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Co-Hosts Mikey Campmann (left), and Andrew Michaan (Writer’s note: busy week in the Arts section. Here’s an expanded version of the Comedy Is OK story from the week’s print edition.) “Patton Oswalt has a funny quote,” says Mikey Kampmann. “‘Someone needs to set an ambition bomb off in Portland.’” Kampann, along with his friend and […]
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New Comedy Club Scheduled to Open in July
I just got off the phone with Bridgetown Comedy Festival organizer Andy Wood, who tells me that a new standup comedy club is scheduled to open in Portland at the end of July. The club’s owner also has a place in Philadelphia called the Helium Comedy Club, which Wood tells me has a reputation for […]
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Better Know A Bridgetown Comic: Pt. 3 of 125
They just keep adding comics! How are we ever supposed to keep up? But hey, the best problem one could have, no? So let’s keep at it and… Meet Kyle Kinane This dude is acerbic and awesome. Unlike a lot of the hotter Bridgetown acts, Kinane, from Los Angeles, works mainly in standup (whether that’s […]
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Better Know A Bridgetown Comic: Pt. 2 of 125
Meet Maria Bamford! Or maybe you already know her? I could be wrong, but Bamford seems to have a touch of Blogtown in her bones. She’s owns not one but TWO pugs, and if she happened to subscribe to CAT FANCY magazine *cough, ALISON, *cough, it might not even be ironically. Bamford is well known […]
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Better Know A Bridgetown Comic: Pt. 1 of 125
Meet Nick Thune, who looks like he lives in Portland. But no, he’s an LA guy (Silverlake wishes they were Portland, but are too vain to let go of that false sense of Hollywood importance). Thune’s done work with Mr. Show and appeared in Knocked Up amongst others. For more on the up and coming […]
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Jeff Garlin Friday
Jeff Garlin is performing at the Aladdin on Friday. Perhaps you know him better as Larry David’s manager “Jeff” on Curb Your Enthusiasm… oh wait. I wondered for a minute if he’d be good carrying his on show as he is as David’s foil and a little research says yes—Garlin is a Second City veteran […]
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Today in Zach Galifianakis
Our beloved Zach Galifianakis follows up his killer SNL appearance with yet another killer “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis.” This edition features a very put-out Ben Stiller, and… do you think that’s really Zach’s email address? I’m gonna write him a love note!!
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Bridgetown Lineup Announced!
This is a good sign: my first day of more regular comedy coverage coincides with the release of Bridgetown Comedy Festival’s schedule! The sudsy four day barrage this year runs from Thursday April 22nd through Sunday the 25th. Accordingly, the good folks at Bridgetown have launched a new website (one that is, thankfully, a million […]
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Coco (Not) Coming to Portland
Conan O’Brien’s “The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour” just announced the dates for his “half-assed comedy & music tour.” Problem is, no Portland show. Coco’s tour kicks off in Eugene on April 12th, and visits such exotic locales as Enoch, AB and Uncasville, CT, but sadly there is not a Portland date. […]
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Today in Zach Galifianakis!
As you oh-so-surely know, the best person in the entire world—umm, that would be ZACH MOTHERFREAKING GALIFIANAKIS, doy—will be hosting Saturday Night Live tomorrow night. While this is surely cause for celebration, it’s going to make waiting through today and tomorrow fucking TORTURE. That’s why I’d like to whet your whistle with a little pre-show […]
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Tribune Bungles Headline, Coddles Cable Guy
“Sympathetic to people?” Larry the Cable Guy? You mean Larry the Pandering Racist Homophobe. Yeah, lob a few softballs to him, Tribune, makes a whole lot of sense. Especially considering he’s LESS FUNNY THAN JAY LENO (and almost as rich)! Sure, lightly skim over the fact that he’s a blatantly fake everyman, made up his […]