Category: Stand-Up Comedy
Boston Leaves New York
Is the Boston Comedy Club closing? Read More
The Aristocrats Joke Database
Inspired by the upcoming documentary, this database allow you to enter your very own version of the Aristocrats joke. Read More
Making “Fun” for Audiences
Video excerpts are up from the “Making Fun of Filmmaking” conference at the SxSW Festival. Interesting stuff from Patton Oswalt and Paul Provenza about censorship, sort of a contrast to my… Read More
Every Joke is a Little Miracle
aspecialthing.com serves up another installment of Birth of a Joke, this time featuring the familiar-to-reality-daters comic Chris Hardwick. The cool thing about this installment of… Read More
Gallagher, #1 Asshat
Gallagher can't stand that he was only #100 in Comedy Central's "100 Greatest Comedians" list. So he rallied his fans in an ineffectual gesture against his ranking in the who-gives-a-shit list. He… Read More
Take My Messiah, Please
A conference is attempting an academic feat that, to some, is akin to trying to prove pi repeats. They’re trying to show that the Bible’s pretty funny, actually. To me, this actually makes… Read More
Stand-Up Union Not a Joke. Really? You Don’t Say!
The New York Comedians Coalition has been pretty good about getting coverage for their cause, even if those stories have cliched “no joking” ledes like the one in Tuesday’s New York… Read More
