by John Delery, Punchline Magazine

Not that Robert Buscemi deceives the IRS when he writes “comedian” on the occupation line of his tax return; it’s just that his overriding job is engineer of his nonstop train of thought.

On Palpable, his new release from Rooftop Comedy Productions, the paradoxical Buscemi takes the audience at the Lincoln Lodge in Chicago and listeners everywhere else on an often impressive express ride through his equally corny and ingenious, grandiose and ingenuous, clownish and refined comic mind.

“If anybody here hasn’t seen me before,” he announces early in his set, “just hang in there. I liken seeing me for the first time to…um… Remember the first time you ate sushi? Remember how strange and oddly sexual that was? Or the first time you wore a thong? You develop a craving is what I’m saying.”

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Posted: August 10th, 2010 under Punchline Magazine, Reviews.
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In this very special installment of a Tight 5ive, Punchline Magazine’s Dylan Gadino interviews comedian Hannibal Buress.

Filmed on location at the Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival, Hannibal discusses his writing gig with Saturday Night Live, his life on the college comedy circuit, and his future in stand up comedy. Watch the interview.

Posted: July 29th, 2010 under A Tight 5ive, Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival, Interview, Punchline Magazine.
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by John Delery, Punchline Magazine

Do not be deceived by the white suit Tom Segura wears on the cover of Thrilled: This comic is one dark dude. But he’s light enough, endearing enough and downright wacky enough to mock Mexicans, midgets, men and women without sounding like a fulminating Tea Party candidate or a Ragin’ Palin apostle on his delightfully deranged and dippy debut CD, available now from Rooftop Comedy Records.

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Posted: May 26th, 2010 under Cool stuff from Rooftop Comedy, Punchline Magazine, Reviews.
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Reblogged from Punchline Magazine

Laurie Kilmartin’s year onstage began interestingly, to say the least. While performing on Jan. 1 at the Rivercenter Comedy Club in San Antonio, TX she was pelted in the general head area with a dinner roll. Check out Kilmartin’s reaction below.

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What a pro! A lesser comedian would have flipped out. Laurie took a breath, assessed the situation, and continued with class and killer comedy. Well played, Ms. Kilmartin. Well played.

Posted: January 6th, 2010 under Punchline Magazine.
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