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Their name may suggest a lack of intelligence, but make no mistake, the Flaming Idiots are wise men when it comes to comedy.

#PointsMe champion returns to take on the Moontower crowds

Cannibals, cult leaders, and friendship

Mary Lynn Rajskub on moving from 24 to stand-up

Amy Sedaris on 'Strangers With Candy'

Gabe Kaplan knows Groucho, and he's bringing him back to life on stage.

Eric Bogosian Comes Clean

Staging Neil LaBute's 'Fat Pig' is a heavy proposition

Lez get real with the D-Lister about that Law & Order kiss

Cornell Hurd, Austin's most prolific C&W songwriter? It's no joke.

Shut out by distribution companies, indie filmmakers go DIY when it comes to getting their movie out there.

On a comedy club stage, News Radio star Joe Rogan exudes a mad joy for life in all its insanity, depravity, and delicious dirt; if Henry Miller had done stand-up, it would have come out like Joe Rogan's act.

Was America Really Made for Dick Price?

Testifying About Movies

Part two of Louis Black's interview with novelist John Irving

Maggie Carey talks about improv, Clinton, and her daughters' convent

Austin's improv community gathers intelligence

'Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic'

Austin comic Eddie Gossling has always gotten a lot of attention for his size, but these days he's getting more attention for his comedy, and J.C. Shakespeare explains why.

Bill Hader on his schooling in comedy at SNL

David Bologna on making it to Broadway with 'Billy Elliot'

Splitting the difference between Peter Schickele and his alter ego, P.D.Q. Bach

The incomparable Ms. Stritch on humor, happiness, Tennessee, Beckett, and bad directors

"Hey man, this is for you"

Remembering Esther's Follies' first sketch-writing superstar

In the early Eighties, back when Jay Leno was still funny, he and a number of now-big name comics told jokes at a little place on Lavaca called the Comedy Workshop. Being there changed the life of one person, who recalls what it was like.

Chronicle reviewer Tom Doyal has took to writin' just like Larry L. King, the playwright behind The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (and much more, Doyal reveals, in his review of King's new book of letters).

Film director Richard Linklater interviews Bob Ray, the director of the new Austin-made movie Rock Opera, about the Austin Film scene over the past 10 years.

The director of Slacker and the film's sales agent discuss the creative importance of actor and musician Teresa Taylor