Do you like comedy? Sure, we all do. If you especially like your comedy in written and audio form, these two news items should have you clapping your hands and doing the happy dance:
First, that Comedy Death Ray CD I mentioned earlier will be out on September 12. The 150-minute CD, comprised of sets recorded during the all-night fourth anniversary Comedy Death Ray show at the UCB theater and sets from the SF Sketchfest, will feature such comedians as Patton Oswalt (King of Queens, Comedians of Comedy), Maria Bamford (Comedians of Comedy), David Cross (Mr. Show, Arrested Development), Paul F. Tompkins (Mr. Show, Best Week Ever), Doug Benson (Best Week Ever, Last Comic Standing), Brian Posehn (Mr. Show, Comedians of Comedy, Just Shoot Me, The Sarah Silverman Program), Neil Hamburger (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job), and many more.
Some of us here are 
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.
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.
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