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Some comics' alt humor is little to laugh about
It's funny, most of the comedians at the Alternative Comedy Festival in Somerville weren't all that alternative. Emo Phillips is admittedly a bit cuckoo, but he's the king of that stand-up staple, the one-liner; Patton Oswalt was the voice of Remy in Pixar's Oscar-winning and wildly popular "Ratatouille." There were a few songs, and plenty of irony, but not a ... (Boston Globe, 5/12/08)
Comedy
Despite the fact that Altcom sounds like a sci-fi convention where people might show up dressed like characters from "Battlestar Galactica," it's actually short for Alternative Comedy Fest, and the event, which is tonight and tomorrow night at the Somerville Theatre, is Galactica-free (as far as we know). Tonight, you can see Emo Phillips, Todd Barry, doktor cocacolamcdonald, and the ... (Boston Globe, 5/9/08)
He won't perform, but he knows what makes people laugh
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 ... (Boston Globe, 5/9/08)
Lewis Black
May 8 The high-anxiety humorist takes a break from decreeing whether Oprah, Kim Jong Il, or YouTube is the root of all evil on his Comedy Central show to go out on his "Let Them Eat Cake" tour. 8 p.m. $52.50-$72.50. Opera House, 539 Washington St., Boston. 617-259-3400. lewisblack.com (Boston Globe, 5/8/08)
Hit us, baby, one more time
If you couldn't get out to last night's Ding Ho Reunion with Steven Wright (below), Tony V., Jimmy Tingle, Barry Crimmins, and more, you get a mulligan today. When the Sunday show got close to selling out last week, the promoters added a Monday show with the same line-up. If that's not enough incentive to go see some great comedy ... (Boston Globe, 5/5/08)
Kathy Griffin
If you missed her last night in Lowell, you can relax — Kathy Griffin is still in New England. She'll be at Mohegan Sun tonight, and last we checked, there were still tickets available. The bad news is, Mohegan Sun is a hike compared to Lowell. The good news is, tickets to the Mohegan Sun show are about $5 cheaper ... (Boston Globe, 5/2/08)
Izzard exposes funny side of history in 'Stripped'
Eddie Izzard loves to play fast and loose with history. Very loose. Look, he's a dinosaur playing an organ in church with tiny dinosaur hands (Hymn #428: "God, What the [Expletive] Is Going On?"); now he's a hunter-gatherer who kills a bison with a stone and thinks: "This could be the beginning of an age." (Boston Globe, 4/30/08)
Where the Journal meets the Post
Writers for the Onion and "The Daily Show" could learn a thing or two from Tony Hendra. As an editor and writer with National Lampoon in the 1970s and Spy magazine in the '80s, Hendra developed a reputation as a vicious satirist in print. He did the same thing on TV in the '80s as a producer of "Spitting Image." ... (Boston Globe, 4/25/08)
The return of the geeks
Improv is comedy's theater-geek cousin, so who better to host Geek Week 2.0 than ImprovBoston? For the next five nights, IB will field a full schedule of geek and nerd-related shows (yes, there is a difference — ask a real geek). The festivities kick off tonight at 7 in the main theater with an opening ceremony featuring sci-fi sketch comedy ... (Boston Globe, 4/23/08)