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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.05 – 4/8/21

DENNIS MALER

MIKE BENT: PEDAGOGY OF A MAGIC AND COMEDY PROFESSOR

Written by DENNIS MALER Posted March 15, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

Ever since the introduction of the comedy studies major at Emerson College, I wanted to know what goes into creating the first-ever such program. Who are the students that take it? What does it take to teach kids how to be funny?

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: Boston, comedy professor, Easter Egg Hunt, humor, kids comedy, Mike Bent, Obama, White House

ERIK GRIFFIN: FROM TEACHER, TO COMEDIAN, TO AMERIKAN WARRIOR

Written by DENNIS MALER Posted February 19, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

"I had a whole different life plan. I was doing the yearbook, working in the office. I was going to school to finish up so I can even officially become a teacher, but that’s not what I wanted to do."

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: Erik Griffin, I'm Dying Up Here, Laugh Boston, Workaholics

WELL-KEPT SECRET IN THE DORK FOREST EXPLAINS IT ALL

Written by DENNIS MALER Posted January 16, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

I am a huge fan of doing the stand-up that I think the audience needs to hear. If there are jokes that I need to do to set up the next joke, I will do it.

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: Armenian. Laurie Kilmartin, Boston, Dork Forest, Jackie Kashian

OUR GUY BRANUM INTERVIEW: PEACH COBBLERS WITH THE VIDEO GAME GODDESS OF WRITING AND COMEDY

Written by DENNIS MALER Posted December 19, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

"The thing about writing for a TV show is you have a boss who is going to yell at you, or potentially fire you if you don’t do your job."

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: gaming, Guy Branam, Laura Swisher, video games, X-Play

INTERVIEW: BRAD SHERWOOD

Written by DENNIS MALER Posted September 27, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

Improvising from Chicago, to Britain, to a Mousetrap near you

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: Brad Sherwood, Whose Line Is It Anyway?

FARRIS & FARRIS: MEET BOSTON’S MOTHER-DAUGHTER COMEDY COMBO

Written by DENNIS MALER Posted September 6, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

"One day I picked her up from school and said, 'You’re going to ImprovBoston tomorrow.'"

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: Boston Comedy, Boston Comedy Fest, Comedy Studio, Jessica Farris, Kathe Farris, mother-daughter

THIS PLACE/DISPLACED: A SPOTLIGHT ON DISPLACEMENT, GENTRIFICATION, AND HOUSING INEQUALITY IN BOSTON

Written by DENNIS MALER Posted August 15, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

In preparation for this run, ATB producers went to City Life meetings to partner with those who were interested in sharing stories of displacement. In doing so, they were shocked by the number of people who wanted to participate.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Activism, Boston, City Life Vida Urbana, displacement, gentrification, Housing, theater, This Place/Displaced

IN KOUNTRY WAYNE’S WORLD, COMEDIANS MAKE MORE SCRATCH THAN RAPPERS

Written by DENNIS MALER Posted August 15, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

"They thought it was a trend. Eventually I’d get back into music. They say, okay, let’s use the fans on the comedy and bring them back over here. And that’s cool. But after long it was like, shoot, the comedy is what it is."

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: atlanta, hip hop, Kountry Wayne

BOZO ON A CRUCIFIX

Written by DENNIS MALER Posted July 17, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

Dana Jay Bein scrubs tubs to tell jokes and has zero regrets. Mostly.

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: Boston, Cambridge, Dana Jay Bein, Improv, Improv Boston, standup

JOEL KIM BOOSTER BREAKS DOWN HIS WORKOUT REGIMEN, DATING HABITS

Written by DENNIS MALER Posted June 19, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

"I wouldn’t say awkward, but I am a little bit more quiet when I first meet somebody. I am a little bit more introverted than I think people assume, especially in big social situations."

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: Boston Comedy, gay, humor, Joel Kim Booster, Laugh Boston

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