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Jay Boc starts a room
Hello stage time for comics.
by: Jay Boc

The Old Man and the Fart
I went and saw The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo today and it was a fine film. I noticed while waiting for the movie to start they tell you not to use your cell phone during the movie at least three times.
by: Bill Squire

The Professor Speaks II
Part I of this series on running a succesful open mic was on clarifying and understanding your own goals for starting a show. Now, we move on to the next challenge--in some ways the most important: finding a venue.
by: Jerry Jaffe

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COMEDY IN THE NEWS


Bumped?! In LOS ANGELES?! Surely, you jest!
The other mopey comic is T.J. Miller, who took his frustrations out via Twitter. He expresses outrage that Cook would bump comedians....

Hastily Made Funny Man
"You have no idea what a chubby little cash cow you are," Mike Polk says to his housemate.

Exclusive audio interview: Jim Norton talks Weiner, Tracy Morgan, addiction.
I sat down with comedian Jim Norton at his home on Sunday to catch up on all things current, where his career is headed and much more. We talked about New York Rep. Anthony Weiner's photo scandal, about Tracy Morgan's anti-gay tirade and about Jim's new projects, which may include a new book and a television pilot centered around Norton's sex addiction.

Greg Proops: The Punchline Magazine interview
How were the audiences down there in Australia compared to here in America, or even here in LA? They're with it. I think they're really good. I don't think the comics are at the LA level and I hope they wouldn't be mad at me for saying that. Some of them are, obviously; they're tremendous. I just think they're so many professional comedians in Los Angeles. Australia's only got 30 million people, but I thought the comics were quite good and I thought the audiences were really with it and keen. You know, they put me under a microscope, man. You get reviewed because you're an international artist and you come down and they fucking come to your show and write about it. So I got ripped a few times.

Inside and Out
Julia Scotti writes of her first time back onstage at The Comedy Works in Bristol, PA: I'm on. Thank you! It's good to be back.! A lot has happened in these last eleven years&let's see, I went back to college, got my degree, my parents died, upgraded my cable package&and oh yeah&I HAD A SEX CHANGE.

This weeks comic @ the Improv Very Funny Standup Comedy 2, (Michael Colyar)
by: Trevous32

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WHERE ARE THE LOCALS?
Wednesday 02/08/2012
Greg Smrdel The Funny Stop - Cuyahoga Falls, Oh
Thursday 02/09/2012
Mike Conley Arturo's - Brunswick, OH
Greg Smrdel The Funny Stop - Cuyahoga Falls, Oh
More Info
Upcoming local shows and open mics. To list your show Email Marv Conner

Last update 9 Jan. 2012

Please scroll Down for Big Dog Theatre Schedule!!

Open Mics

Sundays

Europe Gyro open mic, 107 S Depeyster Street in Kent. 8:00 pm Mixed media open mic.

Lyricists Lounge at the Sky Lounge, 115 East Market Street, Akron 9:30, mixed media open mic.

Comedy Cafe with Phoenix Black

Public Event ยท By Ricardo Phoenix Black HurtadoSunday, January 29, 2012.

Time 7:00pm until 8:30pm.

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Description

Come join Phoenix Black and some of the best of Cleveland's local comedians for a night of laughter and occasional silence! This is a new open mic night set in cool, casual and comfortable Cafe Ah'Roma , North Ridgeville, OH on 34173 Center Ridge Rd. If you want to try out material and practice, sit and enjoy the laughs or give it a try yourself, Comedy Cafe is the perfect stop for a lazy Sunday. Contact Phoenix Black for time or info!

Mondays

ChuckleF#*k at Bela Dubby, Lakewood, Madison at Chesterland Cleveland's longest running, smartest and best 8:00 pm, Email Ramon Rivas for stage time

Stone Tavern 110 East Main Street, Kent. 8:00 pm. Email Anthony Savatt for stage time

Tuesdays

Touch Supper Club! Contact Mike Ivy on Facebook...

Funny Stop Comedy Club always has something going on Tuesdays. Contact the club to get a 5 minute slot.

Uncle Milt's Crazy Comedy Showcase @ Wing warehouse

Eastlake, OH

Tuesday, January 17, 2012.

Time9:00pm until 12:00am.

