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March 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza
Austin's Kerri Lendo Has Almost No Shame At All
The popular comedian runs one hella weird open mic
"...Yes, Kerri Lendo's going to be performing at Moontower Comedy Festival this year – but that's not what this..."
Feb. 14, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
The Last Laugh
Remembering the late underground comic Mitch Hedberg
"...two most important things to know about the late stand-up comedian Mitch Hedberg are: 1) His routines stand absurdly..."
Oct. 9, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Professors of Pleasure
Their name may suggest a lack of intelligence, but make no mistake, the Flaming Idiots are wise men when it comes to comedy.
"...sharpness, and so have the members of this Austin comedy team. From the Renaissance festival circuit, where the performers..."
Dec. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Bad Dog's Good Deeds
Contrary to its name, the new Bad Dog Comedy
Theater isn't a mean spoiler on Austin's comedy
scene. It's about bringing things together, like improv /
sketch comedy and stand-up, two veins of comedy
that are almost always separate.
"...Before the Bad Dog Comedy Theater opened its doors to the public, Marc Pruter,..."
Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Feature
Those Crazy Kids Will Do Anything ...
"...still rules as the kind of intelligent, familial, animated comedy you can't get anywhere else. Any further proof you..."
April 16, 1999 Arts Feature
ColdTowne Theater: Always in Motion
The comedy venue is home to diverse audiences and performers, but needs a permanent home of its own
"...2006, the two troupes, who both performed and taught comedy together, joined forces to sublease storage space from the..."
Jan. 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez
The Velveeta Room's Head Cheese
Pat Dean takes over the venue that’s redefining what a “comedy club” can be
"...is the Velveeta Room, Austin's sliver of a Downtown comedy room that has found an artistic and atmospheric renaissance..."
Jan. 5, 2018 Arts Feature by Carina Magyar
Booker & Ronen Say Howdy-Do!
Or something analogous, anyway, this very weekend
"...Yeah, you know: That hotbed of improv comedy and similar antics, headed by Tom Booker and Asaf..."
Jan. 6, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
The Commissioner Has Left the Building
Johnny Torrez was one of the first Austin comics to work on a professional level, and every local comic who ever made a living in the business credits the self-proclaimed "Commissioner of Comedy" as an early influence and inspiration. On Valentine's Day, the Commissioner died. Here's how he is remembered.
"...lost yet another legend: Johnny Torrez, the Commissioner of Comedy. One of the first Austin comics to work on..."
Feb. 23, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare
SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon
Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list
"...part in the list. Sandra Bullock brings her big-screen comedy The Lost City for its world premiere as part..."
Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Eugene Mirman Gets Intimate in It Started as a Joke
Documenting the 10-year run of an underground comedy revolution
"...How to describe the alternative comedy of the Russian-born comic Eugene Mirman, familiar to many..."
March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis
SXSW Interview: Jim Breuer
The 'SNL' alum bleats about the show, stand-up, and Metallica
"...in 1998 and co-starred with Dave Chappelle in the stoner-comedy classic Half Baked that year...."
March 14, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza
Ramin Nazer
Ramin brings the ha-has with his absurdist non sequitur style
"...I'm Ramin Nazer. Thank you for coming to my stand-up comedy" is how this local 26-year-old rising talent sometimes..."
Dec. 10, 2010 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham
Paul F. Tompkins
Social media guarantees an audience before the stand-up shows up
"...Blame Canada. Although, stand-up comedian Paul F. Tompkins' nearly 24 years of performing..."
June 4, 2010 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham
Burn, Aspen, Burn
Chasing Celebrity With a Basic Cable Nobody at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival
"...Linden, TX... Aspen, Colorado, site of the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. Howard was trekking up there and it..."
March 27, 1998 Arts Feature by Brad "Chip" Pope
Ramsey's King
How an unknown law student became this year's Funniest Person in Austin
"...Austin in this year's annual competition at Cap City Comedy Club. This means that he started at the bottom..."
July 15, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
Easter Sunday
Jo Koy's family comedy feels more like a TV pilot than a movie
"...for being too busy to care. Joe is a stand-up comedian. He’s also an actor up for a part..."
Aug. 5, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane
'Daily Show & Friends'
Only in Austin: Live comedy from the satirical news show's ex-exec producer and two correspondents
"...figurehead and faux-Cronkite, Jon Stewart – followed by individual stand-up sets from Hodgman, Madrigal, and Albanese with accompanying multimedia...."
Nov. 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza
Sean Carey, Lucas Molandes, Rob Nash
"...activity that the streets of Downtown Austin had become. Comedy. Stand-up comedy. Not only in the midst of SXSW,..."
March 24, 2006 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner
Trouping Ahead
The Latino Comedy Project keeps creating laughter and its own opportunities
"...The contemporary comedy scene boasts plenty of culturally adept comedians who are..."
Aug. 26, 2005 Arts Feature by Patti Hadad
Top 10 Arts Stories You Cared About the Most
From racist comedy to new books, returning theatre, and new textile joy, the most read stories about the Austin arts scene in 2021
"...1) “Tony Hinchcliffe’s Stand-up Racism” by Robert Faires, May 13Podcaster, comic, and Joe..."
Dec. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker
Wife Stories
Rhea Butcher and Cameron Esposito on life as a comedy couple
"...there in the title of the pair's recent Seeso comedy series, and it’s made them role models in the..."
Sept. 27, 2017 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires
Trans Comic Carina Magyar's Rising Star
“When I came to accept myself for who I am, my comedy followed"
"...she’s really hitting her stride in the booming Austin comedy scene. As the runner up in this year’s Funniest..."
July 3, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Courtney Naquin
Laugh on Laugh
The Globe stage is comedy central for Sound on Sound
"...night owls should make note of the Late Knight Comedy Club on the Camping Only stage, featuring headliners and..."
Nov. 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
In the Bounce House with Comedian Danny Palumbo
2015’s Funniest Person in Austin is cooking on all burners
"...year’s Funniest Person in Austin contest at Cap City Comedy Club back in May, is also a chef...."
Nov. 18, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Experience Joy
The quality comedy at SXSW 2012 is worth making extra time for
"...typically come to Austin in March just for the comedy at South by Southwest – but given the high-quality,..."
March 16, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon
The Woodman Cometh
In promotion of his new film 'Hollywood Ending,' reluctant traveler Woody Allen appeared briefly in Austin to talk bats, barbecue, and why he'll never go back to stand-up.
"...work, and was struck by how much of the comedy section is taken up with your movies...."
May 3, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Death to Smoochy
"...Catherine Keener, Jon Stewart, Michael Rispoli and Vincent Schiavelli. “Comedy isn't pretty” is an axiom that Danny DeVito holds..."
March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
More Than a Pair of Jokers
While she was growing up, Anne S. Lewis thought of Randy and Jason Sklar as just her crazy twin cousins. But now, after an MTV sitcom and success on the comedy club circuit, she's thinking her relatives may be more than just a pair of jokers in her family deck.
"...My cousins, the Sklar brothers -- the identical-twin stand-up comedians -- are coming to town for a six-day..."
