http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com Comedy about Stand-up Comedy from Rooftop Comedy Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:15:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Imagine what kind of gems you could unearth if you spent an afternoon digging through the video collection at a thrift store. Instructional aerobics from the 1980s? Battered VHS copies of local cable access television shows? Home videos, starring the most spectacularly mustached men you could imagine? Nick Prueher and Joe ... http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/11/04/interview-nick-prueher-of-the-found-footage-festival/ By Comedian Sean Keane Brett Favre returned to Lambeau Field, the New York-Philadelphia rivalry spread to the gridiron, and Cleveland's season actually got sadder. There was no Sunday Night Football, ostensibly because of the World Series, but realistically, it's because Bob Costas has to get a chemical peel and synthesize a ... http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/11/03/nflol-sean-keane-blindsides-week-8-of-nfl-football/ If you're simultaneously obsessed with social media but irritated by the sheer banality of most content, (It's raining. We get it.) WitStream.com is the place for you. Founded by television producer Lisa Cohen and co-operated by comedian Michael Ian Black, WitStream is a hand-picked collection of Twittering comedians, writers, and ... http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/11/02/interview-lisa-cohen-of-witstreamcom/ What's so "special" about Special Ed? For one thing, the man can eat an entire burrito in less than a minute. Sorry, ladies. He's taken. One-quarter of Boston's beloved morning show sausage fest The Sandbox on 101.7 WFNX radio (92.1 in New Hampshire, for the yokels), Ed -- also the show's ... http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/11/02/guest-editor-special-ed/ It's here! The Rooftop staff's favorite holiday. Nothing better than costumes and candy! Behold! The ghosts (and vampires. And soccer trophies?!) of Rooftop's Halloweens past: [gallery] http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/10/30/hallowheeeeeeeen/ By Comedian Sean Keane It was a bad week to be an underdog in the NFL. Last week, the Raiders were 14-point underdogs at home, and pulled a huge upset. This week, the Raiders lost by 38 at home.  Favorites brought down the hammer, only three underdogs covered, thousands of multi-team ... http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/10/28/nflol-sean-keane-recaps-week-7-of-nfl-football/ Myq Kaplan does not spell "Mike" that way to be a gimmicky wackadoo comedian; he changed his name to Myq as a pre-teen at summer camp, and never looked back. Well, he may have looked back. But he never stopped spelling his name that way. However you spell it, you should commit ... http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/10/25/guest-editor-myq-kaplan/ Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter need little introduction. The stars of the Comedy Central hit Michael and Michael Have Issues, and two-thirds (with David Wain) of the wildly popular comedy troupe Stella, Black and Showalter have earned the sort of cult following associated with fans who memorize decades worth ... http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/10/23/interview-michael-ian-black-and-michael-showalter/ MIT Sloan business school students are nerds. But funny nerds. Funny nerds with autotune. Whatchu got, Harvard? Stanford? Chicago? Bring it. Damn, MIT. Last month you Rick-Rolled an entire city. And now you're taking on SNL? We like it. http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/10/22/we-smell-a-b-school-video-war/ By Comedian Sean Keane New Orleans and New England ran up the score in huge victories, and the Eagles and Jaguars ran up their fans' blood pressure in an exciting weekend of NFL action. The Jets ran for a ton of yardage in a loss, the Titans ran into a snowstorm ... http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/10/20/nflol-sean-keane-covers-week-6-of-nfl-football/