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There seems to be a new unwritten rule of comedy that if you want to make an audience laugh, you have to show them that you have enough energy to bounce around the room like a pinball on a meth bender. Comedian Margaret Smith can get twice as many laughs...

By Danny Gallagher

September 25, 2014

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There seems to be a new unwritten rule of comedy that if you want to make an audience laugh, you have to show them that you have enough energy to bounce around the room like a pinball on a meth bender. Comedian Margaret Smith can get twice as many laughs as the new breed of hyper comedians and she barely moves off her spot. She's also more than just a seasoned comedian who has mined her deadpan material and delivery for years. She's a six-time Emmy winner who wrote for and produced Ellen DeGeneres' talk show, a published author and an actress with credits to her resume including The Blob, Bound and Goodfellas. She'll be performing four sets at Hyena's Comedy Nightclub (5321 E. Mockingbird Ln.) at 8:30 and 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday . Tickets are $10 to $15 each at prekindle.com.
Fri., Sept. 26, 8:30 p.m.; Sat., Sept. 27, 8:30 p.m., 2014

Danny Gallagher has been a regular contributor to the Dallas Observer since 2014. He has also written features, essays and stories for MTV, the Chicago Tribune, Maxim, Cracked, Mental_Floss, The Week, CNET and The Onion AV Club.

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