“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.”
WOMEN OF BOSTON COMEDY ROUNDTABLE
“There’s always like some guy who’ll ask to be on the show, and I’m like, ‘Uh, have you seen my show? Because your blowjob jokes aren’t going to work here.'”
MEET LAURA SEVERSE, THE WORKING DORCHESTER MOM ROCKING BOSTON COMEDY
“I’ve taken my son to open mics and shows. We also sit around the dinner table and tell jokes. My kids are both very funny although my youngest is shaping up to be a wicked hack.”
GUTBUSTA: GREATER BOSTON COMEDY LISTINGS FOR THANKSGIVING WEEK (11.24 – 11.29)
From Mike Epps to Josh Gondelman to Iliza Shlesinger
WRESTLING WITH ALEX GIAMPAPA
“Politically, they’re more conservative out there so just yelling ‘I don’t like Trump!’ doesn’t get an applause break like it does around the left-leaning city.”
BUS A MOVE: JORDAN HANDREN-SEAVEY ON HIS UNIQUE MEANS OF TOURING
“One day here the office could be a beach, and on another day it could be the Grand Canyon.”
INTERVIEW: JOHN HODGMAN
“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.”
QUIET LITIGATION
Rob Potylo and the ‘Quiet D’ crew sue CBS
I GOT A RASH, MAN: DOM IRRERA ON BOSTON, BILL BURR, AND THE BIG LEBOWSKI
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.”
**SPONSORED POST** JESSIMAE PELUSO: A VERY FREAKY GURL
As the zaniest cast member of seasons 1 and 2 of MTV’s hit series Girl Code – professional silly goose (and former Boston dweller!), Jessimae Peluso, is in the midst of rising to comedic superstardom.
