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In a Village Voice article (December 31, 2015) by Brian McManus, two popular club comics Sam Morril and Sean Donnelly delineated the many types of comedians in New York City. One of them was "The Blogger Comic," whom they disparage as the person who takes "an academic approach to standup" and thereby takes "everything fun and interesting about it." I don't want to be that person. (As E.B. White, one of my literary heroes, once said, “Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.”) What I do hope to do, through sharing reviews, articles, videos, etc., is to introduce "the reader" - that's you, buckaroo - to whomever and whatever brings "the funny."
I'm also interested in learning more about people and things you find funny. If you've read a great biography or non-fiction or seen a documentary about a comedian or comedy-related subject, let me know.
On occasion, I'll put out a question or opine about the state of comedy, and I'll invite you to do the same.
Watch this space... and in the meantime, enjoy this musical interlude
with Dean Friedman.
