Check out the first new video from DumbDumb, the new video humor website from former Arrested Development co-stars Jason Bateman and Will Arnett. DumbDumb differs from other humor websites like College Humor or Funny or Die in that it’s a “sponsor-driven advertising and production company.” In other words, the short films are actually advertisements for […]
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Ron Funches, Ian Karmel and More
Finally some good footage of a local comic! Behold Ron Funches: Two shows tonight at the Brody Theater downtown, hosted by Portland Amateur Comedy Contest winner Ian Karmel. I wrote about Karmel in this week’s paper and about the Contest here. Ian Karmel, Tom Johnson, Ron Funches, Sean Jordon.Friday June 11 at 8:00 & 10:00 […]
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Benefit for Aaron M. Jamison
Aaron M. Jamison is a Eugene-based comedian diagnosed with terminal colon cancer. He doesn’t have much time left. Remarkably, Jamison has has kept a sense of humor—along with a heartbreakingly candid blog chronicling his travails, including the lead-up to a doctors visit where he intends to refuse further treatment. In equally moribd—but somewhat hillarious—news, Jamison […]
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Profile: Ian Karmel
Meet the Winner of the 2010 Portland Amateur Comedy Contest
Ian Karmel survived the Portland Amateur Comedy Contest.
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Brown: It’s the New Green
BP’s oil spill is paving the way towards a future where we are all covered in crude oil all the time. As depressing as that is, this video is still pretty funny! Via this blog about advertising.
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Amateur Comedy Contest Winner: Ian Karmel
Winner Ian Karmel After 26 shows in one month the Portland Amateur Comedy Contest played out more like Thunderdome. Some 50-odd comedians entered, twenty-two were accepted and only one emerged. And who was it? Drum roll please… First prize: Ian KarmelSecond: Tim HammerThird: Anthony Lopez Fourth: Cody SmithFifth: Sean Jordan Festival co-organizer Lonnie Bruhn won […]
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Fake News is Better than Real News
Real news stories are usually pretty depressing. Fake news stories make light of the depressing nature of real news stories and try to make us laugh. The Onion News Network has been doing a great job dominating the fake-news-video scene since 2007. Seriously, their videos are extremely funny and smart and I highly recommend watching […]
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Numberwang!
Are you sick of all this talk about spelling bees? Well then you should move to Great Britain, where they supplement the overwhelming abundance of televised competitive orthography with broadcasts of equally competitive numerology! Brighten your dull Friday with a great sketch from Britain’s That Mitchell and Webb Look. Numberwang! PS: There are a bunch […]
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Colbert and Stewart Join Conan O’Brien; Hilarity Ensues
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert joined Conan O’Brien onstage for last night’s performance of “The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour”—and unsurprisingly, copious amounts of FUNNY occurs. Damn you, YouTube, for making me realize a taste of honey is worse than none at all.
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Two Stand Up Shows Tonight
Sweet Giggling Jesus! Two comedy shows in Portland in one night? You mean I have to choose? Finally a champagne problem… I wish I could tell you it’s just the growth of Portland’s stand up scene, but you’ve got no time for drunken lies. Truth is, while Grumptown’s comedy scene is growing, fate is to […]
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The Ed Hardy Boys
If you wore Ed Hardy and saw this, you’d have to stop, right? (Features Nick Kroll and Brody Stevens, who recently performed at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival.)
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Amateur Comedy Contest – Last Chance!
Alright folks that like to laugh but never go see live comedy—tonight is your last chance to take a glimpse at the Final Five in the Portland Amateur Comedy Contest without traveling to Gresham. This evening at 9:00PM, for the sweet price of zero dollars, Ian Karmel, Cody Smith, Sean Jordan, Tim Hammer and Anthony […]