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We're Back for another year of Uncle Milt's Crazy Comedy Showcase. Being the first show of 2012 it has to be big so we not going to have just 1 or 2 not even 3 but, 4 feature comics. plus a few guest spots thru the night. Plus lots of drink & food specials as normal. Also a pre birthday show for Christina Keith come by her shots & eat cake. Come Support Local Comedy

JAKE SOLOMON

LASHAWNA SMITH

AL BOOGIE

EDDIE EDEN

JERRY JAFFE

GAZ THE COMEDIAN

Improvisation open jam, with some of Cleveland's best improvisors. Bela Dubby, 7:30 to play, 8:00 pm to watch;

Wednesdays

The Vortex comedy show! Contact Shawn Boyd on Facebook!

NEW LISTING Eastside Comedy Zone at Toth's Place in Mentor. Every second and fourth Wednesday. E mail for stage time For more info call Boyce at 440-342-4223.

Euclid Tavern open mic, 8:30, Euclid Tavern, 11625 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Contact Dan Brown via Facebook

Thursdays Unsuitable Language comedy show 8pm Thursdays @ The Highland Square Tavern. Its ladies night Buy one get two drinks. Contact John Wellington via Facebook.

The BEST of BRUNSTUCKY Comedy Showcase.

Dates: 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, and 3/1. Eight openings each week. Top 2 advance to Best of show on 3/8. Top comic gets a paid spot on the 3/15 show.

Location: Arturos Bar and Grill at 1480 Pearl Road, Brunswick, OH

Showtimes: 8:00. Comics must arrive by 7:30 or risk losing their spot.

Sign-Up: Send an e-mail to jayboc@jayboc.com and type the word Brunstucky in the Subject box.

Fees: FREE sign-up for comics. FREE admission to shows for friends and family of the comics (except the 3/15 show).

Big Dog Theatre Schedule

Lon Jordon

WhenSat, January 7, 7:00pm  8:30pm

WhereBig Dog Theater (map)

DescriptionSketched!

Come celebrate the launch of Lon Jordan's new book "SKETCHED BY DESIGN!"

MUSICAL GUESTS include:

Humble Home (Folk Rock)

www.humblehome. bandcamp.com

Deejay Doc (Hip-Hop)

www.DeejayDoc.c om

Valerie Victoria (Acoustic)

http://www.yout ube.com/user/vg ravino09

***Special Hip-Hop performance by Lon Jordan

www.LonJordan.n et

Cost: $5 (Cash Only)

Doors Open @ 7pm

Concert Starts @ 7:30pm

Book-Signing @ 8:30pm

This event is for Adults 18 years & older!

No Big Dog Theater coupons will be accepted for this event.

TO GET your show or announcement in this column send your announcement to Email Marv Conner

OPP (Other People's Pages)
Why Patton Oswalt tore into an Audience member!
Patton Oswalts website crashed for a short time on Saturday morning. The reason? Too many thousands of his fans were clamoring simultaneously to read the comedians response to some pretty harsh words about him, which were posted the evening before on a local Los Angeles comedians Tumblr. That comedian, Barbara Gray, a self-professed fan (now, former fan) of Oswalts was pissed off. The title of her post: That One Time When Patton Oswalt Was An Asshole.

Which funny dude would you bang? Ty Burell, Kevin Hart, Seth MacFarlane or Joel McHale?
We don't know about you guys, but we're sick of female comedians constantly being objectified based on their looks. We think it's high time folks start objectifying funny dudes. Right? Right.

Laughspin presents the 10 best comedy albums of 2011
The end of the year is approaching fast, comedy fans. And so it's time to count down the 10 best comedy albums of the year. As in years past, this list represents the albums we feel were the strongest. Let it be known: there were more than 150 comedy albums released this year. Let it also be known, that since we launched in 2005 (when we were Punchline Magazine), there has never been a stronger year for quality stand-up albums. It was incredibly difficult to get this list down to 10.

Patrice O'Neal Remembered
Marc Maron's WTF podcast of Patrice O'Neil. Listen you won't be the same person afterwards.

It's the new hack!
The new, new hack. Trashing wildly popular comics and their fans! It's all the rage! And this time, the trashing comes with a twist: It's perpetrated by a comic! (Jason Serafino. We mention his name in passing.)