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Mike Birbiglia’s recent hour special “What I Should Have Said Was Nothing” was a milestone for the stand-up in more ways than one. Not only was it his first hour special, but it marked his transition into becoming a storyteller, as described in this recent interview with him. Here’s a preview of the special, with Mike relating the awkwardness of playing in a celebrity golf tournament.
“What I Should Have Said Was Nothing” comes to DVD on April 8th.
You know you have a drinking problem when the bartender knows your name… and you’ve never been to that bar before.




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Like Steven Wright, but with a stoner attidude.
Patrice O'Neal speaks honestly from his gut, sometimes in a way that's too much even for a festival crowd.
Two different comics with a similar joke, with a wrinkle - both were performed in the same year.
The album title pulled from a page of the late comic's notebooks. Plus: a different page from Mitch's notebook.
Katt describes his disappointment that it turned into the "crispity crackity coon" hour. So why is a deal with Comedy Central still nigh?
If you abstained from watching the cattle call rounds, here's the video catch-up.
My story about the late comic, including a wonderful bit of audio that I treasure.
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