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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 >>

Joker’s Wild

​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 >>

Patriotapalooza!

​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 >>

Pretty Player

​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 >>

Incoming: Lucero, B.B. King, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Sebadoh, Keith Sweat

Who wasn't twisted over Keith Sweat circa 1996?​There's no formal way of choosing which artist to write about for any given week's incoming shows. I usually just pick the one that jumps out at me and makes me harken back to the days when MTV actually played videos -- good videos. That's why K ... More >>

Kevin Smith Discusses Southwest Airlines, Razor Dildos, George Carlin, Green Hornet and More

Kevin Smith on George Carlin: He only wanted to be an actor, but no one would give him a big role.​I had a really good time talking to writer/director/actor/unrivaled geek icon Kevin Smith for this week's music section. Such a good time, in fact, that I couldn't fit all of the worthwhile, oft-prof ... More >>

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 >>

Cracking Wise

Laugh for a good cause at Forbidden

Neil Hamburger's Advice to the Youth of Tempe in Video

​Neil Hamburger has been referred to as "America's Funnyman," "the world's 'worst' stand up comedian," and as having a sense of humor "dryer than the Sahara." Full of awkward moments, the fictitious anti-comedian alter ego of Gregg Turkington (who did in fact live in Tempe for some time) come ... More >>

Bone Daddy

Full House alum still has a thing for kids – college kids

David Cross Coming To Orpheum Theatre September 23

Phoenix's best theater is getting a little more use: Arrested Development star David Cross will perform at downtown's beloved Orpheum Theatre on September 23.Cross is best known for his role as Tobias Funk on the Emmy winning Fox comedy, but began is career performing stand-up in his hometown of Atl ... More >>

Saturated Phat

He cheated on LCS. He does Bush. He’s still cool.

Urban Legend

Our decoder ring says: Great show

Urban Legend

Our decoder ring says: Great show

Roots Seller

Can once-great Dane return to form with more-mature approach?

Concert Calendar for This Weekend: Billy Joel, Elton John, JFA, Mega 104.3's Spring Jam, and More

The Lives of Famous Men are scheduled to perform tonight at Chyro Arts Venue in Scottsdale. As music editor Martin Cizmar mentioned in his post earlier today, the slate of concerts scheduled to go down from tonight until Sunday kinda pales in comparison to the overwhelming assortment of superstars ... More >>

Concert Calendar for this Weekend: NOFX, Avenged Sevenfold, Buckcherry, Goblin Cock, and More

Bay area punkers NOFX are scheduled to perform on Saturday at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe. We'll give you three guesses as to why there's only one concert listed on Sunday (and the first two don't count). As music editor Martin Cizmar reported earlier this week, no one wants to compete with the A ... More >>

The D List

Topnotch standup suffers from fame recognition

Seoul Sister

Topnotch standup suffers from fame recognition

Murphy’s Law

Everything that can go right has gone right for Eddie’s bro

New Times' top DVD picks scheduled for release this week

Everything that can go right has gone right for Eddie’s bro

Die Laughing

Everything that can go right has gone right for Eddie’s bro

Geekology 101

Judd Apatow explains himself

New Times' top DVD picks for the week of February 6

Judd Apatow explains himself

Laugh Factory to Seinfeld: Cough Up the Bucks, Bubee!

Judd Apatow explains himself

Fools Gold

Page against the machine

Bong Show

Dave's not here, man

Cho 'Nuff

Standup won't lie down

Kid Capri at Myst

Rare chance to shake it with hip-hop giant

Surf Paradise

Dick Dale catches a wave to the Rhythm Room

Sykes 101

Wanda brings "Cotton T-Shirt" tour to Valley

Whores Truly

Desert Stages musical puts the 'ho in hoedown

Bob Almighty

Bob Saget shrugs off his wholesome image in "R-rated" standup act

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The Paper Heart

Tome Sweet Tome

Overdue book inspires paper chase at ASU West

Foul Play

Comedy brings stage fright to the fore

Chicano and the Man

Ralphie May isn't Latino, but he's plenty loco

Back to School

Judd Apatow's Freaks and Geeks grow up, more or less, and move to a dorm

Emasculinity

The comedy of The Man Song's Sean Morey

Whose Night Is It Anyway?

Wayne's world sandwiches the Hall of fame at Tempe Improv

Love Is a Many Splintered Thing

Romantic comedy at the Tempe Improv

Standout Standup

Spike Lee catches white-hot black comics in The Original Kings of Comedy

Standup/Sitcom

Spike Lee catches white-hot black comics in The Original Kings of Comedy

Plan 9 From Garry Shandling

Earthlings beware What Planet Are You From?

Humor Resources Director

Earthlings beware What Planet Are You From?

Recordings

Earthlings beware What Planet Are You From?

Offender Bender

Earthlings beware What Planet Are You From?