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Aaron Aryanpur, Newly Crowned Funniest Comic in Texas, on Using Twitter, His Gallbladder in His Act

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Dec 28, 2012

"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,...
The Five Best Comedy Shows in Dallas This Weekend, December 27-30

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Dec 26, 2012

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...
The Five Best Comedy Shows in Dallas This Weekend, December 20-23

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Dec 20, 2012

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...
The Five Best Comedy Shows in Dallas This Weekend, December 13-16

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Dec 13, 2012

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...
Dallas Comedy House Built an Entire Sketch Show Out of the End of the Mayan Calendar

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Dec 12, 2012

Chip and Monica of Good Morning Apocalypse, the perky morning show trucking along following the end of the world, try to stay upbeat. But it's pretty hard when your camera is a Tide bottle and a Capri Sun box, and one of your co-hosts is dead. See also: At the...
At the Dallas Comedy House with Improv Duo Kyle & Drew, the Safe Word is Always "Yes"

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Dec 10, 2012

Darnell, a recently adopted 9-year-old street kid, can't believe his dad never figured out his real name. It's engraved right into his silver grill: D-A-R-N-E-L-L. Thinking he had no name, his dad's been calling him Peter since adopting him and bringing him back to God's country (Southlake). Get it together,...
The Five Best Comedy Shows in Dallas This Weekend, December 6-9

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Dec 6, 2012

Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Shawn & Marlon Wayans at the Addison Improv These two brothers of In Living Color and White Chicks fame are in Addison Thursday through Saturday. Come see 'em bust out some tandem comedy...
The Five Best Comedy Shows in Dallas This Weekend, November 29 - December 2

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Nov 29, 2012

Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Gabriel Iglesias at the Addison Improv The fluffy funny-man himself will be here this weekend at the Addison Improv. Iglesias (and that's Iglesias with an I, no matter what the hotel clerk says)...
The Five Best Comedy Shows in Dallas This Weekend, November 23-25

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Nov 23, 2012

Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. If you can still walk after stuffing your face full of turkey, mashed potatoes and whatever passes for cranberry dressing in your house, head on over to these shows to laugh off some...
Jim Norton Came to Dallas, Did Comedy, Complimented Our Many Fine Massage Parlors

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Nov 19, 2012

Did you know that the Mall of America in Minnesota is where the government Operation-Dumbo-Drops all of the obese people you've lost contact with? Jim Norton does. They're totally fine, he said. No need to worry. I checked out Norton's show at the Addison Improv over the weekend, and it...
The Five Best Comedy Shows in Dallas This Weekend, November 15-18

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Nov 15, 2012

Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Jim Norton at the Addison Improv Heard every weekday morning on the Opie & Anthony radio show and seen everywhere from bookshelves to Louie, Jim Norton is an angry force to be reckoned...
An Interview with Jim Norton Before He Shows Up in Dallas and Tries His Best to Offend You

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Nov 15, 2012

With his comedy special Please Be Offended out on Netflix, Jim Norton has taken to the road again with all new material. He called in from New York before leaving for his weekend of shows at the Addison Improv, and he actually sounded rested. He'd had a nap, apparently. See...
Comedian Sean Kent Took the Stage, and a Lady's Cell Phone, in Fort Worth

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Nov 13, 2012

"I'm calling her." It was Saturday night at Hyena's in Fort Worth, and Sean Kent, the comic, had commandeered the cell phone of a middle-aged woman who made the mistake of answering her daughter's call during his show. After a string of text messages detailing Kat's conception (one incarnation involved...
An Interview with Comic Sean Kent Before He Conquers the "Big, Scary City" This Weekend

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Nov 8, 2012

"I grew up in Austin, so Dallas was always the great, big, scary city," Sean Kent says over the phone. I called him up to talk about his return to the big southern state, where he'll do five nights of shows this weekend. "I love Hyena's," he says. "There's just...
The Five Best Comedy Shows in Dallas This Weekend, November 8-11

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Nov 8, 2012

Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Sean Kent at Hyena's in Fort Worth "I write a fuckload 'cause otherwise I get bored," says Sean Kent. "I don't wanna say the same stuff every year." You hear that, guys? A...
The Five Best Comedy Shows in Dallas This Weekend, November 1-4

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Nov 1, 2012

Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Richard Lewis at the Addison Improv When Richard Lewis gets on stage, you really have no idea what you're in for. He prepares nothing, writes nothing down. And it can be great. But...
A Really Richard Lewis-y Chat with Richard Lewis Before His Gig at the Addison Improv

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Oct 30, 2012

"I'm in a really, really cool, weird zone." Well no shit, Richard Lewis. I'm on the phone, talking, but mostly listening, to the veteran comedian, long-time stand-up and favorite on Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm. I can feel the self-loathing through the speaker, and if I'm not laughing, I'm nodding...
A Dispatch from Dallas Comedy House's Intro to Improv Class, Where Every Word's a Safe Word

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Oct 29, 2012

Editor's note: We sent Jane the Intern to experience the Dallas Comedy House's Level 1 Improv class. Here's her report. The sweaty-faced young man to my left turns to me and yells, "Tell me seven things you love about driving!" "Aaaaaaah!" screams the entire group, scooping their voices and arms...
There's an Amateur Comedy Contest in Grand Prairie, and It's as Awkward as It Sounds

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Oct 26, 2012

Every Wednesday night at the Graff Chevrolet Ultra Lounge in Grand Prairie, Vince Vance and his crew host a Komic Kontest, searching for the funniest of the funny in Texas. Comedians get on stage and compete to win $50 and the opening spot for the next week's show. The Lounge,...
The Five Best Comedy Shows in Dallas This Weekend, October 25-28

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Oct 25, 2012

Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. DeRay Davis at Addison Improv Warning: DeRay Davis is not the for easily offended. A Comedy Central favorite, DeRay grew up so poor, his Freddy Krueger Halloween costume was three spoons taped to...
The Five Best Comedy Shows in Dallas This Weekend, October 18-21

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Oct 18, 2012

Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Louis CK at the Majestic Theatre When you hear "red hair," "pasty gut" and "so funny I almost hyper-ventilated" in the same sentence, there's only one name that comes to mind: Louis mother-fucking...
DFW's Five Scariest Graveyards

By Jane R. LeBlanc
Oct 16, 2012

If you're craving a true fright this Halloween, check out these five allegedly haunted graveyards. We recommend bringing a support system and at least one Ghostbuster. Estes Cemetery in Grand Prairie (above) If a mix of innocence and fright calls you, Estes Cemetery is right up your alley. Visitors have...