July 25, 2015
Dr. Jonathan Katz intro'ed his friend Andy Kindler's annual State of the Industry Speech. Kindler's been taking on the industry's sacred cows for nearly 20 years at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival and it's always a major event.
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July 24, 2015
So much news from Montreal! Gilbert Gottfried has a very strange OCD, Jeffrey Ross has an audience member forcibly removed, and Bill Burr proves that I'm a pushover. And that's just for starters.
July 23, 2015
Yesterday was my first day back in Montreal for the 2015 Just For Laughs Festival and there's already so much to talk about I don't know where to start.
July 21, 2015
You probably recognize Wyatt Cenac from The Daily Show. Most people do. He was a standout correspondent on the show from 2008-2012, earning 2 Emmys and a WGA award along the way. But Wyatt is also an accomplished stand-up comedian, whose tone and subject matter certainly helped him land the gig, but go well beyond fake news stories pointing out the hilarious hypocrisy of political candidates or the actual news. The full spectrum of Cenac will be on display this week at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, as he performs a solo show called Furry Dumb Fighter at Cafe Cleopatra July 20-14.
July 15, 2015
The High Plains Comedy Festival announced today its final wave of performers and released the full Festival schedule. The new announcement includes the addition of 40 Denver-based comedians a special appearance by Ron Funches, who will be in town at Comedy Works recording his next album plus LA comedians Josh Androsky and Justine Marino. Along with previously announced Denver sons The Grawlix, comedians Troy Walker, Kristin Rand, Chris Charpentier, Haley Driscoll and Jim Hickox will all be making the trip to perform to their “hometown” audiences.
May 21, 2015
This week at the CW Network Upfront, Just For Laughs and the CW announced that they’ve signed a deal that will undoubtably continue expand the reach of the world's largest comedy festival.
May 19, 2015
Save these dates! August 20th to 22nd are the dates you need to set aside to get your ass to Denver for the Third Annual High Plains Comedy Festival.
May 6, 2015
This may sound like crazy pot talk, but Seattle doesn't have its own comedy festival.
May 5, 2015
In July, the comedy world heads to Montreal. It's the 33rd annual Just For Laughs Festival.
April 27, 2015
Who Has the Balls to Challenge the World Champion Judah Friedlander at Ping Pong?
April 26, 2015
Dr Katz Live at Moontower Comedy Festival was equally cool, bringing the therapy session segments - part improv game, part late night talk show appearance, part actual therapy - to Austin, minus the Squigglevision. It was also an easy way to catch a bunch of heavy hitters all on one show.
April 25, 2015
Whether you consider comedian/musicians part of the “comedy” or “oddity” section of Moontower, the festival is full of some of the best comedians who get their laughs via song.