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ANJAN BISWAS AND THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF COMEDY AND PUZZLES

Written by DENNIS MALER Posted April 18, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

"A large chunk of escape room clientele is corporate team building, so every day I meet people my age with mortgages and 401Ks while my coworkers and I bonk each other on the head with plastic swords and talk about weird online sex communities."

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: Anjan Biswas, Boston, Boston Comedy, Cleveland Circle, escape room, stand up, standup

SPRING BROKEN: TELLING JOKES IN RED SOX NATION SOUTH

Written by WILL NOONAN Posted March 28, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

We spend the rest of the year criticizing every player, but in the spring we can dream. Prospects are vastly overrated, and insanely unrealistic hopes can be placed upon the most random of players. But that’s the fun of it.

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: baseball, Florida, Red Sox, Spring Training, Will Noonan

THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU JUST CAN’T DO IN VERMONT: THE COMEDY INTERVIEW WITH CARMEN LAGALA

Written by DENNIS MALER Posted March 21, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

In her first year of comedy, Lagala became a co-owner of Vermont’s first comedy club. Eight years later, she’s heading to Boston, a town that’s been good to her over the years, among other places, to headline.

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: Boston, Carmen Lagala, Vermont

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

JUST FOR LAUGHS: A LOOK AT SOME OF THE TOP TALENT AUDITIONING IN BOSTON THIS YEAR

Written by DIG STAFF Posted January 29, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

For the second straight year, JFL is hosting this region’s New Faces showcase at Laugh Boston, where some of our city’s top comedic talents will audition on Feb 10 for a spot to perform at the fest this July ...

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: Alex Giampapa, Boston Comedy, Corey Rodrigues, Just for Laughs, LaughBoston, Laura Severse, Tricia Auld

WEEKEND WARRIORS: BOOZY MASS-BASED STONER SHOW ON AMAZON PULLS ZERO PUNCHES

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 16, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy, Film

We asked about his comedy adventure and about getting his show about “a group of immature losers” on Amazon.

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy, Film Tagged With: Amazon, hip-hop. Lowell, movies, Myster DL, TV, Weekend Warriors

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

READY AND CHILLING: YOU MAY FEAR THE IDEA OF A WINTER PREVIEW, BUT YOU STILL NEED TO PREPARE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 13, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Calendar, Comedy, DigThis, GTFO, LIFESTYLE

Why, they ask, would we remind Greater Bostonians about the hell that awaits?

Filed Under: A+E, Calendar, Comedy, DigThis, GTFO, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Boston, Boston skate, Cambridge ice skating, ice skate, Kendall, Netflix, new england, Russian bath, skiing, Snuggy, spa, Tuckerman Ravine

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