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Standup comedy takes guts. Actors work from scripts, usually written by someone else. Musicians can mask songwriting failings with catchy melodies or superior chops. But a comedian is entirely left to his or her own devices. Save for the occasional rubber chicken, standup comics sink or swim based only on their wits. It can be both an exhilarating and frightening proposition.... Read more

Vermont will likely never be known as a comedic hotbed. Sure, we’ve got funny folks such as actors William H. Macy and Luis Guzman taking up part-time residence in our fair state. And of course, there’s the Green Mountains’ answer to Jeff Foxworthy: Rusty DeWees. But the chances that we’ll ever be able to support a vibrant comedy scene on par with, say, the improv circuit in Chicago, or the stand-up clubs of New York City and Los Angeles are pretty slim.... Read more

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1/12/07: Vermont Comedy Divas sold out the ballroom at Higher Ground last Saturday. A line stretched around the building with VTers hungry for comedy and eager for a winter respite.

Four funny female VTers, Josie Leavitt, Martha Tormey, Sally Stevens, and MaryAnne Gatos warmed up the crowd with their tantalizing tales.... Read more

It was 2001 the last time Janice Perry performed Holy Sh*t! Stories from Heaven and Hell in Burlington. Six years and several international Fulbright scholarships later, the Vermont native is reprising her one-woman show — December 15 at the FlynnSpace — along with “other work, old and new,” she says. For Perry, a.k.a. “Gal,” the evening will be something of a retrospective, representing 25 years of globetrotting gigs. For local fans, it will be a rare opportunity to take in her panty-wetting humor.... Read more

If any human being ever deserved to copyright a word or phrase, “fuck” should be George Carlin’s. No single person has explored its many meanings and usages as comprehensively as the 70-year-old comedian, and few, I imagine, have uttered it with such frequency. From “Fuck Lance Armstrong, fuck Tiger Woods and fuck Dr.... Read more

"The first time someone said, 'You're a feminazi,' it shut me up," says Suzanne Willett. "It's very effective, because it's associated with the most evil thing in the history of mankind."... Read more

It's that time of year. The kids have gone back to school, the leaf-peepers are starting to arrive, and here at Seven Days we've been planning ahead . . . for show time. Finally, something to look forward to! As a stack of season programs reveals, Vermont's arts presenters can still be counted on to please, and provoke, us with a stunning variety of performances. Broadway or bluegrass, piano prodigies or puppets, sopranos or satirists - there really is something for everyone. Including some genre-bending artists who defy both convention and category.... Read more

Back in the reality TV-free 1990s, a broad-grinned comedian named Bob Saget was a major prime-time player. His boyish looks and safe-as-milk demeanor endeared him to the millions of viewers who regularly watched the family-friendly sitcom "Full House." On it, Saget played Danny Tanner, a widower raising three young girls with the help of his rockin' brother-in-law and goofy comedian buddy. But Saget's broadcast reign didn't stop there: As host of "America's Funniest Home Videos," he served as ringleader to countless amateur camera jockeys.... Read more

Despite public protests by wannabe U.S. Senator Ritchie Tarrant, comedian Al Franken came to Vermont last weekend to stump for the indie candidate, U.S. Rep. Bernie Sanders. A sold-out house of Dems and Progs -- including former governors Phil Hoff and Madeleine Kunin, Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss and candidates Peter Welch, Scudder Parker, Matt Dunne and John Tracy -- packed Burlington's Flynn Center to hear the author, actor and talk-show host deliver a fundraising "Night of Laughs."... Read more

Al Franken is finally getting serious. That's not exactly breaking news to the legions of fans who listen to his three-hour show each weekday on the liberal talk radio network Air America. But now more than ever, the 54-year-old comedian, author, screenwriter and political satirist is blurring the lines between observer and activist.... Read more