42 am | No comments

How often do some of the world’s coolest comics get together for a wild comedy romp in one of the world’s coolest places? The answer, since last year's Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, is at least once a year! Eugene Mirman is launching his second annual eponymous comedy...

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Todd Barry shows you how to fill your soap dispenser

By | September 9, 2009 at 2:27 pm | No comments

The other day, I used YouTube for something I never thought I would: to learn something. Specifically, I wanted to learn how to fix a leaky shower knob. In the end, all the tutorials didn't explain anything properly and proved useless. This video below, however, shot by Todd...

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