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Comedy Matters with John Leguizamo, Bill Burr, more

Jeffrey Gurian — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:17:40 +0000

Synchronicity in Montreal I seem to have a knack for running into people. There are other knacks I’d like to acquire, but when there’s a pattern in your life, you’re supposed to recognize it, and acknowledge it, and it’s definitely a pattern in my life. Richie Tienken, the owner of The Comic Strip, and I went up [...]

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Comedy Matters with Ray Romano, Tom Rhodes, Amy Schumer

Jeffrey Gurian — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:04:10 +0000

Ray Romano Comes To The Strip Ray Romano accidentally made $7 for his very first paid gig ever in his career, at The Comic Strip. He was supposed to be doing a non-paid “late night” spot, when the last booked comic of the evening didn’t show up, and Ray was asked to take his place. After his [...]

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Chris Fairbanks: Fairbanks!

Reid Faylor — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:51:29 +0000

A misconception of stand-up is that it has to be about jokes. The set-ups, punch lines, bait and switch; but Chris Fairbanks moves beyond this. That’s not to say he doesn’t deliver some hilarious turns and jokes, it’s rather the real meat of his comedy comes more from something else: seemingly stream of consciousness comedic [...]

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Comedy Matters with Andy Kindler, Natasha Leggero, Bill Murray, more

Jeffrey Gurian — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:13:31 +0000

Comic Strip Documentary Blows Up We were excited enough when Chris Rock agreed to exec. produce the documentary film for the 35th anniversary of The Comic Strip. Now Abby Russell and Brent Sterling-Nemetz of Letterbox Pictures, who are actually shooting the film have really stepped it up, and have just shot Jay Leno, Billy [...]

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Comedy Matters with Jim Breuer, Aries Spears, more

Jeffrey Gurian — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:15:12 +0000

Kevin Hart Sells Out Westbury It’s hard to describe the excitement of producing a comedy show for 2,800 people, especially when all 2,800 people show up! The Kevin Hart Live show was months in the making and I could not have done it without my partner Jean Alerte and his company Alerte Carter [...]

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Comedy Matters with Russell Peters, Kevin Hart and more

Jeffrey Gurian — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:23:52 +0000

The Phenomenon That Is Russell Peters Russell Peters is not just a comedian. He’s a phenomenon, and that’s a hard word to type more than once! I’ve often referred to him as The Messiah of Comedy, because he has such a diverse audience and makes people of all [...]

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Bill Maher: Bill kills

Emma Kat Richardson — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:37:01 +0000

A Barack Obama presidency has, in no way, slowed down Bill Maher’s attempt to deconstruct all that’s wrong with American politics. In fact, he’s got plenty more to say. The proof is in his new live HBO comedy special premiering on Feb. 13. There isn’t too much that can be said about Bill Maher that hasn’t [...]

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Comedy Matters with Judah Friedlander, Ralphie May and more

Jeffrey Gurian — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:53:18 +0000

Comic Strip Xmas Party The truth is I liked my last column so much it was hard for me to start to write this one. That’s a dangerous thing for a writer to fall in love with his own stuff! Anyway, thanks to all of you who sent your condolences on my Mom. For the [...]

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Comedy Matters with Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock and more

Jeffrey Gurian — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:21:31 +0000

TRIBUTE TO MARJORIE GURIAN This column will be kind of a double column due to the sudden passing of my beloved Mom, Marjorie Gurian, right at the time my last column was due. It just kind of rocked me, and brought home the concept that all we have is today. My Mom was 84, American born, [...]

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Greg Giraldo: Comedy game plan in effect

Dylan P. Gadino — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:31:43 +0000

One of the most underrated — and talented — comedians working today, Greg Giraldo has a new album and DVD, Midlife Vices, a new positive outlook on life and thankfully the same hilariously scathing approach to comedy. Though mostly known to the masses as the dude who kills on every Comedy Central Roast, Greg Giraldo wears [...]

