Comedy

Lead Photo Bob Saget: a lot funnier than the Clippers used to be

Rick Lax | Mon, Jan 30, 2012 (4:45 p.m.)

Plus, the best heckle he's ever heard.

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Lead Photo 3.5 questions with Lisa Lampanelli, who performs Saturday at the Pearl

Rick Lax | Wed, Jan 11, 2012 (1:29 p.m.)

If somebody hurts my feelings, I’m going to cry.

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Lead Photo The Mirage stays funny with latest comedy bookings

Rick Lax | Thu, Jan 5, 2012 (5:35 p.m.)

Diverse lineup includes Daniel Tosh, Gabriel Iglesias and Seth Meyers

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Lead Photo Comedian Bryan Bruner returns; insert Djibouti joke here

Allison Duck | Thu, Dec 22, 2011 (6:46 p.m.)

The formerly local comic talks hecklers, Travel Channel and better boner jokes.

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Lead Photo We’ve got that Gaffigan feeling

Ken Miller | Tue, Nov 22, 2011 (4:33 p.m.)

You, Jim, are the bacon of comedy.

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Lead Photo Comic Shelley Berman brings his funny wit and intellectualsim to The Improv

Ken Miller | Wed, Nov 9, 2011 (4:04 p.m.)

His dry wit, coupled with an intellectualism sorely lacking in today’s comics, resonated to my core.

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Lead Photo The unpredicatable Louis C.K. brings his funny stuff to the Pearl

Ken Miller | Wed, Oct 26, 2011 (4:30 p.m.)

It’s difficult to pin down Louis C.K. His stand-up is unique in that he rarely performs the same material from tour to tour.

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Lead Photo Daniel Tosh signs on for Mirage residency

Mark Adams | Fri, Oct 21, 2011 (2:25 p.m.)

The Mirage's stable of great comedians just got a bit bigger with the addition of Daniel Tosh

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Lead Photo Three questions with a distracted Joan Rivers (by speakerphone, during her manicure)

Julie Seabaugh | Wed, Oct 19, 2011 (4 p.m.)

Three questions with a distracted Joan Rivers (by speakerphone, during her manicure)

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Lead Photo Lewis Black on a rant at the Mirage

Ken Miller | Wed, Sep 28, 2011 (4 p.m.)

Lewis Black has made a career out of ranting about everything and anything.

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Lead Photo Arden Myrin: Straight outta Little Compton

Sarah Feldberg | Wed, Sep 14, 2011 (6 p.m.)

Arden Myrin, the comedian known for appearing on 'MadTV' and 'Chelsea Lately,' performs at the Palms.

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Lead Photo Adam Carolla on podcasting, Bryan Cranston and “tampering” with smoke detectors

Ken Miller | Wed, Aug 3, 2011 (7:07 p.m.)

Adam Carolla has a show at House of Blues this week, but first he has a little ranting to do

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Lead Photo Checklist: Seth Meyers of ‘SNL’

Spencer Patterson | Wed, Jul 27, 2011 (7:30 p.m.)

SNL comedian Seth Meyers dishes about being a nerd and a Cirque show called Flurg.

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Lead Photo What I learned about wanking from Russell Brand

John Katsilometes | Wed, Jul 27, 2011 (6:14 p.m.)

Brit comedian Russell Brand was in usual form at Mandalay Bay, touching on Serena Williams' vocal charms and trying to behave while scrolling through the BBC website.

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Lead Photo Comedian Billy Gardell hits ‘Halftime’

Allison Duck | Wed, Jul 6, 2011 (10:45 a.m.)

After performing at various comedy clubs around town, comedian Billy Gardell is moving up to the majors, headlining Mirage’s Aces of Comedy Series at the Terry Fator Theatre.

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A&E

Tao Group to open Marquee sister club in Australia
Hip hotel the Star will house nightlife group’s first overseas venture.
Conventional Strip wisdom aside, the Smith Center books Broadway—and it worked
And according to ticket sales, it’s a great idea.
Hard-rock home sweet home: Motley Crue’s Joint residency starts with a bang
Veteran quartet shakes off some opening-night snags to get its “Sin City” residency rolling.

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Cocktail of the Week Feb 8, 2012
by Sarah Feldberg

The Wynn’s Aphrodite cocktail is liquid flirtation

In Greek mythology, Aphrodite is the goddess of beauty and love, and she’s often depicted nude with voluptuous curves and come-hither eyes. It makes sense, then, that she gets a ...
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