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Just Rage: Comedian Bill Burr pulls back the curtain between his on- and offstage personas

Sigur Rós, Nine Inch Nails, Rancid, Hanni El Khatib and More in This Week's Show Announcements

Here again: every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention, followed by embedded YouTube videos; there, you can check out some of the artists you may not be familiar with. Page two contains our complete listing of new sho ... More >>

Comedian Bill Burr Explains His Love for St. Louis and What it Means to be a "Comic's Comic"

In this week's print edition we interviewed Bill Burr, a standup comic who writes a new hour after every special, tours internationally and is now breaking into acting just for the fun of it. As story-telling comics tend to be long-winded, it was impossible to fit the whole thing in the paper. Here' ... More >>

Jay Chandrasekhar Talks Writing Super Troopers, Starting Up In Standup Comedy

In this week's print edition we interviewed Jay Chandrasekhar: Director, writer and editor with the Broken Lizard comedy troupe (responsible for suck films as Super Troopers and Beerfest) and standup comic. Chandrasekhar had more to say than could fit in the paper; here is what wound up on the cutti ... More >>

Trooper Stupor: Jay Chandrasekhar's tireless work ethic

Jon Venegoni: RFT's 2013 Standup Throwdown Champion [VIDEO]

Treemen - A compound noun made up of the words tree and semen that is used to describe certain pollinating plants whose odor strongly resembles ejaculate. (These trees are in full bloom right now in St. Louis, btw.) The term above and its definition comes (ahem) courtesy of St. Louis comedian J ... More >>

Help Select St. Louis' Best Aspiring Comic

The Best St. Louis Comedy Shows in April

Jeremy Essig For those in search of laughter or curious about the on-goings of the comedy scene in St. Louis, we will be making monthly recommendations of shows in (and near) the city. From sure-thing-hilarious to fingers crossed, "Oh God! I hope this works," Funny Events is your connection to sket ... More >>

Life After 30 Rock: Judah Friedlander on being World Champion

Judah Friedlander Talks About Life After 30 Rock and Being the World Champion: Interview Outtakes

In this week's print edition we interviewed Judah Friedlander: standup comedian, "World Champion", and one of the stars of NBC's recently-wrapped sitcom 30 Rock. Friedlander is an exceptionally engaging and approachable interviewee, and as such we were unable to fit our whole conversation into the p ... More >>

The Best St. Louis Comedy Shows in January

For those in search of laughter or curious about the on-goings of the comedy scene in St. Louis, we will be making monthly recommendations of shows in (and near) the city. From sure-thing hilarious to fingers crossed, Oh God! I hope this works, Funny Events is your connection to sketch, stand-up, im ... More >>

The Best St. Louis Comedy Shows in December

For those in search of laughter or curious about the on-goings of the comedy scene in St. Louis, we will be making monthly recommendations of shows in (and near) the city. From sure-thing hilarious to fingers crossed, Oh God! I hope this works, Funny Events is your connection to sketch, stand-up, im ... More >>