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Comedy Festering

Best of MY Fest

Well, no one's laughing now. Not because they're not interested in a good chuckle, of course; simply because the 8th annual funny fest is finished and all involved, from organizers to performers to audiences members, probably just need a nice long rest. ONLINE | 21/04/2009 9:36 AM | 1

Saturday night’s ... well ... all right

Maybe it was a simple case of -- as discussed pretty much to DEATH in earlier posts -- the choices made. As it was, my Saturday night at the comedy fest was a bunch of just OK that ended with a crescendo of hot-and-sweaty, unrepentently dark and dirty WOW. ONLINE | 19/04/2009 4:55 PM | 0
Debaters 2: This time, it’s personal....

I hate to miss a taping of The Debaters anytime anyway, because they’re so darned much fun, but Sunday afternoon’s wrap-up edition of this fest’s filibusterathon was a must-see for me because one of its topics hit quite close to home: Should we be sad that newspapers are disappearing? ONLINE | 19/04/2009 5:42 PM | 1
There's just no debating it...

Based on the fun level at Saturday afternoon's taping of The Debaters, I wish I could advise you to grab tickets for Sunday's follow-up session as quickly as you can. ONLINE | 18/04/2009 5:28 PM | 0