There was no indication of anything but a tragic accident, but as France’s Notre Dame cathedral burned last month, Videodrome sleazebag TV exec turned real-life right-wing Twitter tumor James Woods tweeted “Whether by design or accident, the great and glorious history of Christianity is being eradicated from the face of the new Europe. #Heartbreak.” To […]
Zach Smith
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The annual Funniest Person in Oklahoma City competition will soon crown a new winner
The finals begin 8 p.m. Saturday at ACM@UCO Performance Lab.
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Comedy Fight League returns with a new home at VZD’s Restaurant & Bar
League host Josh Lathe said the show is establishing a new, regular time on the second Thursday of each month.
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Bricktown Brewery hosts the inaugural Freedom Music Festival on Saturday
The event benefits the Oklahoma City-based nonprofit Warriors for Freedom.
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Whether before, during or after a performance, booze is always nigh in comedy
Outside of concerts, nowhere is the consumption of intoxicating beverages by audiences and performers alike more prevalent nowadays than in live comedy.
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Comedian W. Kamau Bell is as much a truth-speaker as a joke-teller
Bell has made a name for himself as a sociopolitical comedian that blazes new trails through well-trodden territory.
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Boot Scootchin’ boogie
Smith is a burly, bearded dude (balding, too). In many ways, he resembles a disheveled Chris Pratt (TV’s Parks & Recreation). His appearance is important, but it’s not because his unique brand of comedy is in any way physical. Rather, it’s important because Smith’s tactics are largely of a self-deprecating nature. And what’s funnier than […]
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Twitter me this
What can you do with 140 characters? The common knock on Twitter is that the microblogging site is a wasteland of people describing their lunches, shamelessly self-promoting their businesses or begging for more people to follow them on Twitter. But comedian Blaine Bacon saw something else: regular, everyday people dropping one-liners that deserved to be […]
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Bam!
With a knack for voice impressions, acting chops and remarkable character inventions, comedian Maria Bamford easily could fill her time with television and film work. Instead, she keeps herself locked into the vicious, less lucrative world of stand-up comedy. It has its own rewards, however. “It’s immediate gratification,” Bamford said. “It only involves me showing […]