This is The New Clip Round-Up.

The new clips, after the jump!

Posted: February 6th, 2009 under Reviews, The New Clip Round-Up.
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Earlier this morning I was having a hard time picking out my staff pick for next week. I knew I wanted a Drew Thomas clip, but I had a REALLY hard time making a final decision.  Some of my fellow Rooftopers and I have been laughing our asses off to this guy for a while now, and I think it’s time to show him some proper love.

Ladies and gentlemen I present you with my staff picks short list from this week. Sit back, relax, and enjoy Mr. Drew Thomas:

Posted: October 21st, 2008 under Cool stuff from Rooftop Comedy, Reviews.
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HOLY….SHIT….Eddie Gossling accomplished a seemingly impossible task: he made my Monday morning amazing.  Instead of chugging down coffee and avoiding eye contact, I was laughing my ass off.  It’s guys like this that make me love my job.  Thanks Eddie.

Check out these beauts from the past weekend in St. Louis:

Posted: October 1st, 2008 under Cool stuff from Rooftop Comedy, Reviews.
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Okay, some of you (approximately seven of you) were probably wondering what was up exactly with yesterday’s fragrant use of old timey Simpsons material and talking about how we would brb from Facebook.

Well, now our old Facebook profile page is now a brand new page page! All our friends on the profile page, are now fans of us (although honestly, we consider both to be interchangeable, all fans are our friends and all our friends are fans!)

So yeah, crisis over, go back to your homes, everything is cool. And if you aren’t already, be our fan. Because we’ll be your friend.

Posted: September 25th, 2008 under Cool stuff from Rooftop Comedy, Reviews.
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Generally, NBC sucks at pretty much all news-type broadcasting. Specifically, the 2008 Summer Olympic coverage, from what I’ve seen, is atrocious. And the Olympics could be such a great chance for the US to show that we can produce quality content with global appeal.

Maybe it’s the fact that most of the coverage is heavy on either American athletes or athletes with well known international gossip stories. Or maybe its the seemingly endless commercial breaks. No – these things should have been expected, are in fact part of a long history of Olympic coverage aesthetics. I think what I’m most annoyed by are the self-important “Chinese Cultural” pieces that are peppered throughout the event coverage. Perhaps I should have expected this? Well, I didn’t.

Bob Costas & Mary Carillo Suck. Why?

Posted: August 15th, 2008 under Reviews, Ruminations, theorizations and stuff.
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OK, so by now we all know that Doug Benson smokes weed.  I mean, the man created The Marijuana-Logues.  Benson is an expert at crafting jokes for the weed smoking community, and has taken this talent to the big screen.  In Super High Me, Doug Benson sets out to discover what effects marijuana have on his stand-up career, his mind, and his body.

Based on a concept similar to Morgan Spurlock’s “Super Size Me”, Doug Benson documents his experience of abstaining from weed for 30 days, and then consuming massive amounts for 30 days.  Since Doug is already a stoner, the 30 days of sobriety are just as funny as his 30 days of being baked.

Super High Me is just as much about stand-up comedy as it is about weed. The film has some excellent cameos from the LA comedy scene. Comedians Jimmy Dore, Sarah Silverman, Dana Gould, Zach Galifianakis, Bob Odenkirk, Patton Oswalt and tons of others discuss their views on marijuana, and one of them even smokes it on camera.

People that don’t enjoy smoking reefer will enjoy this movie as well. “Super High Me” examines California’s system of medical marijuana use and adds a much needed layer of seriousness that keeps the movie from being just a bunch of dumb stoner moments.

Go check out some of Doug’s clips on RooftopComedy.com, and add “Super High Me” to the top of your Netflix queue!

Posted: August 14th, 2008 under Reviews.
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Last night Iliza Shlesinger was announced as the first female (and sixth overall) winner of NBC’s Last Comic Standing.   Along with a cash prize, development deal, and a new car, Iliza will join a few of the other finalists on a nationwide tour.  Hopefully this will be a perfect jump start to take her to superstar-dome.

As a nod to female comics everywhere, here is one of my favorite clips from Maria Bamford discussing women comics:

Posted: August 8th, 2008 under Reviews, Ruminations, theorizations and stuff.
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OK, so we’ve all seen John McCain’s ad where he calls Barack Obama the world’s biggest celebrity and likens him to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears.  Recently, Paris Hilton felt the urge to defend her honor and came right back at McCain with a video of her own.  In the words of Paolo, “God bless America”.

Check out what Costaki Economopolous has to say about all of this:

Posted: August 5th, 2008 under Reviews, Ruminations, theorizations and stuff.
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Last month, fellow Rooftopper Nate Winters and I visited America’s neighbor to the north to borrow some comedy sugar. We were signing up our 20th partner club, our very first and only in Canada – Rick Bronson’s The Comic Strip. Located in the 2nd biggest mall in North America, (don’t worry, USA, we’re still #1 – f-yeah!), The Comic Strip shares its home with a roller coaster, mini golf course, and full-fledged water park! Oh, and Hooters, lest Nate allow me to forget.

Everyone at the club was amazing. Some shout outs: Rick Bronson, the owner, is supercool and a former comic himself. Tammy, his wife, books the club and is in charge of PR, which works really well because she knows her stuff inside out – talk about industry insider. Dino, the general manager, is a sweetheart who runs a tight (but funny) ship. Anna, who manages reservations and the office, was our comic relief during the day and helped us with anything we needed, which for Nate was finding a ladder and me was finding the fountain soda machine.

The club itself is awesome; huge, great décor, and really cool waitstaff who hooked us up with many a Kokanee beer, it’s no wonder The Comic Strip brings in the biggest comedy names every week (and big crowds to boot). While Nate crawled through the ceiling with wires, I test-test-tested the audio and stalked UPS, who had lost track of our much-needed equipment packages. But by the end of the week, we had a perfect set-up at the club, as evidenced in our first ever Canadian recording on Thursday night with headliner and all-around-great-guy Daniel Kinno.

Check out a clip of Daniel Kinno, and Annie on Canadian radio, after the jump!

Posted: August 5th, 2008 under Reviews, Ruminations, theorizations and stuff.
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Hey now, The RooftopComedy.com Blog is now officially upgraded to Wordpress 2.6! Sound the victory horns! Not bad for a guy with a high school equivalency certificate.

That’s all really, carry on.

Posted: July 15th, 2008 under Cool stuff from Rooftop Comedy, Reviews, Ruminations, theorizations and stuff, The New Clip Round-Up.
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