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Comedy Matters with Bobby Lee, Jeffrey Ross and more

Jeffrey Gurian — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:25:56 +0000

CHRIS ROCK STEPS UP In 1986, Chris Rock was discovered at the Comic Strip by owner Richie Tienken and Eddie Murphy. The story goes that Chris was setting up chairs and cleaning up in exchange for stage time, in a deal he made with Lucien Hold, the legendary manager of the club. One night Eddie Murphy [...]

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Comedy Matters with Mitch Fatel, Finesse Mitchell, Kevin Spacey

Jeffrey Gurian — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:26:45 +0000

TEN THINGS I LIKE ABOUT LARRY MILLER In 1999, Touchstone Pictures released Ten Things I Hate About You starring among others, the late Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Gabrielle Union, and the great Larry Miller who played the strict Dad, Walter Stratford. Ten years later, it’s hitting the small screen as a TV show, on the ABC Family [...]

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Comedy Matters with Gabriel Iglesias, Colin Quinn, Jessica Biel

Jeffrey Gurian — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:43:15 +0000

SEARCHING FOR JERRY SEINFELD As many of you know, I’ve spent the better part of the last year, working with Comic Strip owner Richie Tienken on a book about the history of the club that launched the careers of superstars like Chris Rock, Larry Miller, George Wallace, Lewis Black, Paul Reiser and Jerry Seinfeld— to name [...]

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Comedy Matters with Artie Lange, Jay Mohr, Jim Gaffigan, more

Jeffrey Gurian — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:59:22 +0000

Artie Lange: The Ultimate “Mensch” Yes, Artie Lange is funny, but he’s also a great guy. Another great guy is Chris Mazzilli from Gotham Comedy Club, who never saw a charity he didn’t like, or support. Chris donates his club for charity the way some people offer you a tissue if you sneeze. One of Howard [...]

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Column: Comedy Matters with Tony Rock, Dean Edwards, more

Jeffrey Gurian — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:45:44 +0000

Tony Rock Rocks The Strip Chris Rock didn’t get all the talent in the family of seven brothers and one sister. A whole lot of it was saved for his brother Tony, the star of The Tony Rock Project on myNetworkTV, also known as MyNet. Tony spends a lot of his time in LA, but he came [...]

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Column: Comedy Matters with Chris Rock, Pablo Francisco, more

Jeffrey Gurian — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:49:12 +0000

CHRIS ROCK AND PAUL REISER AT THE STRIP The Comic Strip was and is still considered home to some of the biggest stars in the stand-up comedy business. Those stars openly acknowledge their debt to The Strip in a book I’m writing now about the legendary club. The Strip opened on June 1, 1976, and after [...]

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Dom Irrera: Comedy’s reinvention story

Rob Turbovsky — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:33:18 +0000

At 61, widely-respected stand-up veteran Dom Irrera hasn’t lost an ounce of his comedic relevancy. In fact, younger comedy fans are checking him out more than ever. So what’s Dom’s secret? “So he says ‘My wife’s a pain in the ass. She’s always busting my friggin’ agates. My daughter’s married to a real loser bastard. And [...]

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Column: Comedy Matters with Mike Birbiglia, Lewis Black, more

Jeffrey Gurian — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:13:45 +0000

MY “BEST FRIEND” RICHARD BELZER So I’m at The Friars Club at the book party for Richard Belzer’s new book, I Am Not A Cop, which right away surprised me because I was certain he was—a cop, that is. As one who believes everything he sees on TV, as I’m sure you do, it was absolutely [...]

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Column: Comedy Matters w/ Jim Gaffigan, John Mulaney, more

Jeffrey Gurian — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:53:30 +0000

Once a year, the legendary Friars’ Club holds a major celebrity roast to raise money for charity. This year they roasted Today show host Matt Lauer; Al Roker was the roast master and Mark Krantz produced the event, as usual. I was part of the writing team, under the leadership of master comedy writer Larry [...]

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Video: Marc Maron finds hope in human beings

Dylan P. Gadino — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:49:48 +0000

The longer Punchline Magazine has been around — three years, one month and counting — the easier it seems for me to register candid opinions about stand-up comedy. In small doses. Because, really, my opinion matters very little compared to what we’re really trying to do here– which is to expose the masses to the [...]

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