2014

International Comedy Festival in Milwaukee

[su_youtube url=”http://youtu.be/58yMnff5LRE”] The Milwaukee Comedy Festival, which runs from Thursday, Aug. 7 through Sunday, Aug. 10 is drawing comedy performers from across the country and even Canada. That means that once again the 9th annual festival is an international event. The Canadian representatives bringing the international distinction to the fest are the six-person comedy sketch team of

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Jimbo Jameson: Man, Myth and Mustache

[su_youtube url=”http://youtu.be/AGA5s6xPeUM?list=UUGGRtzGXpe37qM-_8xtIUFw”] This is how rumors get started. A caption on a photo accompanying an article on WisconsinGazette.com might suggest that Matt Kemple is the same person as Jimbo Jameson. In the article, Matthew Reddin reports on the 9th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival, Aug. 7-10. He writes: “What’s the funniest event in Milwaukee? Most comedy

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Milwaukee Comedy Fest intro: Cash Grab

[su_youtube url=”http://youtu.be/iJTiaHDMsk8?list=UUo0EzXdQG7Lo8i7K-XvtgGA”] Back again to make the Milwaukee Comedy Festival a truly international comedy festival is Cash Grab – a sketch comedy troupe based in Toronto. Members include Steve Gignac, Kyle McParland, Ashley Moffatt, Bruno Seiler, Ron Sider and Kyle Woolven. Ashley is the only woman. We just point that out because Ashley can be

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History of the Milwaukee Comedy Festival

[su_youtube url=”http://youtu.be/oC6c4LMUcRI?list=UUGGRtzGXpe37qM-_8xtIUFw”] The year was 2006. The 140-character Internet messaging service Twitter is launched. President George W. Bush signs a law renewing the anti-terrorist Patriot Act and includes a statement to Congress that he does not have to tell them how the law is being used. After singing about it for 48 years, finally, Paul

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Milwaukee Comedy Festival

Milwaukee Comedy Fest Intro: Matt Griffo

[su_youtube url=”http://youtu.be/QT6nQ0ayNO8?list=PL393EA67616DDF9C5″] Matt Griffo loves cookie dough, apparently. But decidedly, Milwaukee Comedy Festival goers love Matt Griffo. The nerdy, endearing musical comedian originally from Rochester, N.Y., has a knack of taking uncomfortable subjects, such as his grandfather’s racism, and putting them to clever lyrics in catchy tunes. Son of a musician, Matt initially taught himself

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Open Improv

Wednesday: Free Open Improv

[su_youtube url=”http://youtu.be/cskFXdtpj7o?list=UUGGRtzGXpe37qM-_8xtIUFw”] It’s that time of the every-other-week again when members of Sketch Marks comedy host a Free Open Improv at Milwaukee Comedy’s Arcade Theatre. The first Free Open Improv session drew a fun mix of veteran and novice improvisers who engaged in an hour of free-flowing impromptu acting. With your participation, the second session,

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Milwaukee Comedy Fest Intro: Rob Christensen

[su_vimeo url=”http://vimeo.com/80733750″ width=”480″ height=”340″ responsive=”no”] Like the Dodgers of baseball renown, Rob Christensen is based in Los Angeles but started in Brooklyn, N.Y. As his bio explains of Rob Christensen: “He’s been a skateboarder, rapper, graffiti artist, and Air Force Sergeant; but failing at all of that lead him to comedy. Rob’s inexcusable behavior as

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