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HELPING HELEN: A BLOWOUT BENEFIT FOR AN ICONIC BOSTON COMIC’S FAMILY

Written by DENNIS MALER Posted December 12, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

When that benefit is for photographer Helen Crimmins, the beloved partner of Barry Crimmins, a man who has meant so much to the Boston comedy scene and to humor in general, you quickly move beyond the negative and get to making the jokes.

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: Barry Crimmins, BILLY BRAGG, Bobcat Goldthwait, CAROLYN PLUMMER, CHARLOTTE CHURCH, Eugene Mirman, HELEN CRIMMINS, lenny clarke, mike donovan, mike mcdonald

WRIGHT STUFF: COMEDY LEGEND STEVEN WRIGHT ON LOUIS C.K., LAUGHING, AND DREADING BOSTON2024

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted March 14, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

On the prospect of the a 2024 Boston Summer Olympics: "It's like really really expensive vandalism."

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: #Boston2024, big dig, comedy connection, don gavin, emerson college, fx, george carlin, giggles, half baked, harvard squre, jimmy smith, kevin meaney, lenny clarke, Louis C.K., mike donovan, mike mcdonald, natural born killers, Olympics, paula poundstone, Saugus, stand up, steve sweeney, steven wright, the aristocrats, wilbur theatre, Woody Allen

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