The Comedy Nerds

This week we look at how appearance effects the way audiences respond to a comedian. Can a comic be both hot and funny? We welcome stand-up comedian and Williamsburg Spelling Bee host Jen Dziura to discuss...

This week we look at how age effects your sense of humor.  Do you get more picky or less picky about your comedy as you get older?  Do you just prefer what you liked when you were younger? As comedy gets more out there, where will it eventually go to...

Barack Obama won!  We are still in shock and now the comedy world is freaking out because, well frankly, he's just not nearly as funny as Bush.  What is going to happen now?  And is this all Tina Fey's fault?  Did her Sarah Palin take down the Republicans?  Is Steven Colbert totally screwed?...

This week we look at the effects of major success on a comedian.  Does becoming a success make it more difficult to write for the common man? How does a huge comic like Chris Rock determine what material works and what doesn't when audiences like whatever they do...

This week we welcome Stand-Up Comedian Nick Turner to talk about comedy in the nation's capital and he shares stories of his tour with a controversial comedy play and much more.  Is comedy different as you move from major city to major city?  Do audiences treat comics differently?  Come find out...

Just about every comedy movie worth seeing lately has Judd Apatow's named attached to it. It seems like the Apatow crew can do whatever they want and people will go see it. This week we look at the rise of Apatow, if a backlash is coming and some of the other comedy families we've had through hist...

Saturday Night Live is a comedy institution. It has given us many of today's most successful comedians. This week we welcome SNL comedy nerd Michael Hartney to the show to discuss who would make up the best cast of all time...

Perhaps the most overused phase in comedy today is "alternative comedy". Most comedians, big and small define themselves as alternative comedians.  But with all these alternative comedians you can't help but ask, alternative to what?...

Lately, it seems like you can't find comedy in this country without a mention of politics. It's on everyone's mind and in every late night monolgue.

So with politics playing such a big part of shows like The Tonight Show, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report and Saturday Night Live is all this discuss...

This week we look at the joke.  We examine some of the worlds oldest jokes in the world and try to figure out if they relate in any way to today.

We also look at if it's possible that the joke in it's "two dogs walk into a bar" style is in fact dead.  Why everyone seems to think that comedians tel...