Category: live comedy

Is Neal Brennan the Funniest Joke for Joke Comic?

This material we saw live is the same material in Neal Brennan’s new special, Blocks, released today on Netflix. I saw this material live at the Den Theater in Chicago in July. What Unacceptable Is: Because of the serious and emotional weighty nature of Three Mics and because Unacceptable premiered on broadway and seemed more…

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The Goddamn Comedy Jam Celebrating the DC Improv’s 30th Anniversary

Standup can be revelatory, poignant, powerful, take you on a rollercoaster of emotions, make you feel uniquely and genuinely seen, and can make a political point clearer than the most academic white paper from the most high-profile think tank. The Goddamn Comedy Jam is and does none of those things because it is too busy…

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