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Metro Staff on March 11, 2020
Norm Macdonald is a cult hero. Most die-hard fans know the oddball Canadian as the Weekend Update anchor who ruthlessly skewered everyone from Hillary Clinton to O.J. Simpson. Alas, much of Macdonald’s post-Saturday Night Live career saw aborted TV series or roles in toothless Hollywood comedies—ironic considering the dry-as-a-bone Macdonald can draw…
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Avi Salem on March 11, 2020
If you want to preview the shockingly honest, seriously self-deprecating humor that comedian Jenny Zigrino brings to the stage, look no further than her Twitter feed. There, you’ll find her dishing the latest updates about her Tinder flames (or lack thereof), political observations (could Voldemort actually be a viable presidential candidate?) and…
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While some comics lean on volume or a deadpan delivery, MADtv alumnus Bobby Lee is a certified goofball, unafraid to laugh at his own jokes. Lee’s standup is often punctuated by his inadvertent chortles, which only amplify the hilarity of his absurd and wild stories. Raised in San Diego, Lee’s laid-back sensibility…
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Metro Staff on February 26, 2020
Though he sounds like your average white American, there are clues to Gareth Reynolds’ heritage. Well… at least one: his name is Gareth. Being raised by English parents in Wisconsin has given Reynolds plenty of material to draw upon while onstage. Some of his funniest lines come at his father’s expense. “My…
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Anne Gelhaus on February 12, 2020
It’s hard to fathom how many “scenes from a hat” Ryan Stiles and Greg Proops have done, given that they’ve been appearing on Whose Line is it Anyway? since its original BBC incarnation in 1989. After more than 30 years of improvising comedy sketches for small screens on either side of the…
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Wallace Baine on February 4, 2020
For four seasons, he played the lovable (but more often unlovable) blowhard parasite Erlich Bachman on HBO’s Silicon Valley. So, there is no more natural environment to get the full-on T.J. treatment than in The Capital of Silicon Valley. Of course, Miller’s public image took a steep dive after he was accused…
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Anne Gelhaus on January 22, 2020
At the ripe old age of 25, Taylor Tomlinson has just started her second decade on the stand-up circuit. And like any good millennial, she’s embracing all the media available to help her along her career path. Besides being featured in shows on Netflix and making it to the Top 10 on…
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Matei Predescu on January 8, 2020
Before playing Darryl Philbin in The Office, Doug Judy in Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Matheson in Pineapple Express, Craig Robinson earned a master’s degree in education and was an elementary school music teacher in his hometown of Chicago. Now, he’s based out of LA and is a certified heavy-hitter on the stand-up circuit.…
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Matei Predescu on January 8, 2020
With a deadpan delivery and a look reminiscent of Mitch Hedberg’s, stand-up comic Dusty Slay is an expert at making light of uncomfortable situations. Raised in a trailer park in Alabama, Slay likes to poke fun at his experience of growing up poor, his many shitty restaurant jobs (he loves working them…
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