Every week we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Maz Jobrani at the Addison Improv A founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, Jobrani likes to explore such safe topics as Iran’s wishy-washy nuclear program and Asians’ inability to drive…
At Denton Square Donuts, on an unseasonable cool April night, four members of Denton Comedy Collective sit at a table shellacked with Bible verses. Matthew Solomon, Robert Joseph, Alex Smelser and Ron Lechler are all 20-somethings trying to make it in the big, bad world of stand-up comedy. For them,…
Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Carlos Mencia at Addison Improv This Honduras-born comedian rose to superstardom with his show Mind of Mencia and a ridiculous catch phrase. His Comedy Central stand-up special, No Strings Attached, was a huge…
Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. An Intimate Evening With Bruce Vilanch at The Rose Room Bruce Vilanch is here to dish, and it’s gonna be good. He’s the head writer for the Oscars, pals with Bette Midler and…
Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Jim Gaffigan at the Majestic Theatre If you have a fetish for alabaster, breathy men with high-pitched voices, Jim Gaffigan’s your guy. We’ve lost count of how many times he’s been a guest…
Every Thursday 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 Born and raised in rural Hickory, N.C., Jon Reep has made his way across the nation, performing in comedy clubs and on TV. He’s been on…
Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Joan Rivers at the AT&T Performing Arts Center The Queen of the Red Carpet, the lady with the last word, the most foul-mouthed female of her generation (and maybe mine), Ms. Joan Rivers…
Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Paul Reiser at Hyena’s in Dallas You’re hearing the Mad About You theme song in your head, aren’t you? Well, if you weren’t, you are now. Reiser is the author of three damn-funny…
Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Frank Caliendo at the Addison Improv You might think you’re watching FOX NFL Sunday or MAD TV, but it’s all Frank Caliendo, one of the best celebrity voice impersonators working. He’ll create an…
Lipstick red, heart ballon towers framed the stage of Hyena’s in Dallas. The lights went out, the spotlights came on, and a skinny Bangali kid named Usama Siddiquee took the stage. The Osama bin Laden joke? Immediate. The beat boxing? Unexpected. The Super Humor Funny show (Pt. 2) was underway…
Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. All Star Comedy Jam at Verizon Theatre Since this jam has been going strong for four years now, we assume that Shaq is now officially better at putting together comedy shows than making…
Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Chris Porter at Hyena’s in Dallas Spreading his drunk and stoned Midwest musings around the country is what Chris Porter does best. This Kansas City native has been making his way around the…
Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Greg Fitzsimmons at Addison Improv A regular guest of David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, and Jay Leno, Fitzsimmons’s set is infused with his acerbic wit and scathing sarcasm. For example, did you…
Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Ahmed Ahmed’s Next Generation Comedy Tour at the Majestic Theater Ahmed Ahmed (Yep, that’s his name, not a type-o.), star of the TBS hit comedy Sullivan & Son, returns to stages across the…
Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Pablo Francisco at the Addison Improv Feel like seeing a few shows this weekend, but only have time for one? Come check out Pablo Francisco as he flashes through myriad characters while doing…
Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. D.L. Hughley at the Addison Improv The star of The Hughleys and one of the four comedians featured in the Spike Lee film The Original Kings of Comedy, D.L. Hughley is a household…
“I think science appeals to me more as I’ve gotten older,” comedian David Huntsberger mused into the phone. “‘Cause of the varying hypotheses on stuff, the attempts to explain human existence. It always seems to be pursuing that. I mean, what the hell are human beings, and why are they…
Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. LOL! at the House of Blues Local comedy stalwart Paul Varghese will be celebrating his birthday on Saturday in the best way possible — a show featuring some of DFW’s hottest comics all…
“I was in the hospital, and it was my first year with a smartphone,” Aaron Aryanpur said, recalling the removal of his misbehaving gallbladder. “So while I’m in the hospital, I’m looking up everything. WebMD’ing everything. The Internet is this ridiculous rabbit hole. Next thing, I’m on these message boards,…
Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. John Caparulo at the Addison Improv John “Cap” Caparulo earned his own half-hour Comedy Central Presents, which recently aired on TBS, and is now a part of Blue Collar Comedy: The Next Generation…
Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. This is 40 We’re starting the list with a movie this time. Why? Because it’s Judd Apatow, that’s why. This is 40 follows Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) from Apatow’s 2007…
Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Loni Love at the Addison Improv Named by Variety and Comedy Central as one of their Top 10 Comics to Watch, Love has been seen on VH1, Chelsea Lately and even CNN. This…
