PORTLAND — My last stand at this year’s Bridgetown Comedy Festival came via the world of long-form improv, a tightrope walk that can provide brilliance and failure in heaping helpings. Luckily, we were in the hands of a bunch of masters: ... [Read More]

PORTLAND — The appearance of Funny Over Everything on the schedule for the Bridgetown Comedy Fest comes as no surprise for local stand-up fans. The monthly event never fails to surprise and delight via some smart booking decisions (recent shows... [Read More]

As we capped off our comedy festivities at SXSW, The Laugh Button and Gotham Comedy Club got together to produce Robert Kelly’s Nasty Show. A special one night only stand-up comedy showcase chock full of no-holds-barred uncensored comedy. Robert Kelly hosted comedians Mark Normand, Matt Braung... [Read More]

Comedian Matt Braunger, formerly a star on MADtv and creator of the awesome comedy album Shovel Fighter!  posted on Tumblr yesterday that he’s been uninvited from performing at the Moontower Comedy Festival in Austin, Texas. Matt believed he co... [Read More]

Large scale festivals, whether it’s music or film, have been making it a point to have a stellar accompanying comedy lineup. This year’s SXSW festival will certainly not disappoint. While the blogosphere may be obsessed with whatever new hipster synth band from England is playing that venue with tha... [Read More]

The city of Chicago has been synonymous with comedy for quite sometime now. Being the birth place of the famous, and sometimes infamous, Second City Improv troupe, Chicago has always been an exit on the road of improvisation.However, in recent years ... [Read More]

Like much of the Chicago class of comedians he rose up with (such as Kyle Kinane and Pete Holmes), Matt Braunger thrives when he makes observational material a little more fanciful or surreal. The ground covered in Shovel Fighter starts out pretty ordinary—partying, throwing up, hangovers, strip clu... [Read More]

Matt Braunger’s special Shovel Fighter premiered this weekend. It was his first hour-long stand-up special and taught us a lot about life. Here are five pieces of sagely life advice we learned from Matt’s his special. ... [Read More]

Matt Braunger got his big break on MADtv, and became a minor Internet comedy celebrity for starring in the absurd web series IKEA Heights. He has a strong sense for measured storytelling and feeding off the energy of a live audience. He’s especially good at making “Oh, that was no good!&... [Read More]

Longtime Rooftop Comedy friend Matt Braunger will premiere his first hour-long special next month on Comedy Central. Filmed at the Gramercy Theatre in New York, Matt Braunger: Shovel Fighter will undoubtedly showcase Matt’s knack for inventive ... [Read More]