For almost six years, the players and performers of the Dallas Comedy House have turned a relatively small space on Commerce Street in Deep Ellum into a thriving hub for a form of comedy that most people have never seen around these parts. Now they need a bigger place to…
The Alamo Drafthouse in Richardson captured the attention of an angry America by scheduling a screening of Team America: World Police in place of The Interview starring Seth Rogen and James Franco that was canned by Sony Pictures. Now it appears that Paramount Pictures doesn’t want America to see the…
Sony’s decision not to release The Interview on Christmas Day due to hackers threatening violence seemed inevitable. But the shock still hasn’t worn off. That some group of idiots could intimidate and bully a major motion picture studio into shelving a multimillion dollar motion picture seems unbelievable. It’s even more…
The holidays can be a depressing bore. Between the massive, violent shopping crowds who resemble Mongol hordes with each passing season and the racist relatives who make you feel ashamed to carry their DNA, you could use a laugh. Hyena’s Comedy Nightclub (5321 E. Mockingbird Ln.) has brought in comedian…
It takes a huge set of balls to call yourself the “The” of anything whether the title is “The Structural Engineer,” “The Research Librarian” or “The Fries Guy.” Fortunately, Cedric the Entertainment deserves the title he bestowed upon himself when he became a comedian. He’s not only performed in just…
If you’ve ever wanted to meet a real Time Lord and one of their companions, well, someone should probably tell you that they don’t really exist. As far as modern science knows, it’s not possible for a police box or any public communication cubicle to traverse across different plains of…
The holidays aren’t just about getting together with family, giving each other crap that we don’t need and seeing how much ham and pie we can stuff into ourselves before we collapse and require a stomach pump. It’s also about learning ways that we can help our fellow man and…
Demetri Martin is an interesting anomaly in comedy. He’s like a weird, mutant mix of a prop comedian and an observational comic except that unlike most of the people in those two categories, he’s actually funny. Every show features the host of Comedy Central’s “Important Things” and author of the…
It wasn’t that long ago that the world’s focus was on our little corner of the globe thanks to a retail cutie named “Alex From Target.” Don’t know who that is? Good for you. The important thing is this: He’s from Frisco and became inexplicably famous enough to appear on…
These days, video games aren’t a social experience. Sure you can talk to people online while you play with or against them but a true social experience requires proximity. Usually, you’re dealing with people who don’t have good microphones that pick up everything but their own voice, or you end…
A study from the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research classified cheerleading as the most dangerous sport for athletes. It claimed that forcing humans to defy the laws of gravity and physics caused injuries more serious than those sustained by football players. So where did roller derby fall into…
One of my favorite holiday traditions as a young child was our annual reading of the classic holiday tale The Polar Express. Now thanks to Robert Zemeckis’ love of special effects and budgets that could make a third world dictator jealous, we no longer have to rely on our imaginations…
Back in September, Six Flags announced a new interactive dark ride based on the Justice League would soon take up some real estate in their park, offering an alternative experience from the typical roller coaster, for those who don’t care to know how it feels to fall 30 stories and…
Christmas lights may be a holiday tradition, but they are kind of a mystery. Sure they can brighten up the darkest corner of the world just by draping them over a house but why are we so enamored by them? The technology that goes into making them hasn’t advanced that…
Nick Guerra may be short but he’s long on comedy material. The “Little Long Haired Comic” has spent over a decade touring clubs and theaters with the sharp and varied material he’s accumulated that covers just about anything a comic could complain about whether it’s the disappointment of watching a…
It’s always nice when a local kid who makes it to the big time still makes time to entertain the people who gave his start — and not in a “court ordered community service” kind of way. Comedian Dustin Ybarra started polishing his stand-up routines right here in Dallas and…
The premiere of Telltale Games’ and Dalla-based Gearbox Software’s Tales from the Borderlands showcased something unique, even in this modern age of lifelike graphics, complex gameplay and being called a “fag noob” by a 11-year-old New Zealander who just fragged your virtual ass. The new graphic adventure showcased Tuesday night…
Video games are so powerful these days that they are practically on par with movies in terms of story, graphics and production. That might sound like a step forward until you realize that means that Adam Sandler may one day get to make his own game. There’s actually been a…
A car shop that only builds screen-accurate reproductions of famous cars like The A-Team van and Doc Brown’s DeLorean from Back to the Future sounds like a much more interesting target for a reality show than a group of white trash, beauty pageant freaks without a moral compass. Apparently executives…
The rise of the craft beer movement may be a relatively new concept, but Rahr & Sons was making local brews when most of those beer aficionados were just about to hit those awkward teenage years. Ten years ago, Rahr & Sons opened their doors to a thirsty Dallas-Fort Worth,…
The Canadian comedy trio known as the Trailer Park Boys are something of an anomaly in my pop culture family. My brother and I became absolutely obsessed with the drug dealing antics of Nova Scotia’s most famous white trash as soon as we saw our first episode buried deep in…
One of the biggest regrets of this comedy nerd’s life was not taking the opportunity to see The Second City during my only two visits to Chicago. The first missed opportunity took place during a Boy Scout trip when landmarks like the Museum of Science and Industry and Comiskey Park…
