- John Stoehr
Arts Editor
There's more to art than you think. It's not just theater, paintings, books and dance. It's the enterprise of human creativity and it takes vastly different shapes and forms. Here you'll find my thoughts about the arts in Charleston and beyond. Neither of us knows what to expect.
Category Archives: Comedy
Barking seals gave me cramps
January 18, 2008 – 10:50 am
The Harvard Sailing Team made a lot of friends last night at the Charleston Comedy Fest. And after we had recovered from our fits of hilarity, we were invited to vote for the New York ensemble. They’ve been nominated for Best Sketch Comedy Group by the city’s ECNY Awards. To win one of these is [...]
Big night of laughs tonight
January 18, 2008 – 10:10 am
Good lord! there’s a lot of comedy tonight. The Harvard Sailing Team and Maximum Brain Squad knocked us out last night at the CBT King Street Studios and there’s even more tonight. Check it all out here and here. How do you choose with so much to choose from? Beats me, my friend. I’m in [...]
Harvard Sailing Team
January 17, 2008 – 12:55 pm
Here’s an extended version of this week’s profile of the Harvard Sailing Team, the improv team from New York that uses “Ivy League humor.” They performed at last year’s Piccolo Spoleto and again tonight. —J.S. |
Harvard Squares
No poopy, sexy, farty jokes, please
By Kinsey Labberton
Harvard Sailing Team
Thurs. Jan. 17, 8 p.m.
Fri. Jan. 19, 8 p.m.
Charleston Ballet [...]
Payback for Kenny Z, fart sounds included
January 17, 2008 – 12:37 pm
A lot of people were upset when the Storm & Kenny Radio Show with Stupid Mike got the ax when 96 Wave went away and Chuck FM took its place. It was a great show that many Charlestonians loved, including Kenny Z, one of the hosts. Last night at the amateur stand-up comic contest (which [...]
Tonight at the Comedy Fest
January 17, 2008 – 11:24 am
Here’s what’s on tap for tonight. Here’s the complete info page. Peace out - J.S.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17
8 p.m. Big Dicktionary (R)
Timmy Finch and John Brennan break all the comedy rules in this fast-paced improvisation
Where: Theatre 99
Tickets: $8
8 p.m. Harvard Sailing Team (PG)
Squeaky-clean, intelligent [...]
Comedy Fest: Business update
January 17, 2008 – 11:18 am
This is the biggest comedy fest in the five-year history of the event if Wednesday’s tally is any indication. The festival is in effect two days ahead, selling as many tickets by mid-week as it did by the Friday of the 2007 festival (does that make any sense at all?). Given that it was a [...]
Smart humor wins the night
January 17, 2008 – 11:09 am
My personal favorite at last night’s contest between amateur comics during the Charleston Comedy Festival was Martin H.
He was dirty, real dirty. But he was good, too. Dirty humor can go so, so wrong. Case in point is many of the other comics, who obviously felt dropping an f-bomb here and body part there was [...]
You Never Give Another Man Olives
January 17, 2008 – 10:50 am
Maybe he was a mad genius and none of us caught on. Or maybe he was just mad. Anyway, one of the strangest and strangely intriguing moments at last night’s contest between amateur stand-up comics (to kick off the Charleston Comedy Festival) was this guy.
I don’t remember his name. I don’t remember what he was [...]
The Funniest Person in Charleston Is . . . .
January 17, 2008 – 10:42 am
Billy Anderson. He won last night’s cage match between the best and brightest amateur stand-up comics in the city at the Charleston Comedy Festival kick off. It was stiff competition for the most part. Comic styles range of cutesy understatement to dirty and raunchy to just plain strange.
There were comics who preferred the set-up one-liners [...]
Your Daily Vid: Hot Sauce
January 11, 2008 – 12:35 pm
Way before Borat, there was the Serbian basketball instructional video made famous by comedy team Hot Sauce. The trio has gone on to work with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and Saturday Night Live. They perform at the Charleston Comedy Festival next week. For everything you want to know about the comedy festival, click here.
