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Nov 21
- Robin Williams DAR Constitution Hall, 8 p.m.
  It’s tough to name a comedian-actor more polarizing than Robin Williams, whose frenetic, impossibly ...

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feature Remembering why we like Robin Williams

Hey, remember when Robin Williams was awesome?

by Chelsea Bauch

November 20, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Neil Hamburger laments the “great entertainers”

"When James Dean died, if you’d come out with a joke about that you'd go to jail! Michael Jackson dies and you don’t have a joke, you go to jail."

by Scott Gordon

November 12, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Broken Lizard's Kevin Heffernan

For $20, he'll call you a chicken-fucker. For about that price, you can see his sketch troupe at George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium.

by Kyle Ryan

November 10, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Found Footage Festival

A founder of Found Footage talks about Alaskan exercise videos, Hulk Hogan, and a male pleasure device called the Venus II.

by Andy Battaglia

November 3, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature How to win fans and fill arenas like Dane Cook

All it takes are these four quick and easy steps. (Only one involves being funny.)

by Steven Hyden

November 3, 2009 | 12:00am -
Contest Win tickets and meet-and-greet passes to the Broken Lizard comedy troupe

Tell us a good story and win stuff. It's that easy.

by A.V. Club Staff

October 29, 2009 | 12:00pm -
Interview Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black have issues

"Our arguments are always creative; they’re never personal. If I have to break his knee or something, that’s just business."

by Steve Heisler

October 28, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature Weekend Agenda: October 23-25

by Matthew Borlik

October 23, 2009 | 2:01pm -
Interview Mary Lynn Rajskub doesn't hate her baby...any more

Mary Lynn Rajskub talks about the difference between comedy and drama acting, Gail The Snail, and why she hated her newborn baby.

by Chris O'Connell

October 23, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview A.D. Miles likes getting nasty

"I’ll admit it’s a huge crutch, but I do get some sort of delight in being a little crude."

by Jen Girdish

October 23, 2009 | 12:00am -

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a.v. Comedy picks

No picks today, but still plenty to do! View the full calendar.

Nov 21
- Robbie Fulks Jammin' Java, 7 p.m.
  Robbie Fulks was introduced to many as an alt-country smartass, thanks to songs like “She ...
  
  Robin Williams DAR Constitution Hall, 8 p.m.
  
  Puma Libre, Girl Loves Distortion, and Noon:30 The Velvet Lounge, 10 p.m.
Nov 22
- Skinny Puppy and Vverevvolf Grehv 9:30 Club, 10 p.m.
  Skinny Puppy has long been exalted as industrial demigods for its punishing electronics and effects-processed ...
  
  The Short Films Of Osamu Tezuka Freer Gallery of Art - Meyer Auditorium, 2 p.m.
  
  Heavy Trash and Elliott Brood DC9, 9 p.m.
Nov 23
- Metric Rams Head Live, 7 p.m.
  It took a solitary excursion to Buenos Aires for Metric lead singer-songwriter Emily Haines to ...
  
  Bebel Gilberto 9:30 Club, 6 p.m.
  
  Cub Country and Velvet The Black Cat Backstage, 9 p.m.
Nov 24
- El Ten Eleven, Nvrmnd, and Ten Elevenths Ottobar, 8 p.m.
  It generally takes more than two people to create bloated, pretentious post-rock, so L.A ...
  
  R. Kelly DAR Constitution Hall, 8 p.m.
  
  Ambition Burning, Admiral Browning, and Across Tundras The Velvet Lounge, 9 p.m.
Nov 25
- Matisyahu and Trevor Hill Sixth And I Historic Synagogue, 8 p.m.
  At his most pared-down, Matisyahu is “an American Hasidic Jewish reggae musician,” but the Brooklyn-based ...
  
  Themselves, Eyedea And Abilities, and Educated Consumers The Rock And Roll Hotel, 9 p.m.
  
  The Shining AFI Silver Theatre And Cultural Center, 9:20 p.m.
Nov 26
- Some Like It Hot AFI Silver Theatre And Cultural Center, 7 p.m.
  Long before Tootsie, and eons before such derivative drivel as Sorority Girls, Billy Wilder blessed ...
Nov 27
- The Mountain Goats and Final Fantasy 9:30 Club, 8 p.m.
  The Mountain Goats is an omnibus name for the musical wanderings of John Darnielle, a ...
  
  The Room Landmark E Street Cinema, 11:59 p.m.
  
  Wizzard, Sinbad, Cherry Smash, and Road Ducks Jaxx, 8 p.m.