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'Smack Talk Open Mic': Where standup comedy meets improv and wrestling
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (77+ words) Texas Public Radio | TPR 'Smack Talk Open Mic': Where standup comedy meets improv and wrestling Here & Now's Indira Lakshmanan speaks with actor and former wrestler Shane Hartline, the creator of the NAW or NEVER Smack Talk Open Mic in Los…...
Chris Duffy discusses his new book, 'Humor Me"
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (460+ words) Chris Duffy is a comedian, but he'd reached a point in his life where he'd nearly forgotten the joy of laughter. CHRIS DUFFY: I was teaching at a school, and I was dealing with a lot of really tough issues....
Jackbox creative director on party game's roots in Chicago's Second City improv comedy
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (803+ words) For over a decade, Jackbox Games has specialized in outrageous party games, played on consoles, computers and smart TVs. The company's latest edition, The Jackbox Party Pack 11, out Thursday, tasks players to decorate digital cookies, sniff out phony detectives and…...
Rob Reiner and Michael Mc Kean discuss 'Spinal Tap II: The End Continues"
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (72+ words) NPR's A Mart'nez speaks with Rob Reiner and Michael Mc Kean about "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues." The sequel comes more than 40 years after the original rock band mockumentary. Rob Reiner and Michael Mc Kean discuss 'Spinal Tap II: The End…...
Spinal Tap is back. Director Rob Reiner says they're still dialed up to 11
7+ mon, 1+ day ago (467+ words) In 1984, the groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap lampooned heavy metal bands and rock documentaries " and introduced audiences to a new film genre. "What we were doing was not only satirizing heavy metal, we were satirizing the documentary form and…...
Pop music's funniest newcomer is Audrey Hobert
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (412+ words) The opening track of Audrey Hobert's debut album came to the 26-year-old when she was sitting at home on a Friday night, watching a documentary about Steve Martin. "I noticed that his whole career and life fell into place once…...
'SNL' castmember Bowen Yang shares a piece of 'cultural contraband' from his youth
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (484+ words) For Bowen Yang, joining SNL as a writer in 2018, and then becoming a castmember the following year, was the fulfillment of a prophesy: during his senior year of high school, Yang had been voted "Most Likely to be on SNL....
Marc Maron on feeling connected to the partner he lost
8+ mon, 4+ day ago (78+ words) On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Comedian Marc Maron talks about the ways he feels connected to the partner he lost. Marc Maron on feeling connected to the…...
'The Naked Gun,' a dazzling documentary, and more in theaters this week
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (80+ words) Liam Neeson plays the detective Frank Drebin, Jr. in a Naked Gun reboot that piles on the jokes. Meanwhile, a stunning documentary explores the history of stone and cement in architecture. A reboot for a beloved comedy franchise, an animated…...
'Always Sunny' and 'Abbott Elementary' mash-up in a unique network crossover
9+ mon, 1+ day ago (405+ words) (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "ABBOTT ELEMENTARY") QUINTA BRUNSON: (As Janine Teagues) Welcome to Abbott Elementary, the best elementary school in the universe. KAITLIN OLSON: (As Dee Reynolds) Is that what this is? ROB MAC: (As Mac) Ignore her. We are…...