The best comedy tweets of the week
My favorite recent tweets from comedians and comedy writers.
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Your Chicago comedy calendar for October 19-25
Especially noted: Evanston comedian Peter-john Byrnes records his album Ghost Story at ComedySportz tonight. He has his own memorable brand of smart, relatable, very, very funny comedy. Highly recommend. In more album news, Mikey Manker invites you to celebrate his album release with a party later this week. Congratulations to The Defiant Thomas Brothers! Their
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The best comedy tweets of the week
Here are my favorite tweets this week from comedians and comedy writers. Did you catch my favorite funniest from the #DemDebate? They’re over here.
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The funniest tweets from the Democratic debate
There are a billion-and-twenty tweets from last night’s Democratic debate. That’s even more than the number of Republican candidates! Here are my favorite and funniest from comedians and comedy writers. Personally, I’ll be voting for Martin O’Malley since his initials spell out M.O.M. Here is Bernie and Hillary to duke it out and 3
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Your Chicago comedy calendar for October 12-18
EPIC Fest kicks off this week! It’s the Edison Park Infectious Comedy Fest which runs from Tuesday, October 13 to Sunday, October 18. If features some monster Chicago comedy greats, so be sure to check it out. Three of the Fest’s headliners kindly took time for an interview here. Later this week, Chicago favorites Dan
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EPIC Fest’s Kelsie Huff, Marty DeRosa and Tim Barnes share adventures in comedy
When the organizers of EPIC Fest called it EPIC Fest, they weren’t kidding. They say it stands for Edison Park Infectious Comedy Fest, but no doubt it’s also for the epic line-up of comedians who’ll settle into Edison Park from Tuesday, October 13 through Sunday, October 18. You’ll recognize them from The Late Show with David
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The best comedy tweets of the week
My favorite recent tweets from comedians and comedy writers.
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Your Chicago comedy calendar for October 5th-11th
For every event below, there are fifty more that caught my eye. When something catches yours, please check out the venue’s complete calendar. You’ll be glad you did. Chicago comedy news: Beth Stelling’s Comedy Central half-hour airs on Saturday, October 10th at 11:30 p.m. CST and Dan Telfer’s third album Ocean of Panic debuted last week to
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Comedy tweets of the week
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Your Chicago comedy calendar for October 1 – 4
It’s Halloween month and the Comedy Calendar is a monster. I’m publishing it in smaller weekly installments because I don’t want to be known as the blogger who turned scrolling into an endurance sport. But I also don’t want you to miss the extraordinary line-ups still ahead. Please check out “Twelve Shows you don’t want
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Twelve comedy shows you don’t want to miss … but will if you don’t buy tickets now!
I missed the “Blood Moon” because by the time I heard about it (yes, under a rock), it was over. It felt like when you hear about a show of bucket list proportions after it’s sold out or left town. In the spirit of preventing further epic disappointments, here are twelve thirteen* shows you should
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Comedy tweets of the week
My favorite tweets of the week (and a few more) from comedians and comedy writers …
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Comedy tweets of the week
My favorite recent tweets from comedians and comedy writers.
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Stephen Colbert, Michael Palascak and a big week in comedy
Lots of big comedy news over the past few days, much of it with Chicago connections. Stephen Colbert The Late Show with Stephen Colbert premieres on Tuesday, September 8. His guests are George Clooney, Jeb Bush and Jon Batiste. Here are some things Stephen Colbert has been doing since the end of The Colbert Report
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