From Lewis Black saving the day to hanging with Caroline Rhea, BCF maestro Jim McCue tells all
Comedy
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.
NICK OFFERMAN: THE MAN WHO IS MORE THAN RON SWANSON TALKS ABOUT WOODWORKING, POLITICS & LOVE
I love making people say at some point in the performance, Oh my God, that’s the guy who played that other thing.
IAN KARMEL: FOR ‘LATE LATE SHOW’ HEAD WRITER, COMEDY LIFE IS A FANTASY COME TRUE
"I really loved doing fantasy drafts … you can really draft anything, you can draft kinds of liquor you like to drink, or episodes of Seinfield."
THE DENTAL CONSPIRACY
A former anti-dentite opens up his mouth and mind
PAUL VIRZI: TALKING WITH THE NY COMIC ABOUT SPORTS, KIDS, AND HIS LOVE FOR BOSTON
"I would say that it is probably a mixture of both because my daughter has me watching Fuller House. To the point where when my daughter leaves, I’m finishing this episode."
SALMON FOR THE HEADLINERS
Recommendations from the comics who grub in places week in and week out
ANJAN BISWAS AND THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF COMEDY AND PUZZLES
"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."
SPRING BROKEN: TELLING JOKES IN RED SOX NATION SOUTH
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.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU JUST CAN’T DO IN VERMONT: THE COMEDY INTERVIEW WITH CARMEN LAGALA
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.