One of the most succesful combinations of comedy and horror I’ve ever seen. Who else could mix Pink Floyd with pop divas to make art? No one but my friend Nadya Ginsburg and Austin Young. Check out their series “The Worm” on YouTube.
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 I began doing stand-up in Austin, Texas. I had a friend who worked for Chris Rock’s manager, Dave Becky, so I sent him a tape. He called to say that although it was obvious that I was still pretty “green”, he’d liked it, and that if I came to New York, I could go up [...] 
“The Man Show” was created by Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla for Comedy Central in 1999. As I said in my earlier post, when the show came out, I really, really didn’t like it. “The Man Show” supposedly played with the idea of sexism and machismo. However, to me, at the time, it seemed to [...]  I never would have guessed that my one-sentence post on Justin Bieber would provoke so many comments about the little fellow! Since it’s obvious that Popular 1 readers are such big fans of his, I thought you would enjoy more Bieber-related entertainment! And then the follow-up on the Jimmy Kimmel show: Ben Stein with the young Jimmy [...]  I love Barcelona, I really do. But I can’t imagine something like this happening here. No sir; only in New York! NY comedian Mark Malkoff creates a challenge for himself: to get from the southern part of Manhattan to the top… not by walking… but by convincing total strangers to carry him. (Hat tip to Susannah Keagle [...]  My friend Nadya Ginsburg is unstoppable. Here is her latest; a parody of Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face”. Within a few hours of being posted on YouTube, it was featured on the Today Show, where Al Roker works… and judging from his reaction on the broadcast, Al seemed genuinely embarrassed by being viewed as an object [...]  Not too long ago, in an interview with BTV, I was asked, “Who are your favorite Barcelona comedians?” What?? Bitch, you serious? My favorite Barcelona comedians? Like, are there any? That’s when I realized I had to get off my ass and start talking about my favorite comedians. And no, they’re not from Barcelona. For fuck’s sake. There [...] Who could take a nausea-inducing topic like circumcision and make it funny… while still providing some much-needed enlightenment on the subject? Nobody other than veteran comedians Penn & Teller. My favorite comedy is that which does some good in the world, like The Daily Show or The Colbert Report. Being able to attack wrongdoing with humor and irreverence [...] Check out my old friend, Nadya Ginsburg. We met in New York in the 1990′s on the Lower East Side comedy scene. She is a talented comic actress and was always funny. Here we are in my short film from 1998 (shot at the World Trade Center!), “Al Fresco”. Nadya is the petite, long-haired brunette who [...] |
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