Comedy

Lead Photo This class is a joke

Sal DeFilippo | Thu, May 21, 2009 (midnight)

Bonkerz offers budding stand-ups a place to get started via a six-week workshop, where aspiring comics learn to write, develop and hone a five-minute routine.

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Lead Photo Gefilte fish can be fun

T.R. Witcher | Thu, Apr 9, 2009 (midnight)

Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad comically solves some of the mysteries of Judaism—like what’s in the middle of gefilte fish—and jokingly celebrates hamantaschen, triangle-shaped pastries.

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Stand-up switch-ups

Julie Seabaugh | Thu, Mar 19, 2009 (midnight)

The Comedy Stop wasn’t really an ideal comedy room, with its boxy shape, dark hike to the bar and lengthy rectangular tables better suited for holding church suppers aloft.

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Lead Photo A host of expectations

Julie Seabaugh | Thu, Jan 8, 2009 (midnight)

His is an uneven comedy equation, yet the net sum is that Jimmy Fallon has scored himself the infinitely plum gig as Conan O’Brien’s replacement on Late Night, his boyishly likeable mug soon to be grinning behind the desk that’s helped launch so many other comedy careers.

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Lead Photo Madigan, man

Julie Seabaugh | Wed, Dec 31, 2008 (midnight)

Kathleen Madigan boasts Midwestern upbringings, an arsenal of biting impressions, highly personal storytelling and a defiantly codependent relationship with alcohol.

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2008: The year in comedy

Julie Seabaugh | Thu, Dec 25, 2008 (11:52 a.m.)

A whole year of laughs boiled down to 10 seriously funny CDs and DVDs. Take note.

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Lead Photo Hey Jo, stop playing Koy

Julie Seabaugh | Wed, Dec 24, 2008 (midnight)

Here’s the thing about local comedians in Vegas: You’ve got to leave to succeed.

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Lead Photo A Maz, Maz, Maz, Maz, world

Julie Seabaugh | Wed, Dec 24, 2008 (midnight)

It’s like he came out of nowhere; one minute earning a Ph.D. at UCLA, the next not only touring with four Middle Eastern comedians under the Axis of Evil banner, but headlining the whole media-savvy thing as well.

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Lead Photo Hey, he’s talkin’ here!

Julie Seabaugh | Thu, Dec 11, 2008 (midnight)

What do Petey, Big Petey, Regular Petey, Irregular Petey, Ortho Petey, Re Petey and Joey Bagga Donuts have in common?

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Lead Photo Laughs, yes. Big deals, no.

Julie Seabaugh | Thu, Nov 20, 2008 (midnight)

Talent-wise, the stars are as big as ever at the annual Comedy Festival - Jerry Seinfeld, Dane Cook, Andrew Dice Clay and dozens more. But after four years, is the thrill gone?

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Lead Photo Sipping into something comfortable

Julie Seabaugh | Thu, Sep 18, 2008 (midnight)

He’s here, like, always. Yet Kevin Downey Jr. brings something new to the table—or rather, to the bar top—every time.

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Lead Photo Chatting with Gabriel Iglesias

Julie Seabaugh | Thu, Sep 11, 2008 (midnight)

I’m just like a bull; the doors open and I come flying out. I can pretty much be backstage, snacking on something or talking to somebody, but then come out like a bull when I’m introduced.

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Lead Photo Four questions with local comedy luminary Tanyalee Davis

Julie Seabaugh | Thu, Aug 28, 2008 (midnight)

There’s definitely material from this experience. I don’t have any set jokes yet; it’s basically one of those thing where I’m just going to get up, talk about what happens and see what flows out of my mouth, how the nurses acted and how not being able to wash your hair for 15 days straight is really disgusting.

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Rhodes to success

Julie Seabaugh | Thu, Aug 14, 2008 (midnight)

Tom Rhodes never attended college, yet he’s a better-read and more independent thinker than any of the political blowhards polluting television with their “expertise.”

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Lead Photo Mission to Montreal

Julie Seabaugh | Thu, Jul 31, 2008 (midnight)

In their own words, three Vegas comics at very different levels of their respective careers, and one rabble-rousing former Vegas open-mic-er, share their experiences throughout this year’s Just for Laughs in http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcz4cmfk_110hnzpznggMontreal, the largest and most prestigious comedy festival in the Western hemisphere.

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Cocktail of the Week

Cocktail of the Week Nov 19, 2009
by Xania Woodman

The Jaded Kiss

The bar is open! Or rather, back open. Adjacent to Dos Caminos at Palazzo, itty bitty Fusion Mixology Bar has gotten itself some fresh new beats and mixology talent as ...
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