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The Lonley Island’s Top 5 Comedy Albums

Spin Magazine today has an interview with The Lonely Island and their choices for the top 5 comedy albums. The quick rundown is: 1. Tenacious D – Tenacious D 2. Spinal Tap – This Is Spinal Tap 3. Weird Al … Continue reading

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Rock N’ Roll Is The New Comedy

Just ran across this article from the Guardian about the presence of musical comedy at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.  Something I love to see, of course.  http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2010/aug/24/edinburgh-musical-comedy The author names a bunch of comics whom I’m not familiar with, but … Continue reading

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Bo Burnham Wins Panel Prize at Edinburgh

20 year old musical comedy YouTube phenom Bo Burnham has won the Foster’s Edinburgh Panel Prize for his show “Words Words Words” at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. http://edinburgh-festivals.com/viewnews.aspx?id=2188 http://www.comedyawards.co.uk/2010_winners.asp I’ll reserve my comments on Bo because I’m apparently in … Continue reading

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AMP’d Musical Comedy Show at Just For Laughs Montreal

Sean over at the Comic’s Comic just posted a great review of the AMP’d show at Just For Laughs.  Instead of paraphrasing, I shall just link to it… I think the most interesting thing is the breath of musical comedy … Continue reading

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