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“It’ll Be Good To Laugh”

Those were the oddly cryptic words my girlfriend said to me as we sat in anticipation for improvisational comedians Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood to take the stage on Saturday at the Wilbur Theatre.  Aside from sounding incredibly gloomy and making me feel as if I had just suffered a great loss, she was right. [...]

Whose answers are these anyway?

To many our age, Whose Line is It Anyway? comes to mind when one mentions improvisational comedy.  Drew Carey and his cast of comedians entered American homes and ushered in a new era of popularity for the genre. While Whose Line hasn’t aired since 2007, many still have fond memories of watching the show and [...]

Black Comedy

Finally, Michael Ian Black has arrived in what he calls “a proper city.”  Although some of the seats are empty, he is glad to be in Boston with a loyal crowd, rather than a sold out theatre full of people who’ve never heard of him. However, it is surprisingly hard to believe that Black isn’t [...]

Michael Ian Black: A Very Important Interview for a Very Famous Celebrity

Michael Ian Black has the indisputable right to be as arrogant as he wants, because, as you know, he is very, very famous.  Since 1993, he has covertly weaved his way through shows on VH1, MTV, NBC and Comedy Central, yet he never stays in one place.   His witty and nonsensical programs such as [...]

A farewell to The MUSE

Well, this is it. Last call. All the memories from the splitting migraine on my first day of classes freshman year (blinding pain had never felt so collegiate before) to my final testimonial in these pages that have given me a platform for my half-crazed and inane ramblings about the state and status of the [...]