John Roy: Dressed for Recess

by Dylan P. Gadino

Even the most casual fan of stand-up comedy would agree that one of the main ingredients to a successful act is likeability. Regardless of the comic’s... 

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Christopher Titus: Norman Rockwell is Bleeding

by Dylan P. Gadino

A hero of American dysfunction, comedian Christopher Titus has given broken families and their broken dreams an artistic voice in a mass appeal way for... 

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Michael Ian Black: My Custom Van

by Emma Kat Richardson

So, really, just who is the real Michael Ian Black? What sort of conversation might you expect to get were you to encounter him, one on one? Does he have... 

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Lisa Landry: Put Your Keys in the Keybowl

by Dylan P. Gadino

Throughout the nearly 40 minutes of comedy on her new album, Put Your Keys in the Keybowl comedian Lisa Landry creates a place where the concept of femininity... 

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Andi Smith: Homeperm

by John Delery

OK, so you may not need to shower in Lysol after listening to Homeperm, but you may want to keep a spray bottle of boiled water nearby so you can at least... 

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Dana Carvey: Squatting Monkeys Tell No Lies

by Dylan P. Gadino

For comedians who have impressed the masses on television and in movies, it’s easy for them to slip quietly away from their roots in stand-up comedy.... 

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Lewis Black: Me of Little Faith

by Jonathan Wexler

While Lewis Black’s second book, Me of Little Faith, is no doubt funny, the Comedy Central favorite and veteran comedian’s collection of essays... 

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Flight of the Conchords: Self-titled

by Dylan P. Gadino

Ever since Jethro Tull beat out Metallica for the best heavy metal performance Grammy in 1989, the Recording Academy’s decisions have... 

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John Oliver: Terrifying Times

by Dylan P. Gadino

Skeptics leery of why John Oliver has landed a one-hour Comedy Central special — arguably the current holy grail of a comic’s resume —... 

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Bobby Collins: Mr. New York

by Dylan P. Gadino

Half way through his latest album, Bobby Collins thankfully crosses the line of what’s appropriate— even in terms of... 

Unfortunately, most of the material on Mr. New York fails to reach that level. Rather, a smattering of hard laughs are weighed down by jokes that desperately want to be different, to have bite and guts, to be a bit shocking but, alas, are simply pedestrian.Too often, Collins tries to find the funny in the obvious without adding much of a twist — EZ Pass lanes on the highway move faster than regular lanes – or he leans on tired topics for easy laughs, like Sen. Larry Craig’s gay bathroom misadventures.

Then there’s the kooky idea of Restless Leg Syndrome: “Are they just making up diseases to sell pills?” Collins asks. “Like WHS, wild hip syndrome? My wife’s got TTS[sic]: Titty Shake Sydrome.”

Throughout his set, his hometown Long Island crowd laps up just about everything Collins puts in front of them — funny or otherwise — often times screaming out “Bobby!” and cackling at pandering-to-the-locals nonsense one-liners. No doubt, the veteran comic has been tenured.

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