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.”
DAVID SEDARIS DOESN’T DO IT FOR THE STORY
An interview with David Sedaris Calypso, humorist David Sedaris’ tenth book, was released last May to rave reviews. A (reliably) hilarious collection of essays, it’s notable for its darker outlook – still funny, but not blind to the realities of growing old in the Trump era. I caught up with Sedaris as he […]
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.
MIKE BENT: PEDAGOGY OF A MAGIC AND COMEDY PROFESSOR
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?
ERIK GRIFFIN: FROM TEACHER, TO COMEDIAN, TO AMERIKAN WARRIOR
“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.”
JUST FOR LAUGHS: A LOOK AT SOME OF THE TOP TALENT AUDITIONING IN BOSTON THIS YEAR
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 …
WEEKEND WARRIORS: BOOZY MASS-BASED STONER SHOW ON AMAZON PULLS ZERO PUNCHES
We asked about his comedy adventure and about getting his show about “a group of immature losers” on Amazon.
OUR GUY BRANUM INTERVIEW: PEACH COBBLERS WITH THE VIDEO GAME GODDESS OF WRITING AND 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.”
