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Sarah Colonna’s mother didn’t flinch when her daughter said she wanted to be a stand-up comedian.
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Geoff Keith helped Ashton Kutcher make bizarre videos, but he doesn’t yet have ‘Punk’d’ level recognition.
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Daniel Tosh isn’t quiet, but his rise up the comedic ladder has been a bit under the radar.
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Bret Ernst found his career path in the locker room where he made his teammates laugh.
Modified: 03/30/12 11:14:59 AMMaz Jobrani has appeared in “The Interpreter” and on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”
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After 20 years on the road, comic B-Phlat wants to lay off touring; she’s focusing on a one-woman show and writing books.
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The comedian will take the stage at Raleigh’s Goodnights Comedy Club this weekend, but he might pop up elsewhere in Raleigh and share his funny thoughts.
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For a guy whose on-screen persona is a character named Silent Bob, writer-director Kevin Smith sure likes to talk. A lot.
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'Portlandia," the IFC sketch-comedy show starring Fred Armisen ("Saturday Night Live") and indie rock stalwart Carrie Brownstein, was maybe the biggest surprise in television last year.
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Live music in Durham has ebbed and flowed over the years, but it's been on a definite upswing the past year and a half - and Motorco Music Hall, a 500-or-so-capacity club near the old Durham Bulls baseball park, is one of the key players.
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It's late Friday afternoon, and Tony Rock is in Shreveport, La. It's the first stop on the Royal Comedy Tour, a stand-up comedy roadshow that has him sharing the stage with seasoned heavy hitters Earthquake, Sommore, Bruce Bruce and Mark Curry.
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The North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival continues this weekend with Sketch Week, featuring performances from more than a dozen comedy groups both homegrown and imported.
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Mike Birbiglia can really tell a story. A ridiculously busy comedian, writer and actor, Birbiglia specializes in a storytelling style of comedy reminiscent of old-school performers like Bill Cosby.
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There was the good and bad of online dating for Andy Woodhull. The latter for the Chicago-based comic was the blatant fraud he encountered while attempting to find the woman of his dreams via the Internet.
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From the Children's Celebration to the "La Grand Roue de Paris," aka the Ferris wheel, here's your guide to what to expect and tips on how to make it a great time when you head downtown Saturday.
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Life as a math professor didn't add up for John Betz Jr. Sure, humor helped spice up the dry world of numbers, but while toiling as an instructor in Washington, D.C., Betz came to terms with the reality that teaching math was a job and stand-up comedy is his passion.
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