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The Bravo television network has ranked what they think are the 100 funniest movies of all time. "The Jerk" is number 20 — see which film is number one.
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Denis Leary while attending Emerson College (left); performing onstage

Alumni turned comics

Worcester-born Denis Leary is one of many Emerson College alums to go on to have a successful comedy career.
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Ventriloquists get no respect. But it wasn't always that way. Check out our roster of famous voice-throwers.

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Politics take center stage in trio's show at Passim

Jeff Kreisler is a bit of an optimist. The Amherst native, organizer of Sunday's Comedy Against Evil show at Club Passim, is a political comic, which means he is also skeptical by nature. That optimist/skeptic split explains a lot about Kreisler's view of his job - the nature of speaking truth to power is that power doesn't have to listen. (Boston Globe, 9/26/08)

The Smothers Brothers: a little older, a little wise guys

When "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" was canceled in 1969, it took nearly a decade for the Smothers to get back on track. They were in an awkward position, a clean-cut comedy/folk duo whose show became a somewhat unlikely lightning rod for the counterculture, lampooning presidential politics with Pat Paulsen and hosting rock acts from the Beatles to the Who ... (Boston Globe, 9/19/08)

Festival draws best of the locals and the rest

Nine years in, the Boston Comedy Festival keeps changing, with new venues, new shows, and new comics. Which means that Festival co-founder Jim McCue has one thought on his mind. (Boston Globe, 9/12/08)

Rich Vos is still standing

To a lot of comedy fans, Rich Vos is a guy they discovered in 2003 on the first season of NBC's "Last Comic Standing." A few others might remember him from before that, when he was the first white comic to play HBO's "Def Comedy Jam" 13 years ago, or more recently from his work with shock jocks Opie & ... (Boston Globe, 9/5/08)

Web comic strip creator finds female niche in 'Questionable Content'

EASTHAMPTON - In 2003, Jeph Jacques worked answering phones at a local alternative paper. "I ended up with a lot of time on my hands where I had nothing to do and an Internet connection," he says. He read Web comics "just because it gave me something to do." (Boston Globe, 8/29/08)

Moving forward, Bill Burr eyes more laughs

There is a constant learning curve involved in being a good comic. That doesn't change after the first year, the fifth year, or for comics like Bill Burr, even after the 15th year. (Boston Globe, 8/29/08)

With Attell at helm, new 'Gong Show' goes for grittier feel

Something to think about if you're considering launching a new reality/talent show: Is there anyone left in America who hasn't already been on TV? That was the question facing Dave Attell and Comedy Central when they put together the new incarnation of "The Gong Show," which airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. (Boston Globe, 8/22/08)

Artie Januario always thought he could tell a joke

Long before he started stand-up eight years ago, and before he started hosting Wednesday nights at Giggles, Artie Januario had a few brushes with comedy. He remembers playing flag football in 1978 with "this lunatic who was dating this girl I knew from Revere," who ended up inviting everyone there to his show that night. (Boston Globe, 10/3/08)

For Caliendo, it's about favorable impressions

Don't know the name Frank Caliendo? That's OK. Even after seven years on "MADtv," countless appearances on Fox's football programs, and his own show, "Frank TV," on TBS, Caliendo knows people have a hard time placing him. That's probably because he's so good at his job, mainly, creating uncanny impressions of celebrities ranging from Robin Williams to Dr. Phil. (Boston Globe, 7/18/08)

George Carlin was as good as his words

It's 1972 in a bedroom somewhere in the endless flatness of suburbia. A phonograph needle drops on the last track of a much-played vinyl album, and a teenage boy cranes his ears once more, waiting for the voice to come through the crackle: (Boston Globe, 6/28/08)
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