Archive for the ‘Comedy in DC’ Category
Comedy in DC: Poonanza 6: Electric Poonaloo
When I mentioned to Tom that this week’s Comedy in DC feature was going to be on the sixth-ever Poonanza, he looked at me skeptically and said, “That doesn’t sound like a comedy show, hon.” Yeah, I know.
The brainchild of local comedy icon Larry Poon, Poonanza is a largely sketch-based show written by the Pooninator [...]
Comedy In DC: The Election is Over; Now What Do We Laugh At?
Stephen Colbert at the National Portrait Gallery, by Mr. T in DC
It’s not just the We Love DC bloggers who are nursing their election hangovers, it’s local comics, too. The calendar is a little thin here in early November for booked shows. Nonetheless, there are several ways to get your local comedy on at the [...]
Comedy in DC: A Week of Free Laughs
Jolene Sugarbaker at the Mic, courtesy Flickr user DCMatt, under Creative Commons
Comedy in DC is a regular feature here, but it only appears every other week. So you should probably know that you can watch comedy in or around DC pretty much every night of the week for free, if you’re willing to take a [...]
Comedy in DC: Homegrown Comedy
After all of our CSA adventures this year, I guess you could consider me someone who prefers homegrown stuff. Green beans I picked myself at the farm. Herbs from Tom’s garden in our backyard. Socks from local sheep.
So I’m excited to tell you about Homegrown Comedy, a new monthly showcase in the DC Improv [...]
Comedy in DC: Sarah Palin Vlogs
Sarah Palin Vlog #8: LIBRARY!
When I was talking with Aparna Nancherla about She-Ha for the last Comedy in DC feature, we got onto the subject of women in politics, and whether or not this year of prominent female candidates would affect the careers of women in comedy. She pointed out the Sarah Palin Vlogs [...]
Comedy in DC: She-Ha, Princesses of Power
She-Ha, Princesses of Power - art by Clay Yount, click to embiggen.
One of the axioms of standup comedy is that it’s a much harder business for women than for men. There are lots of theories floating around about this, usually pointing fingers at SOMEONE’S latent sexism: comedy club audiences, comedy club owners, a society that [...]
Comedy in DC: Politics is Funny. No, Really.
‘Tis the season, friends: it’s a presidential election year. While we here at We Love DC are fond of reminding everyone that DC is more than just the three-ring circus we call “politics,” there’s no escaping the fact that it remains our primary export. So it should come as no surprise that Washington Improv Theater [...]
More »Comedy in DC: Jeff Maurer
I’ve caught Jeff Maurer at the Hotel Topaz Thursday comedy nights a few times, and one of the things that always struck me is the control in his delivery- most comedians act like they’re telling jokes, which is fine, because hey, you’re at a comedy club. Jeff sounds like he’s telling a story to his [...]
More »Comedy in DC: Roger Mursick
Roger Mursick is a standout in the local comedy scene- while most local comics I run into have day jobs and can only work on the road on weekends, Roger has been a working comic for 28 years, traveling to shows nationally as well as appearing at the DC Improv, Wolftrap, and the Laugh Riot [...]
More »Comedy in DC: Festival Time!
Many professions and art forms have festival events, where the up-and-comers try to get noticed, get to mingle with the Big Names, and where enthusiasts for that particular art form or profession get to geek out to their hearts’ content- Defcon, Cannes, Dragon*Con, at heart, they’re all about the same thing- people who love something [...]
More »Comedy in DC: Jon Mumma
I first saw Jon Mumma at the Laugh Riot at the Hyatt in Bethesda doing a featured set. I laughed all the way through, so I was delighted to see that he’s emceeing at the Improv this week- you should check him out there, appearing with headliner Kevin Pollak. I could spend rather a lot [...]
More »Liz Winstead is Classy
I met some friends at the Arlington Drafthouse last week to see Forgetting Sarah Marshall, a movie that pretty much demanded to be seen in the company of a few pitchers of beer. On the way in I noticed a few posters for upcoming comedy shows, including one shilling for “Daily Show Co-Creator Lizz Winstead” [...]
More »Ron Paul DC March
Ron Paul, the anarcho-capitalist cryptolibertarian neoconfederate survivalist Texas congressman and sometime presidential candidate who published a racist newsletter and opposed a medal for Rosa Parks, civil rights, MLK Day, Tibetan freedom, DC voting rights, and the 14th and 16th Amendments, and enjoyed endorsements from such greats as the John Birch Society, Stormfront White Nationalists, and [...]
More »Comedy in DC: Jimmy Meritt
As I’ve been enjoying my own tentative steps into the world of standup comedy, I’ve come to discover that a lot of my favorite comedians are locals, people who you may not see on Comedy Central, and who may not even be headlining a local club, but who I never fail to think of when [...]
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