http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com Comedy about Stand-up Comedy from Rooftop Comedy Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:06:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Emily H. and I have discovered that we have something in common. Besides curly hair. And our respective lady bits. We're obsessed with pie. Sweet pie, savory pie, vegetarian pie, breakfast pies, dessert pies. Pies filled with scrambled eggs and pies brimming with plump cherries. Pies with one crust, pies with top ... http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/11/20/the-pie-diaries-episode-one/ "If you just do a google image search for 'grandma' it's fucking amazing dude!" -Chris C. http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/11/18/overheard-at-rooftop-nov-18/ By Comedian Sean Keane San Francisco 10, Chicago 6 Matt Millen, the worst executive in NFL history, was the perfect announcer for this shit sandwich game. For a close contest, it was remarkably lacking in drama, or competence. Here’s a sequence from the end of the game: Clinging ... http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/11/18/nflol-week-10-of-nfl-football/ Rooftop joyously celebrates the DVD release of our favorite bumbling-private-investigator show since, well, ever. We have a chub for Andy Barker, P.I. because we have a MAJOR chub for the show's star, Andy Richter, who plays an accountant who is mistaken for a detective for hire and decides to just ... http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/11/18/interview-andy-richter/ Can you hear that? That's the sound of 22 hearts, straining against arterial plaque and fatty tissue to beat and squeeze and pump sugar-polluted blood through 22 bloated bodies. The first annual Rooftop Comedy Fatluck is upon us. Inspired by the ensuing Thanksgiving gorge-fest and by our hefty heroes at ThisIsWhyYou'reFat.com, our "fatluck" ... http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/11/17/the-first-annual-rooftop-fatluck/ Musician/Comedian/Tony nominee/whiskey drinker Stephen Lynch takes a break from his international "3 Balloons" tour (in support of his album of the same name) to answer our probing-yet-well-lubricated questions. When it was all over, we held each other and wept. [Want to see Stephen live? Who can blame you? Click here for ... http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/11/16/interview-stephen-lynch/ Some of the finest and funniest in the biz share their memories of the one and only: Carlin's posthumously-released memoir, Last Words, is out this week. Click here to purchase. Want to win a copy of Last Words? Enter to win the Ultimate George Carlin Prize Pack Sweepstakes. You do NOT have ... http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/11/11/a-video-tribute-to-george-carlin/ By Comedian Sean Keane It was an unusually high-quality week for NFL football in Week 9. The Redskins were the most depressing this week, though the Raiders, Bills, Rams, and Browns had a bye, making them look even worse. Now that these teams are back, we're again subjected to Brady ... http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/11/10/nflol-sean-keane-gets-down-and-dirty-with-week-9-of-nfl-football/ Listen to W. Kamau Bell and Kevin Avery's triumphant return to the world of podcast as they review "Michael Jackson: This Is It",  "Paranormal Activity", and list the 5 best rapper's of all time. Spoiler Alert: Bubba Sparks  is #5. Do yourself a favor, and subscribe to Siskel and Negro on ... http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/11/10/siskel-and-negro-are-black-i-mean-back/ You know his dirtiest words, but what about his last? Legendary comedian George Carlin's (posthumous) memoir, Last Words comes out this week, and Rooftop has partnered with publisher Simon & Schuster to bring you some exclusive, in-depth content. Today? A juicy excerpt from the raw and wrenching manuscript. All week? Audio ... http://blog.rooftopcomedy.com/2009/11/09/the-last-words-of-george-carlin/