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Matt Braunger Is The Best

David DeanJuly 24, 2012

Matt Braunger is one of our all time favs, and is just killing it right now. "It" being life, bro. His new album "Shovel Fighter" (released July 17 on Comedy Central Records) is just ridiculous fun from beginning to end. He has been touring like a ma... Read More...

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Jackie Kashian Is Big Time Smiles

Deborah ThomasianJuly 20, 2012

If you are not yet a ranger of The Dork Forest, you soon will be. Please grab a comfy chair and familiarize yourself with TDF podcast's dorkdom purveyor, Jackie Kashian. Jackie has created a podcast that is 300+ episodes strong and ever increasing in... Read More...

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The Super Serious Experience

Deborah ThomasianJuly 5, 2012

Super Serious? Nope! More like Super Ironic! And for a very good reason. You would be hard pressed to find a funnier show in Los Angeles than The Super Serious Show, which combines the best standup, videos and sketch comedy. IN ADDITION you get the a... Read More...

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An Interview With The Sweetest Mad Man You’ll Ever Meet: Jon Daly

Deborah ThomasianMay 1, 2012

One word you would never use to describe Jon Daly would be "boring." If you have never had the pleasure of experiencing Jon's sketch comedy bravura, you have been denied for too long! A veteran of the UCB Theatre, Jon has delighted audiences from coa... Read More...

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An Interview With A Comedic Icon: Wendy Liebman

Deborah ThomasianMarch 19, 2012

This woman is no novice to the comedy scene. Wendy Liebman has been performing stand-up comedy for close to 20 years. I know! A graduate of Wellesley College, majoring in psychology, Wendy made the transition from mental therapy to comic relief. Some... Read More...

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Morgan Evans Talks ‘The Untitled Webseries’

Zhila ShariatFebruary 23, 2012

Web Series are all the buzz right now, which is a good thing because the buzz is good. Writers, comedians, and aspiring filmmakers are creating hilarious shorts that run together like full season sitcoms, in hopes of exposure, but also in hopes t... Read More...

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Abbey Londer & RIOT – LA’s Alternative Comedy Festival

David DeanJanuary 25, 2012

We love comedian, producer, and the all around lovely Abbey Londer. She is that rare being that creates for the sake of creating, for pure enjoyment, for everyone to have fun, for a community. Insert RIOT – LA's Alternative Comedy Festival. You will ... Read More...

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Rob Michael Hugel Hates Being Single, Loves Creating the Funny

David DeanSeptember 21, 2011

"Get it on paper, tell your friends, get people together, film it, edit it, and put it out there. Then you see the rewards." That really sums up actor, comedian and writer Rob Michael Hugel. Sometimes collaboration leads to many great things. Loo... Read More...

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Comedy Done Right: The Super Serious Show

Jake KroegerJuly 26, 2011

In the era of the smartphone and being horribly bored at work, comedy has largely become a commodity for those that need a laugh right at this very instant. Out of that, Funny or Die, College Humor, and many more online humor content providers have s... Read More...

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An Inspirational, Funny, Behind the Scenes Interview with Rob Riggle

David DeanJuly 21, 2011

It’s hard for me to explain how wonderful of an experience it was talking with actor/comedian/writer Rob Riggle. You know him from his stint on Saturday Night Live, his three years as a correspondent for The Daily Show, and multiple movies and shows ... Read More...

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And If You Don’t Know, Now You Know: Scott Aukerman

David DeanJuly 7, 2011

You might not realize it, but the majority of your favorite comedy today via: Internet, movies, podcasts, television, all great comedy in general, stems from the “alternative comedy scene” that really started to grow in the early to mid nineties. You... Read More...

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SO Best of Web Series: Broad City

David DeanJune 1, 2011

Each week for the month of June, Serial Optimist will post what we consider to be the best “web series” or “online comedy shows” or “really funny online comedic series” or “etc” over the past year. Most of the series we pick won’t be ones that went “... Read More...

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In-Depth Conversation & Big Smiles with Comedian Nick Thune

David DeanMay 11, 2011

You know Nick Thune right? He’s that guy with over 3 million Funny or Die views of his viral video “masturbation”, he’s the guy that made Jay Leno’s short stint on prime time worth recording then fast forwarding to only the sketches he was in, he’s t... Read More...

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Kumail Nanjiani Will Make You Laugh Hard

Zhila ShariatMay 10, 2011

You’ve heard the same old story before: Born and raised in Pakistan, never seeing comedy once until moving to Iowa to attend college at 18, and being deathly shy, is the road comedian Kumail Nanjiani took to becoming now one of the most sought after ... Read More...

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