Comedy Review: Myq Kaplan, Meat Robot
A trustworthy ethos emerges from the mania of bursting and morphing jokes....Charged with the vigor of a chaotic inspiration Kaplan presents a type of calamitous order, bombarding himself with...
View ArticleThe Urban Erma: Happy Father’s Day: Little Miss, Young Miss, Old Miss
When the man walked in every woman’s head simultaneously turned to look at him like we were Stepford Children of the Corn. It’s unusual to see a man in Claire’s. (Oh, you don’t know what Claire’s is?...
View ArticleThe Urban Erma: Hey, Four Eyes!
I started wearing glasses at the age of three. I hated them so much I would take them off and hide them in my mom’s clothes dryer; a front-loader that was the perfect height for a disgruntled toddler....
View ArticleComedian Kyle Dunnigan Talks Podcast, TV Projects and His Loveable Character,...
Kyle Dunnigan has quite a few projects in the works but the TSA helped us track him down for an interview. Co-host of Professor Blastoff! with Tig Notaro and David Huntsberger, he wrote for the first...
View ArticleComedy Review: Tom Shillue, Dancing Alone
The listener enjoys the task of supposing what vital nutrient is extracted by the youthful protagonist in his dance formal obsession, a revelation that is never exposited forthright, but is a truth...
View ArticleComedy Review: Brian Posehn, The Fartist
Posehn is cruelly funny and open...like Louis C.K., he reaches us from the other side of a mental milestone, the realm where the body is claimed to be useless and irksome, the moral implication of many...
View ArticleThe Urban Erma: Flashback: Def Comedy Jam
This is indeed terribly ironic since a new booker recently told me that he could no longer use me for his gigs because I was known as “an intelligent comic” and he didn’t think this was a good fit for...
View ArticleJuly 2013 Comedian Book Signings
This month comedian Aisha Tyler signs "Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation."Author informationStage Time MagazineSTAGE TIME is an online magazine that covers the art and craft...
View ArticleAddicted To Comedy: How to be a Writer Who Writes – The Greg Miller Interview
Have you ever had problems with a writing project? Maybe your goal is to publish a book, write a screenplay, or submit a sitcom pilot to your favorite competition? The biggest problem I encountered as...
View ArticleComedy Review: Jerry Rocha, Take That, Real Dad
For a comedian to traverse banal subjects and provide genuine energy and conflict is deserving of applause. Rocha does that....he gives a fantastic rendition of a redneck going all Salem witch trial on...
View ArticleThe Urban Erma: Make Time to Waste Time
I can think of no bigger waste of time then going to see a live baseball game. To me it’s just grown men sweating in public. Yes, I know this is blasphemy especially when one lives in one of the...
View ArticleContest: Win Craig Ferguson’s New CD/DVD, ‘I’m Here to Help!’
READER'S CONTEST: Tweet us or email us your favorite comedian and enter for a chance to win a copy of Craig Ferguson's new CD/DVD, I'm Here to Help. Author informationStage Time MagazineSTAGE TIME is...
View ArticleTrailer: When Comedy Went to School Opens July 31
When Comedy Went to School presents an entertaining portrait of this country's greatest generation of Jewish comics – the generation that includes Jerry Lewis, Sid Caesar, Jackie Mason, Mort Sahl and...
View ArticleThe Urban Erma: What Did You Think of the Zimmerman Verdict?
It’s funny that most of the people who say that the Zimmerman-Martin case wasn’t about race, rarely ever have to deal with it in any substantive, systematic, or systemic way. We live in the same...
View ArticleThe Urban Erma: Borg on a Budget
New York City has toughened its hands-free driving laws. Now the penalty for fondling your phone while driving is five points on your license and up to $400 in fines. So, this was not the best time for...
View ArticleAddicted To Comedy: Would You Risk Your Job For Comedy?
Comedians need to be aware when their material is being are posting to the Internet. We live in a sensitive world and background checks are no longer limited to previous places of employment or credit...
View ArticleThe Urban Erma: Real Life Math Problem; A Lesson Over Coffee at Dunkin Donuts
I gave the kid at Dunkin Donuts back the 75 cents, took off my sunglasses, looked him in the eye, and said: “Let’s do the math together: It’s $2.16. I gave you $3.00, then 20 cents. You give me back...
View ArticleVideo: Greg Fitzsimmons’ New Stand-Up Special, ‘Life on Stage’
Watch a preview clip from Greg Fitzsimmons' new comedy CD/DVD combo, Life on Stage. New Wave Dynamics will release the new comedy special on CD/DVD combo pack and digitally on August 27, 2013. Author...
View ArticleComedy Review: Patrice O’Neal, Unreleased
What is so evisceratingly funny about Patrice O’Neal’s work, exemplified in the poignant title of his final taped special, "Elephant in the Room," is his brazen romps into the audience’s personal...
View ArticleThe Urban Erma: Harriet Tubman Sex Tape, Say What, Now?
In my corner of the universe, this video has reignited the discussion of what’s funny and asks the question: when does funny go too far. That’s a tough one for me. I'm an American and a comedian. Free...
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