Thursday, February 2, 2012

Comedy

Mr. Blank’s Carnivale of Black Hearts will play at Flicker Theater & Bar Friday night. Photo from FILE

Comic troupe flounders with silly strangeness

By on December 9, 2011

Hipsters aren’t known for their humor. Supercilious attitudes, yes. Skinny jeans, yes. A dislike for anything popular, yes. But humor, not so much. The vaudeville comedy troupe Disney Herpes descended on Flicker last night to the delight of Athenian hipsters, but no one else. Led by musician Dave Barnes, brother of the of Montreal frontman [...]

At his show last night at the Georgia Theatre, comedian Greg Proops commented, and ranted, on a range of issues, including Hearther Mills and Philly. MICHAEL BARONE/Staff

Proops hooks audiences with vulgarity, vodka

By on December 1, 2011

My night with Greg Proops didn’t have a laughing start. After some miscommunication with getting into the theatre, waiting alone for over an hour and eventually realizing I would miss the 10 o’clock airing of  “American Horror Story,” I was ready to give up on comedy. But then Marshall Chiles – Proops’s opening act and [...]

Dave Ahdoot and Ethan Fixell wanted to find women on the Internet. So they did; and then they turned the experience into a traveling comedy act that also doubles as a workshop on dating. Courtesy Dave Ahdoot and Ethan Fixell

Dating coaches turn love lives into life lessons

By on November 30, 2011

It all started on a man date. Middle school buddies and fellow comedians Dave Ahdoot and Ethan Fixell decided they needed girlfriends. So, naturally, they posted a video on YouTube and an ad on Craigslist to invite anyone interested to go on a double date with the duo, and, naturally, over 200 pairs of women [...]

Comedian Greg Proops (pictured second from left) made a name for himself as a stand-up performer and TV personality and shows like “Whose Line is it Anyway?” He’ll bring that same energy to Athens. Courtesy Greg Proops

Greg Proops promises to deliver anecdotes, alcohol

By on November 30, 2011

Greg Proops was bred for comedy. Before achieving fame as a star on “Whose Line is it Anyway?,” Proops’ comedic chops were being flexed on an Arizona playground. “I was always outside because I got in trouble all the time joking about the teacher,” he said. “I’ve always known that I wanted to be performing [...]

The Beards of Comedy, which includes comedian TJ Young, will be returning to Athens to perform. Courtesy Beards of Comedy

Local comedian heads up East coast and back again

By on November 29, 2011

Last month, TJ Young left Athens for New York. “There’s a lot of shows going on in New York and there’s a lot of comedians, so there’s just a lot more opportunity,” he said. “I’m getting to see a lot of good comedy, challenge myself and learn a lot.” But Young is already on his [...]

Nate Bargatze is from Tennessee, but he got his start as a comedian in the Midwest ... and then he went to the Middle East, to practice his comedy there. And then he went back. Courtesy Nate Bargatze

Comic travels country, world to hone material

By on November 21, 2011

Nate Bargatze wasn’t planning on doing anything crazy. “I had always thought about doing comedy, but nothing crazy,” he said. “I had never planned to move anywhere for it.” Things changed when a friend of Bargatze’s moved to Chicago – and he tagged along. Originally from Nashville, Bargatze got his start in comedy in Chicago [...]

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Comedian kills with improv, off-kilter approach (w/video)

By on November 8, 2011

I’m not one of those super bubbly people who laughs at everything. I don’t even really like to include “LOL” in my texts because I feel like it’s so far from the truth. I chuckled, maybe. More likely, just smirked. I’ve always been hesitant with live stand-up comedy as a result. I don’t want to [...]

Brian Posehn filled his set of comedy last night with masturbation jokes and Megan Fox fantasies. RANDY SCHAFER/Staff

Brian Posehn riffs on masturbation, Megan Fox

By on November 5, 2011

Whoever thinks masturbation and penis jokes are immature and crass: beware. That they may be, but watching Brian Posehn tell ‘em, I laughed, really — to the point I could feel my abs clinch. I knew it was going to be a good time when he said to start, “Just so you know, you can take [...]

Comedian Brian Posehn resists the phrase "politically correct," and longs to tell new twists on dirty humor. Courtesy Brian Posehn

Comedy gets off on crossing the line: ‘I love juvenile stuff’

By on November 4, 2011

Brian Posehn puts it all on the table. His humor is self-described as “silly, dry, dirty, real and too truthful maybe,” and he’s the kind of guy that finds nuggets of humor in his daily life – even if it embarrasses his wife. “Like on my first record, my dog licking my wife’s private parts [...]

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Q&A with Dan Deacon of Wham City Comedy Tour

By on November 1, 2011

The jokes don’t stop. In an email interview with The Red & Black, Dan Deacon — member of the Wham City Comedy Tour, which as been touring nationally since 2010 — discussed his perspective on the show … and follicular desires. The Red & Black: The press release states, “Baltimore’s Wham City collective is heading [...]