“They wanna hear the thanksgiving song! All right..” “This is uhh, This is the Thanksgiving Song” “I hope you enjoy it.” [Starts playing] Love to eat turkey Love to eat turkey [Shout from Crowd:] “I love you Adam!” [Adam Sandler:] “Ohhh, I love y[...]
Archive for the ‘Comedy’ Category
November 20th, 2010 - 8:22 pm § in Comedy, Music - Live Review
Review: Tim and Eric bring an awkward Chrimbus to Minneapolis
Special guest review by Doug Hamlin, who would like the Internet to bring him a sandwich. Typically when I am at the State Theatre, it is to buy tickets for a show at the Orpheum across the street. So I tried to remember what the last actual performance I saw at the State was, and [...][...]
October 28th, 2010 - 1:49 pm § in Comedy
Tim and Eric Awesome Tour, Great Job! Chrimbus Spectacular coming to Minneapolis!
The duo will be performing in Minneapolis on November 17th at State Theater. The tour will include opener sketches, short films and comedy as well as their band Pusswhip Banggang and opener Neil Hamburger. Here they are explaining Chrimbus on Jimmy Kimmel Live:[...]
March 29th, 2010 - 7:15 am § in Comedy
The Very Special World of Joseph Larkin is…special
I popped in the The Very Special World of Joseph Larkin comedy album the other morning on the way to work and found myself sitting in the parking ramp having what NPR calls a “driveway moment” – but not because it was funny. Not at all. The first cut on the album was an unreal [...[...]
This is a contest: Demetri Martin and Sarah Silverman
Time to update the DVR. Sarah Silverman and Demetri Martin’s shows are now back to back on Comedy Central’s Thursday night line-up starting at 9 central. Martin’s show just kills me with his giant paper pad and Captain Obvious observations. Silverman is the rudest 40 year-old I kno[...]
Lamb Lays with Lion Presents: SPIT
more info here.[...]
August 6th, 2008 - 8:56 pm § in Album Reviews, Comedy
Lewis Black : Anticipation
Oh Lewis Black, you angry little man. Last week I spun this album on a drive from Des Moines back home to Minneapolis by myself, and increasingly found myself feeling much better about my life. On Black’s new live album, Anticipation (Comedy Central Records), the typically frantic and frenzied[...]
April 14th, 2008 - 11:27 pm § in Comedy
Interview with comic Paul Mecurio
This week I had the opportunity to interview comedian Paul Mecurio, who has shows coming up at Acme Comedy Club Thursday, April 17 through Saturday, April 19. Mecurio is an Emmy and Peabody award-winner, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart writer, Bob & Tom Radio Show frequent guest and NYT Magazin[...]
