Randy Feltface, “Alien of Extraordinary Ability,” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
****1/2 (out of 5) Get ready to see Randy Feltface as you’ve never seen him before. And if looking at him is too much for …
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Zach Zucker, “Spectacular Industry Showcase,” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
**** (out of 5) Zach Zucker is wearing many hats at the Fringe. Zucker’s production company, Stamptown, is helping run multiple shows in Edinburgh this …
Continue ReadingChristopher Titus: “Carrying Monsters,” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
**** (out of 5) Titus, the FOX sitcom based on the life and stand-up comedy of Christopher Titus, went off the air 20 years ago …
Continue ReadingJordan Gray: “Is It A Bird?” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
****1/2 (out of 5) Sometimes it’s best to just take a recommendation from a Fringe performer and see someone else’s show sight unseen, without looking …
Continue ReadingWill Duggan: “Iceberg,” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
*** (out of 5) Will Duggan is angry. Angry that the world might be ending in his lifetime. Angry that his talents might not have …
Continue ReadingBriTANicK at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
***** (out of 5) For all of the ink spilled this year over whether TikTok stars (or Instagram comedians, or Twitter characters, or insert your …
Continue ReadingEmmy Blotnick: “The 30 Fragrances of Jennifer Lopez: A Show About Death, Betrayal and Financial Ruin,” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
**** (out of 5) After an initial experience at the Fringe in 2019, Emmy Blotnick became convinced she should return with her own one-person-show for …
Continue ReadingEpisode #360: Ahir Shah
Ahir Shah is a British comedian who was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017 and 2018. He has turned his 2019 touring show, DOTS, into his first proper televised comedy special, which debuted on HBO Max in 2021. Shah…
Continue ReadingEpisode #343: Rose Matafeo
Rose Matafeo is a comedian, writer and actor from New Zealand who began her comedy career at age 15. In 2018, her stand-up show Horndog won the top comedy prize at the Edinburgh Fringe, and she subsequently recorded Horndog in posterity for HBO Max in …
Continue ReadingJordan Brookes, Catherine Cohen win top prizes at 2019 Edinburgh Comedy Awards
Congratulations to Jordan Brookes, winner of Best Show at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and to Catherine Cohen, this year’s Best Newcomer winner! I sat down with Cohen this summer in San Francisco at Comedy Central’s Clusterfest, and …
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