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The Danger Of the Studio Audience

March 8, 2010
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This week’s episode of The Comedy Nerds is filmed in front of a live studio audience. Okay, not really but we did discuss that strange beast known at as the studio audience. A group of strangers you can’t see who have been carefully primed to laugh and cheer at everything you say and do.

How do [...]

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Our California Dreams Have Come True!

March 5, 2010

Hey, remember that void left by Conan being off the air? Remember how we all need something awesome in late night to make up for the vortex of unfunnyness that is Jay Leno?  Well, I think after a year on the air Jimmy Fallon is finally proving he can be that awesome thing we need.  [...]

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Are Comedians Cool?

March 1, 2010
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This week we ask the question “Is comedy cool?” On one hand, a lot of cool people seem to like it, so that’s cool. But comedians do a lot of ridiculous, humiliating things. That’s not cool. Dan and Dustin will try to get to the bottom of it, while contemplating the cool paradox: if you [...]

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Joselyn Hughes – Comedy Foot Soldier

February 24, 2010

This week’s Comedy Foot Soldier, Joselyn Hughes has rocked all the big comedy scenes in the United States.  She started it all off in Chicago.  But  soon she was like, “I can go bigger” and headed to New York City.  Then she was like “I can go warmer!” and made the move out to LA.  [...]

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Known Homosexual Michael Hartney Betrays Us To Appear On Other Podcast

February 23, 2010

I guess we should have know we couldn’t have kept him for ourselves forever.
Friend of The Comedy Nerds, Michael Hartney is co-hosting a show at the UCB Theater NY along with the wonderful John Flynn. It will be this Saturday at midnight. You should go, unless you want to miss out on something awesome. It’s [...]

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Is Comedy Inherently Cynical?

February 22, 2010
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Conan said “don’t be cynical”.  That’s easy for him to say.  He’s got to host The Tonight Show and then got a check for a billion dollars to not host The Tonight Show.  What about the rest of us?  Comedy is so frequently about explaining how screwed up the world is that it seems only [...]

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