Kyle Kinane’s Shooting for Third tour 8 p.m. Sunday The Paramount OKC 11 N. Lee Ave. facebook.com/okccomedy $25-$30 “I’m 41, and my name is Kyle, which means I’m on borrowed time, man,” comedian Kyle Kinane told Conan O’Brien earlier this year. “Look, there’s no such thing as an old Kyle. … My name’s not in […]
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No laughing matter
Looking out at a room of 40 people, Dan Skaggs sighed and wondered if he was doing something wrong. His group, OKC Comedy, had brought Los Angeles comedian Brent Weinbach to town. When tickets to the March didn’t sell, they dropped the price to free. And they still drew only 40 people. “That was maybe […]
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Trust House Cheese
Throughout most of the 1970s and ’80s, Jim and Gloria Berkey, who owned the now-defunct store at the corner of N. May Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard, sponsored movies on TV with “Trust House Theatre” every Sunday night. The husband-wife team appeared during commercial breaks to trumpet — in their decidedly enthusiasm-challenged tones — sparkly for-sale […]
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Insane in the Kinane
For the past 12 years, he’s worked his way up the ladder, moving from Chicago to Los Angeles and leaving behind an office job selling gourmet cake decorations over the phone (which he likened to being a “toothless cog” spinning freely) and opening for comedy juggernaut Patton Oswalt. His debut record, “Death of the Party,” […]