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THE BOSTON COMEDY FEST TURNS 20

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 12, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

From Lewis Black saving the day to hanging with Caroline Rhea, BCF maestro Jim McCue tells all

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: bill burr, Boston, Boston Comedy, Boston Comedy Fest, Caroline Rhea, david cross, Emo Phillips, Jim McCue

BIG APPLE, BIGGER MOUTH: A Q+A WITH NY COMIC PAUL VIRZI

Written by TOMMY O’DEED Posted June 25, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

Not to say there aren’t great comics in LA, it just seems like they’re all out there trying to get famous. You’re from Boston, you understand. It’s the blue collar wise-ass remarks, fast talking with a little bit of swag to it. I think the audience gets a kick out it.

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: bill burr, kowloon, Mike Faverman, Night at the Stand, Paul Virzi, standup

INTERVIEW: JOHN HODGMAN

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted August 13, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

"That’s what put me on The Daily Show as the resident expert, the kind of person that would say with a straight face that Franklin Roosevelt had a hook for a hand but you never noticed it because it’s shaped like a wheelchair."

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: bill burr, Boston Comedy, Brookline, Coolidge Corner Theatre, doctor who, John Hodgman, Jon Stewart, Judge John Hodgman, Louis C.K., Mayor Walsh, NPR, podcast, The Daily Show, wilbur theatre, wyatt cynac

I GOT A RASH, MAN: DOM IRRERA ON BOSTON, BILL BURR, AND THE BIG LEBOWSKI

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted April 16, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

I had no idea what a big deal ["The Big Lebowski"] was. I got a call from my agent, she sent me a script. I told her it was really funny. She said, “I’m glad you like it,” I said, “Well, the part they want me to read for, I wrote. It’s out of my act.”

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: bill burr, Boston Comedy, cohen brothers, denis leary, dom irrera, dr. katz, full frontal comedy, hey arnold, jeff bridges, john goodman, Laugh Boston, lenny clarke, nick's comedy stop, nickelodeon, seinfeld, south Philadelphia, the big lebowski

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