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a.v. Comedy picks

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

Nov 20
- Tommy Johnagin and Michael Palascak Comedy Club on State, 8 p.m.
  St. Louis stand-up Tommy Johnagin proves it's possible to enjoy a night of observations ...
  
  Tommy Johnagin and Michael Palascak Comedy Club on State, 10:30 p.m.
Nov 21
- God's Pottery and Tim Harmston Project Lodge, 9:30 p.m.
  Armed with an acoustic guitar and a daffy little glockenspiel, the duo of Gideon Lamb ...
  
  God's Pottery and Tim Harmston Project Lodge, 7:30 p.m.

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Comedy features

Just Announced Bowerbirds, Grooms, Justin Townes Earle, Rodney Carrington, and more

Country-comedy and freak-folk on back-to-back nights? Thanks, January!

by Scott Gordon

November 11, 2009 | 12:00pm -
Just Announced Found Footage Festival to return to Madison on Dec. 12

The fest brings back more incredibly, unintentionally funny relics from VHS-land in an all-new show.

by Scott Gordon

November 10, 2009 | 3:55pm -
feature DirecTV ad shows that Chris Farley is still dead, David Spade is still an a-hole

The Madison native comes back to life to shill for a TV company.

by Steven Hyden

October 28, 2009 | 11:01am -
Interview Gallagher’s gourd and the fury

"I don't say the things on stage that I want to say; I say the things that I think the audience wants to hear and would enjoy."

by David Wolinsky

October 11, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature Tell it like it is: Comedian Mike Birbiglia's guide to better storytelling

"There are a lot of bad storytellers. A bad joke-teller can just abandon ship if a joke doesn’t go well. But as a storyteller, when you’re in the middle of a story, you’re in there."

by Steve Heisler

September 25, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature Just Announced: Future Of The Left, The Black Dahlia Murder, and more

Also: The BoDeans announce their annual holiday show, and Birds Of Avalon play The Frequency.

by Scott Gordon

September 2, 2009 | 12:00pm -
feature Gallagher and his sledge to spray the Majestic Theatre

Ready your finest poncho for an Oct. 15 show from the fruit-menacing comedy legend.

by Scott Gordon

August 26, 2009 | 11:50am -
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

August 16, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature Press Yourself: Tits on the moon!

What do comedy, this logo, and something called "ball dip" have in common?

by Scott Gordon

August 7, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature Just Announced: St. Vincent, Visioneers, Captured! By Robots, Cool Kids

Plus Po' Girl, comedy troupe Broken Lizard, and a bunch more acts headed to town.

by Scott Gordon

July 15, 2009 | 12:00pm -