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Comedy Notes

He won't perform, but he knows what makes people laugh

Brian Joyce created AltCom, an annual festival which gathers comics from around the world. Brian Joyce created AltCom, an annual festival which gathers comics from around the world. (dina rudick/globe staff)
By Nick A. Zaino III
Globe Correspondent / May 9, 2008

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Audiences at the Somerville Theatre for this weekend's inaugural AltCom festival will see a lot of talented comedians. There are comics with national name recognition like Emo Philips, Patton Oswalt, and Todd Barry, lesser-known names like Morgan Murphy, Australian comic Jim Jeffries, and English comic doktor coca-colamcdonalds, and local favorites who have moved on including Eugene Mirman and the Walsh ... (Full article: 862 words)

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