When I first heard about the newish comedy series CHAD Chats, I didn’t get it. It sounded weird and vaguely interesting, but I totally missed that it was a takeoff on the hugely popular and totally parody-able TED Talks. So, yeah. CHAD Chats is a takeoff on the hugely popular and totally parody-able TED Talks. […]
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Comedy for Breakfast? Comedy for Breakfast!
There’s an incredibly cool comedy show that isn’t heavily publicized but still packs the room. And for good reason. Comedy for Breakfast? has been running for a few months now, at the unlikely time of 1pm on a Saturday in an unlikely but absolutely perfect place. Historically, most folks know Club 21, the old Russian-church-slash-medieval-castle-slash-punishment-shed […]
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Get Artsy AND Fartsy Tonight at The Side Door
“Love” by Andie Main, www.andiemain.com Want to mix a little comedy in with your First Friday art appreciation? Predisposed to like anything that involves the word “fart”? Then get yourself down to The Side Door Cafe tonight for “Artsy + Fartsy,” a comedy show-slash-art-exhibit. Who knew that a bunch of Portland stand-up comedians were also […]
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Mecha-Root Fusion
Talking Comedy Bang! Bang! with Scott Aukerman
Talking Comedy Bang! Bang! with Scott Aukerman.
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Comedy at The Fixin’ To: A Perfect Date for You and Your Sister-Cousin-Aunt
There are a ton of comedians in this town, and it seems like there are new showcases popping up every week. Which is great, because more showcases means more opportunities to see local comics go beyond the short open-mic set. But there are so many of these things now, that venue has become one of […]
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Kristine Levine is Going to Edinburgh. See Her Show Now, Before She Comes Back with Some Weird Scottish Accent
It’s not every day one of Portland’s own performers gets to go rock the stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (EFF). Of course, not every Portland performer is Kristine Levine. The stand-up comedian, mom, and porn clerk has a one-woman show, Fat Whore, that covers a lot of what we’ve heard in her stand-up act, […]
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Portland Comedians Weigh In on the Daniel Tosh Media Explosion. Yeah, We Even Decided to Ask a Few Women.
A few days ago, Daniel Tosh fucked up. Sort of. Maybe. Depends who you talk to. One thing we know for sure is when he exploded the Internet this week, it’s because he had an absolutely hilarious response to a heckler. Or, wait. Maybe Twitter blew up because it wasn’t funny. But definitely, we can […]
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Drag + Comedy = GAG. Well, Isn’t THAT a Mouthful?
Ladies, gents, and everyone in between or far beyond, tonight is Portland’s first-ever drag + comedy showcase. Wait—This perfect combination of fun and funny has never been done before???I know, right? How can this be? Apparently, we just needed the right producers to make it happen. The magic begins tonight with GAG, 9:30p.m. at Red […]
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Tonight! Comedy in the Overlook Area!
OK, Portland. You’ve got a trunk full of illegal fireworks, a day off, and a case of shitty but deliciously cold beer. So tomorrow’s covered, but what about tonight? If you want to have a good time and stay out a little too late but still make sure there’s something left for tomorrow, a new […]
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Comedy White People Like
I picked up Stuff White People Like a while ago. Not so much because I was dying to read it, but because it hit the remainder table and I wanted to be up on what the kids were reading. But then it just sat on a shelf gathering dust. So finally, after more than a […]
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Hey, That Guy From Kids in the Hall is in Town. No, Not That One — the Other One. No, the Other Other One
Hey, Kids in the Hall fans! Kevin McDonald is in town! He’s the one in the front of the boat. This weekend, McDonald’s teaching a 2-day improv and sketch-writing workshop, then getting onstage with some of our local improvisers, The Unscriptables. They’ll be joined by a few local standups, including the hilarious Bri Pruett and […]
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What? Outstanding Comedy? On a Dreary Monday Night? Yes, Please.
Portland’s premiere comedy showcase, Funny Over Everything, is mixing it up this month and doing a show on a Monday night. And this particular Monday night is rainy and shitty and a total insult to what May in Portland is supposed to be. So give this rainy, shitty day (which would be totally acceptable in […]