The Latest in Comedy

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  Calendar: Dec. 13-19

  Our rundown of shit to get into in and around Philly all this week.

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  Five questions for the funnyman

  Ahead of his upcoming Helium stop, we caught up with comedian Jim Norton

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  ‘Enjoyable and edifying:’ That’s Nick Offerman who’s bringing his schtick to The Met on Nov. 2

  Nick Offerman is nothing if not familiar. Not because you know his hearty voice and demeanor from television ("Parks & Recreation," "Good Omens"), film ("The Founder") and stage shows with his wife, Megan Mullally. When you hear from him, Offerman is the soul of an honest, good, fun, smart and plain-spoken America —...

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  Comedian TJ Miller on the loneliness of the movie biz and how social media has ruined us all

  Some comics can crack you up with few words. Others will carry on for some time, saying anything for even a snicker. 

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  Seriously funny: Che Guerrero, Philly’s LatinX comic gets ready for his close-up at Punch Line

  Che Guerrero has always had a great knack for conveying one of his signature jokes about being undocumented for over 20 years with an awesome escape story. One of my favorites goes a little something like this: “I got here courtesy American Airlines/I watched ‘Erin Brokovich’ my whole way for freedom.”

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  Despite being on the popular HBO show, Insecure is the one thing comedian Amanda Seales is not

  Give Amanda Seales credit. 

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  Girl, you funny: Comedian Hannah Gadsby on ‘Nanette,’ ‘Douglas,’ and comedians’ bad feelings

  The woman who created the most talked-about, argued-about and thinkpiece'd-about comedy special of 2018 has a new show, and she's bringing it to the Kimmel Center later this month."Nanette," a years-in-the-works stage show from Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby, was produced as a Netflix special that debuted last year. And once it did,...

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  Jokes on you if you haven’t heard comedian Chris Distefano, who just KO’d Punch Line Philadelphia

  To look at Chris Distefano you’d never know – and he’d never readily tell – that he’s completely kicking 2019’s ass right now.The Staten Island comedian just wrapped up a three-night headline appearance at Punch Line Philly over the weekend as part of a nationwide comedy tour. He also inked a deal...