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Arrested Development: Five most wonderfully awkward themes in the first three seasons
May 23, 2013 in Show and Tell
While some TV series like The Office, Lost and The Simpsons carried on long after they lost the magic that originally captivated us, Arrested Development remained a razor sharp comedy...
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The Dairy Center developing a standup comedy scene in Boulder
May 22, 2013 in Show and Tell
James GoldWhile big-name comedy acts like Aziz Ansari will draw a large crowd in Boulder, getting a local comedy scene going in Colorado's hippie hamlet has faced some challenges --...
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Denver? T.J. Miller debuts a Fox comedy that looks DOA, and soon a Mike Judge collaboration
May 21, 2013 in Show and Tell
Denver native T.J. Miller can be a polarizing character in his hometown. Many in the comedy community see him as a local hero who's helped bring national eyes to the...
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R.I.P., Ray Manzarek: The Doors' keyboardist dies at 74
May 21, 2013 in Backbeat
R.I.P., Ray Manzarek (second from right) Possibly the most famous and influential keyboardist in the history of rock, Doors co-founder Ray Manzarek, died yesterday at age 74 from complications due to...
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Comedy Works New Faces competition begins this Wednesday
May 21, 2013 in Show and Tell
New Talent night begins May 22 and continues through October. If you want to join the ranks of the dozen or so local comics who have gone on to national recognition,...
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Ron White got personal in Denver about sex, pot and Osama Bin Laden on Friday
May 20, 2013 in Show and Tell
When a single spotlight illuminated the bottle of Black Grouse whiskey resting on a bar stool center-stage, the 2,800 people in the audience at the Temple Buell Theatre rose to...
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Comedian Bruce Vilanch on being more than a gay caricature
May 16, 2013 in Show and Tell
Comedy writing pioneer Bruce Vilanch is bursting with gayness. One of the first openly gay comedians, he's known for his continuing role on Hollywood Squares and as a head writer...
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Harland Williams on Half Baked, Disney and improvising with the Farrelly brothers
May 15, 2013 in Show and Tell
Harland Williams and Ben Stiller in There's Something About Mary You probably remember him as the "grandpa's old cough medicine," urine-drinking cop from Dumb & Dumber, or the serial...
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Which version of The Office was better: U.S. or U.K.?
May 14, 2013 in Show and Tell
Overhearing two pop-culturists argue about this comedy series, you'd be forgiven for mistaking it for a debate over gun-control or Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Passions can run high...
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Comedian Josh Blue on the pros and cons of being an "inspiration"
May 14, 2013 in Show and Tell
Josh Blue will open for Ron White at the Temple Buell Theatre on Friday, May 17.There have been a handful of standup comics with cerebral palsy over the years, but...
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Ron White on gay marriage, marijuana and opening acts -- including Josh Blue
May 13, 2013 in Show and Tell
While many comics will play to their political or cultural bases, Ron White is virtually impossible to pin down to any one audience. First rising to fame through the Blue...
Do drugs make musicians more creative?
May 07, 2013 in Backbeat
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Marc Maron's new TV series will make you want to shoot yourself in the face
May 07, 2013 in Show and Tell
Marc Maron's new IFC series, Maron, premiered over the weekend and continues every Friday at 8 p.m. MSTThe long-awaited autobiographical comedy Maron has finally arrived on IFC, bringing all the...
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Comedy review: Chris Hardwick gets cozy in Kigurumi pajamas at Comedy Works
May 03, 2013 in Show and Tell
Chris Hardwick is performing five shows at Comedy Works May 2-4."Normally, whenever I'm doing a show, I like to find out what people do for a living. Should there be...
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Comedian Chris Hardwick on hipsters, sobriety and the true meaning of being a nerd
May 01, 2013 in Show and Tell
Chris Hardwick will perform five shows at Comedy Works May 2-4.In 2013, being called a nerd isn't the insult that it once was. Practically no one uses the term negatively...
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Obama talks getting stoned and Conan rips GOP at D.C. Correspondents' Dinner
April 30, 2013 in Show and Tell
Barack Obama trying on Michelle's bangs at the White House Correspondents' Dinner On Saturday night, Conan O'Brien took on hosting duties for the second time since 1995 at the annual...
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The ten best comedy events in May
April 30, 2013 in Show and Tell
Ron White performs at the Temple Buell Theatre on May 17. Now that we've finally eked our way into the warmer weeks of spring (fingers crossed), it's time to get...
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Anthony Jeselnik celebrates baby-death, bulimia and domestic violence at DU
April 29, 2013 in Show and Tell
Anthony Jeselnik performed two sold-out shows at DU on Saturday. The appearance of sociopathic dreamboat Anthony Jeselnik at the University of Denver's Newman Center Saturday was filled with unthinkable rape...
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The Grawlix's five best comedy shorts
April 26, 2013 in Show and Tell
For nearly two years the Nix Brothers and The Grawlix comedy team have been producing mind-burstingly good short films for the web that also screen each month at the Grawlix's...
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Anthony Jeselnik's five most deliciously offensive moments
April 25, 2013 in Show and Tell
Anthony Jeselnik will perform at the Newman Center Saturday, April 27.Between his standup performances and his Comedy Central show, The Jeselnik Offensive, handsome asshole Anthony Jeselnik has slapped the PC...
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Impulse Theater benefit raises funds for comedian Mara Wiles's mounting medical bills
April 24, 2013 in Show and Tell
Beloved Denver comedian Mara Wiles has received a heartwarming amount of support from the local comedy community in the face of her battle with lupus. Leading up to her kidney...
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Comedian John Caparulo on being smart to appear dumb
April 24, 2013 in Show and Tell
John Caparulo will be performing six shows at Comedy Works.A lot of comedy audiences have an Us vs. Them attitude regarding what standups to like; they feel they have to...
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Amazon's new comedy pilots full of flops -- with the exception of Bill Murray and Grawlix
April 23, 2013 in Show and Tell
Amazon's political satire, Alpha House, debuted over the weekend, along with several stinkers, a few gems and the pilot of the Denver-based Grawlix sitcom, Those Who Can'tEmploying the tactic now...
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Andrew Orvedahl on Those Who Can't, the Grawlix pilot for Amazon
April 22, 2013 in Show and Tell
The Grawlix have been one of the brightest lights on the Denver comedy scene for a couple of years now, most successful comedy team not to come out of Denver...
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Black Eye Coffee wants to bring street art back to LoHi
April 19, 2013 in Show and Tell
Dustin Audet, Ali Elman and Gregory Ferrari, owners of Black Eye Coffee.In many pockets of Denver, there are visible connections to our city's past that are, with each passing year,...
