David Spade

In Hotel Transylvania, a Comic Dracula Still Kills

Top 5 Things to Do This Weekend

​If you've pulled out of your lingering calorie coma and haven't been trampled by eager, deal-hungry shoppers, here are your best bets for riding out the rest of Turkey Day weekend. David Spade @ Stand Up LiveWe read somewhere that laughter burns calories. Get a humor workout when David Spade, the ... More >>

Snark Attack

Pablo Francisco Talks Bourbon Street Circus, Millrats, Frank Caliendo, and Country Music

​It's kinda tough to be a stand-up comic from Arizona. No matter how successful and funny you might be, you'll always have to measure up the king of locally grown comedians, David Spade. Pablo Francisco, however, has done his best at giving the former Saturday Night Live performer a run for h ... More >>

Vagabond Ballroom Converting to Anderson's Fifth Estate

Anderson's Fifth Estate is back. ​ Longstanding Valley club Anderson's Fifth Estate is set to return, says club owner Tom Anderson.The club was known as Anderson's from 1982 to 2007, when it became Club Forbidden, then switched names to Vagabond Ballroom in November, 2010."We were trying to get ro ... More >>

(100) Days of Summer Films

CityScape Adds Giant Comedy Club: This is Not Another CityScape Joke

​When the Arizona Republic posted a story on April 1 about CityScape's adding a giant comedy club, I sorta figured it was an April Fools Day prank. Nope.Stand Up Live, a 17,000-square-foot space with 600 seats, will be located next to Lucky Strike Bowling on the second level of the project's weste ... More >>

What About Rob?

Funnyman Rob Schneider hits Tempe

The Pelican Sticks a Fork in Nova M, Finds Out if Obama is a Red, and Logs On to Grant Woods' Web Cast

Grant Woods, the Internet Jay Leno?

from www.grantwoods.com Don't quit that day job just yet, Grant. You know, power-brokerin' 'n' stuff... I don't think Carson Daly or Jay Leno'll be breaking a sweat over this one any time soon, but I just got a little promo e-mail in my in-box announcing the launch of ex-Arizona Attorney Gene ... More >>

Concert Calendar for This Weekend: The Non-All-Star Edition

The extreme metal freaks of Cradle of Filth are scheduled to perform on Friday at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe. As our blogger Yvonne Zusel noted a couple days ago, there's plenty of things to see and do in the Valley this weekend that have absolutely nothing to do with the hoopla surrounding the 2 ... More >>

David Spade Donates $100,000 to Phoenix Police Department for New Rifles

David Spade doesn't forget his roots. The former Valley resident cut a $100,000 check today to fund the purchase of new rifles for the Phoenix Police Department. In a news release, (reprinted below), police say Spade "had been made aware" of a program -- covered in a previous Valley ... More >>

Dec. 22 In Blogs: DMX, David Spade, Buzz Bites and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: DMX Extradited to Arizona; Rap Star Fugitive Cooling Off in Maricopa Co ... More >>

Firestorm Fest: It's the best lineup of crappy band names in the biz

It Girl

Welcome to the Cult of Katie Rose. Hope your liver can handle it

Easy Out

A zero on the board

Now Dirtier Than Ever

Jokers Wild

Making it big in the valley's comedy scene is no laughing matter

Lt. Nanny

Diesel fumes can't start this vehicle

Horse Senseless

Racing Stripes is strictly for kids. Actually, it's not for them, either

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Sleeper Hit

Tempe Little Theatre wakes George Washington

A Fan's Notes

Ideas that were forgotten but not gone in 2003

Sucks, Dickie

Just how does David Spade keep getting work?

Small Screen, Big Step

DEJ Productions tries to give 'direct-to-video' a good name

Retro Grading

Trying to remember the best in a forgettable year of film

Not Worth Saving

Trying to pass off gross-out gags as fantasy, Saving Silverman is a stink bomb

Llama's Boy

The Emperor's New Groove is a new groove for Disney, too

Brat Outta Hell

Only the devil could have possessed Adam Sandler to make such a bad movie, dragging half of Hollywood with him

Grrlll, Interrupted

Coyote Ugly's tavern toughies fail bar exam

Taco Shell Shock

Downtown Phoenix dining hasn't gotten much respect, historically

Flashes 04-27-2000

Don Wan

Valley-based infomercial czar Don Lapre has made millions selling his Money Making Secrets to late-night-TV viewers. So what's the secret behind his bankruptcy?

Thumber and Lightning

Indie Jerome's a jolting joy ride off the beaten path

Night & Day

February 11 - 17, 1999

Humor Resources Director

Letters

Spade in Full

Night & Day

April 16 - 22, 1998

Flashes

Calendar for the week

Dead Heads

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, and all of them drearily mindless

Pic Hits for the week