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On the Town - Boston

April 2010

Published in :: On the Town

So a Guy Walks Into a Bah …

THE CITY THAT TURNED OUT POPULAR COMEDIANS LIKE CONAN O’BRIEN AND DANE COOK CONTINUES TO BREED A FUNNY SET, WITH YOUNG TALENT POURING OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY SCENE AND ESTABLISHED ACTS TOURING THE LOCAL CIRCUIT. HERE, A FEW OF BOSTON’S TOP JOKESTERS TRY TO EARN SOME LAUGHS.

COMPILED BY CARA BAYLES

“People are surprised when I have a Boston accent, which is a weird reaction to get when you’re in Boston. That’s like going to an apple orchard and saying, ‘Oh my God, there are apples here! And they’re just like the apples you see poorly depicted in the movies.’”
-STEVE MACONE

“It’s hard being the only
attractive person on the Blue Line.”
-JENNY Z

“I’ve got one brother that went to Harvard; he’s a lawyer. My other brother went to MIT; he’s a doctor.
If it weren’t for the fact that my sister is a Yankees fan, I’d look like a real screw-up.”
-ANDREA HENRY

“Boston’s the type of place where you say to someone, ‘My family’s been here since 1920,’ and they say, ‘So you’re new in town.’”
-JEFF GREENWALD

“If New York is the city that never
sleeps, then Boston is the one keeping it up.”
-KELLY MACFARLAND

 

 

KNOCK KNOCK! WHO’S THERE?

A FEW PLACES TO SEE LOCAL COMEDY ACTS.

MOTTLEY’S COMEDY CLUB
61 Chatham St 877-615-2844; www.mottleyscomedy.com
This small venue in the Trinity bar basement sticks with mostly traditional stand-up acts and also hosts monthly Mortified showcases, where comedians read hilariously embarrassing entries from their childhood diaries.

IMPROV BOSTON
40 Prospect St, Cambridge 617-576-1253; www.improvboston.com
Every Wednesday in April, you can see sketches and acts by the Comedy Lab, including Discount Shakespeare: As You Like It in 45 minutes and Magic and Misdemeanors, performed by magician/ comedian Andrew Yakoobian.

COMEDY STUDIO
1238 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge 617-661-6507; www.thecomedystudio.com
This humor hotspot sits above the Hong Kong restaurant, so you can enjoy crab rangoon while watching stand-up shows Wednesday through Sunday. Steve Macone performs on April 22, and this month’s resident comic is Jenny Z.

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