Films, like most epic art projects, can get intense. For local movie writer and director Joe Scott, his latest project, Serendipity Moon, is no exception. From the Indiegogo page Scott launched to help fund the flick, to reaching out to his friends at Dallas Comedy House to take starring roles,…
On South Locust Street in Denton, between the Davis Purity Bakery and El Guapo’s, sits a small brick building. Inside, children’s stuffed animals, kitchen tea towels, handbags and a menagerie of other items are lined along the walls and arranged on tabletops, in baskets and even on an old stove…
Comedian Brian Regan, a Letterman regular and car buddy of Jerry Seinfeld, will perform this Friday in Big D. I set up a phoner with the G-rated comedian from his home in Vegas to get his take on his act, taking a car ride with the comedy king and growing…
Standing on stage recently at the Amsterdam Comedy Festival at a flat 4 feet tall and only 57 pounds, it’s no wonder this up-and-coming DFW comic is called the “next little thing.” She started her set by letting the audience know that she’s written everything she’s about to say. “If…
The Movember Comedy Show this Sunday at Hyena’s in Dallas is part of November’s mustache-loving fight against cancer. Members of Movember team Dallas Comedy are banding together to grow creepy mustaches and perform some stand up to put money where it’s needed — to fight prostate and testicular cancers and…
Before you fill up on turkey and stuffing and can’t move your extremities, come out to The Amsterdam Comedy Festival for three kick-ass days of laughs from some of DFW’s best comedians. It’s all free, so don’t worry about wrecking your pie budget. The shows are November 22-24 at The…
The state of Missouri is No. 1 in crystal meth lab accidents. According to comedian and Missouri native Kathleen Madigan (who dares you to Google the stat), it’s basically an affront to the Missouri school system. They just can’t teach science. Rednecks plus chemistry equals a disaster. She would give…
When you interview comedian Kathleen Madigan, whose upcoming show at the Majestic happens Friday, there’s no cutting corners. Before making it big, she worked in print journalism for Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis. A passion for journalism was lacking, but she could “write a sentence,” so it was something…
Last night, through a haze of Sunday night drinks and with the guide of show host and local comedy favorite Paul Varghese, 10 comedians took the stage at the Addison Improv with the hopes of winning the first round in the Comedy Central Up Next Talent Search. They were each…
Comedy Central is always on the lookout for the next big comedy star, and to speed up their search, they’re hosting a nationwide talent contest this fall. The Comedy Central Up Next Talent Search kicks off with the preliminary rounds, hosted by 26 participating certified clubs. One of those clubs…
Inside a nondescript, hard-to-find office in Richardson, a man named Jordan Williams takes many forms. There’s a full-color, miniature bust of him on the edge of a desk. On the wall a few feet from the front door hangs a hi-res picture of Williams holding said bust. And last but…
I walk through a somewhat ordinary office — some desks, chairs, white boards — to a storage area in the back. It’s dark in here. Stacks of shipping boxes line the walls and litter the floor. Someone hits the lights, my eyes focus, and I see them. Round, beige heads…
Dallas’ comedy scene can feel disjointed at times, but there’s no shortage of places to see funny people say, and do, funny things. So for the moment, consider us the Siri of North Texas comedy, but way less warm and creepy-sounding. Addison Improv Comedy Club, 4980 Belt Line Road, #250,…
Every week we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Aziz Ansari at the Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie Aziz Ansari is taking his Buried Alive! tour across America, targeting any cities he had to skip last time. Loved for his role as…
Every week we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Jon Reep at Hyena’s in Fort Worth North Carolina native Jon Reep has been on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend and the half-hour special Comedy Central Presents: Jon Reep. On…
It’s chicken enchilada night at Ryan Stiles’ house, and he’s manning the stove. Stiles does all the cooking for his family. He is, after all, semi-retired. But he’ll be back on the road again this summer with Whose Live Anyway?, the 90-minute, live version of Whose Line is it Anyway?,…
Every week we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Amy Schumer at the House of Blues Schumer is the creator, star and writer of Inside Amy Schumer, her Comedy Central TV show that premiered last month. You’ve seen her roast some of…
Every week we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Marc Ryan at Hyena’s in Dallas From the backwoods of Louisiana, Marc Ryan is a hootin’ and hollerin’ ball of energy on stage. Constantly battling the “stupid hick” stereotype, Ryan is anything but…
Every week we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Eddie Griffin at the Addison Improv Eddie Griffin thinks white churches are scary, especially Catholic ones. Priests float out in white robes with crosses around their necks and the choir sounds like something…
Every week we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Bill Burr at the Majestic Theatre in Dallas The redheaded, red-tempered comedian from East Coast is back in Dallas Thursday night for an evening of high-pitched sarcasm, verbal inner dialogue and yelling into the…
A Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) is becoming a standard stop for celebs whenever they have something new to promote, or just some time to kill. Even Obama stopped by once. But the President didn’t say anything near as entertaining as the pros. Check out our favorite AMA answers from…
Every week we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. George Willborn at the Arlington Improv Attention, ladies: There is no magic dress. If you looked fat out of the dress, you look fat in the dress. Pearls of wisdom from George Willborn,…
