DIG 22.32 – 8/13/20
"Not being able to do Conan, or not being able to promote this album in more traditional ways is a shame, but you know, we're trying to be nimble about it."
ALEX EDELMAN ON COVID-19, HIS FUNNY SEDER & AN UNDERWHELMING PRESS TOUR
Comedy
TIME TO LAUGH ONLINE: COMEDIANS ARE FINALLY, VIRTUALLY BACK ON STAGE
“Without a live audience to give us self-worth we must find it ourselves now in meditation, exercise, and self-reflection. It’s goddamn awful, and I miss chicken tenders.”
JOIN US AND LAUGH BOSTON TONIGHT FOR A SEMI-SECRET VIRTUAL COMEDY SHOW
With Will Noonan and Dan Boulger. Starting at 8pm at twitch.tv/dmgboston and right here at digboston.com.
“I TALKED TO OTHER COMICS. A LOT OF US DON’T REALLY MISS STANDUP.”
THERE’S A VIRTUAL IMPROV ASYLUM SHOW HAPPENING RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW
You have seen your favorite local musician perform in their shower. You have seen icons fail to figure out how to stream online. But you haven't seen this. Join Improv Asylum and the Dig for a virtual participatory hangout from now through 10pm.
ZENOBIA DEL MAR TOASTS TO EIGHT YEARS ON STAGE WITH FIRST COMEDY ALBUM
I started in New York. About six weeks later, I was back in Boston, did shows here, then moved to LA and hated it and moved back. It’s been a steady stream; you look up, and you’re like, Damn, eight years.
JIMMY TINGLE’S 20/20 VISION: CAMBRIDGE LEGEND EXPLAINS WHY A COMEDIAN WOULD RUN FOR OFFICE
He speaks in three-word messages: Build the wall, drain the swamp, lock her up. We have our own three words—feed the hungry. House the homeless. Heal the sick, healthcare is a human right. And welcome the stranger.
BETHANY VAN DELFT: ON STORYTELLING, PARENTHOOD, COMEDY … AND THE FRENCH
Before I had kids it felt horrible, like the worst thing. I’m so freakin worried about failing my kids all the time, bombing feels like a coffee break.
THE BOSTON COMEDY FEST TURNS 20
From Lewis Black saving the day to hanging with Caroline Rhea, BCF maestro Jim McCue tells all
THE HARD TIMES: HUMOR, MUSIC, AND WHY ANDY BOROWITZ IS THE ABSOLUTE WORST, WITH THE CREATORS OF PUNK’S SATIRICAL SAVIOR
Not only do they have a successful operation, but they’re releasing a new book, The Hard Times: The First 40 Years. I asked them about everything.
