comedians of comedy-related stories
Posted Aug 6th 2007 8:01PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities
Some of us here are big fans of the Comedians of Comedy, a collection of various comedians (the core group consists of Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, Maria Bamford, Eugene Mirman and Zach Galifianakis) who play small rock clubs and similar venues rather than the usual comedy clubs.
Patton Oswalt recently posted on the comedy site A Special Thing that a brand new DVD, The Comedians of Comedy: Live at the Troubadour, would be released on October 2. What's even cooler, or maybe just equally as cool, is that the entire concert will be shown on Comedy Central's Secret Stash, completely uncensored and uncut, on September 29.
Continue reading Comedians of Comedy special hits Comedy Central next month
Posted Nov 2nd 2006 1:01PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Celebrities, Dog Bites Man

The furriest member of the
Comedians of Comedy and
Dog Bites Man team
Zach Galifianakis is embarking on a fall tour.
If you've missed out on Galifianakis' more recent outings, you may remember him from the short-lived VH1 talk show
Late World with Zach.
If you haven't seen Galifianakis live, you're in for some of the most experimental stand-up to hit the stage since Andy Kaufman took Carnegie Hall out for milk and cookies.
Continue reading Zach Galifianakis on tour
Posted Sep 9th 2006 7:17PM by Michael Canfield
Filed under: HBO, OpEd, Web, Celebrities, The Wire

Stand-up comic Patton Oswalt (
The King of Queens,
Comedians of Comedy,
Reno 911) has one of the better celebrity blogs I've found. Maybe that's because he mostly talks about comic books and bad road food, and has yet to format anything to look like poetry. His blog's pretty funny, the fact that he calls it his "spew" not withstanding.
Right now
he's begging his readers to tune into HBO Sunday night and watch
The Wire season 4. Like others have, Patton calls
The Wire the "best show ever on television." Here's the money quote : "
The Wire is one of the few times you'll watch TV and not feel like the people making TV think you're a fucking idiot."
Continue reading Patton Oswalt begs you to watch 'The Wire'
Posted Feb 9th 2006 6:07PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: OpEd, In Defense Of, Celebrities

There's a tendency in our culture, and it's certainly prevalent in the
blogosphere, to snark at anything that doesn't immediately turn us on. I'm guilty of this myself, but I cut myself some
slack because I'm writing about the entertainment industry, which is, to me anyway, of little consequence within the
Grand Scheme.
Continue reading In Defense Of: Maria Bamford
Posted Feb 8th 2006 1:50PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Video

Comedy clubs tend to be parodies of themselves, a place where mediocre comics trot out the same tired gags while the
audience, semi-drunk on watered down cocktails, laughs and claps along. It's a great place to perform if your act
involves impressions of celebrities or a trunk full of ventriloquist dummies, but if you're looking for an audience
that really wants to be challenged, they won't be hanging out at PJ Laughenheimer's Giggle Hut.
Continue reading Some late reflections on the Comedians of Comedy movie