“[The school shooting] was 40 years ago for me, and I can tell you that when things like that happen to you they never really leave you. You can patch it over, but it’s like patching up an old sofa: Occasionally the stuffing will continue to come out. That’s how I feel now, like the stuffing is coming out.”
DES BISHOP: A CHAT WITH ONE OF IRELAND’S FUNNIEST
If tragedy plus time equals comedy, then between the culture shock of crossing the pond twice and a brush with cancer, you’d think that Bishop would have to wait a lifetime to make things funny. But he figured it all out pretty quickly.
SPECIAL FEATURE: HOMEROOM HILARITY
Meet the brilliant, warped minds of Boston comedy who are teaching your children by day
VALENTINE’S COMEDY: IN WHICH CUPID SHOOTS AN ARROW THROUGH YOUR FUNNY BONE
Skip the chocolates, flowers, and diamond anything. Take the one you love to one of these Valentine’s Day-themed comedy shows. Let laughter open a road to your significant other’s heart.
JESSE MILES: COMEDIAN TALKS HARD TIMES, DUCK BOATS, AND MORE
You know when someone falls down, and you laugh, but kind of feel awful about it? That was Jesse’s every day growing up, only he says that he was the one laughing as well as the one who fell down.
GREATER BOSTON LAUGHS FOR NYE
From the Hong Kong to the new Chevalier
GUTBUSTA: GREATER BOSTON COMEDY LISTINGS: 11.30 – 12.6
From Bassem Youseff, to Nick Offerman, to Will Noonan, to Sarah Tiana
GUTBUSTA: GREATER BOSTON COMEDY LISTINGS: 11.16 – 11.23
From open mics to Dana Gould and Whitney Cummings
TRES HILARIOUS: MEET THE CHILDHOOD BESTIES BEHIND BOSTON’S LATEST VIRAL WEB SERIES
The more time Pooley spent immersed in Boston comedy, as both a showrunner and comic, the more impressed he became with the level of local talent.
GUTBUSTA: GREATER BOSTON COMEDY LISTINGS: 11.9 – 11.16
From Michael Ian Black to Ilana Glazer and Phoebe Robinson
