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Ex Congressman Does Open Mic, Stand Up NY, NYC Crime Report, and Justin Bieber’s Mom?

Ex Congressman Does Open Mic, Stand Up NY Goes Out Into the City, NYC Crime Report Goes Live, and Which Comedy Podcast Does Justin Bieber’s Mom Listen To?

The Florentine's, a Q&A , Corinne Fisher, and Some Editorial Thoughts About Dressing Respectfully

Jim Florentine’s Son Opens For Him at Book Release Party, Impractical Joker “Q” Does Q&A at Friars Club, Corinne Fisher Shares Her Experience With Bill Burr And Seinfeld, and Some Editorial Thoughts About Dressing Respectfully

50 Cent Talks Music and Comedy, J.B. Smoove Isn’t Leon, Dave Temple and Get a Free Book Download Today!

This past week and I went to a few new places and wound up with a lot of love for this column and The Interrobang.


Bill Burr, Ron Bennington, Plus News from Derek Gaines, Orny Adams and More

Mike Cannon is a permanent judge at all the Roast Battles at New York Comedy Club and he told me he’ll be taping his first hour special at NYCC on July 16th. It’ll be audio, but some bits will actually be animated for the internet. It’s being produced by 800 Pound Gorilla who also did Jeff Dye, Matt Ruby and which works with George Lopez and Jim Jefferies. He got to them after featuring for Pete Dominick and Pete encouraged him to do a special and turned him on to the producers. BTW, NYCC is undergoing renovations to make it even more comic-friendly. They’re building a new green room for the comics to hang out in before they go on, and also a cafe just for a cool hang so even comics not on the show have a place to chill. Should be awesome.