Jordan Klepper is more determined than ever to wrap his mind around the MAGA mindset. A Daily Show correspondent since 2014 (with a two-year hiatus at the start of Trump’s first term that yielded the TV special Jordan Klepper Solves Guns and his own late-night news satire, The Opposition), Klepper is currently one of the storied program’s regular rotating hosts.
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Thew Brewing Rebrands as Lucky Cat Comedy and Events
Cedar Rapids bar and former brewery Thew Brewing has rebranded as Lucky Cat Comedy and Events. Thew closed on May 14; the new venue will have its first public open mic on Tuesday, May 31. “We took a look at what was working and what wasn’t working that well for us,” said Haley Flenker, who […]
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Comics battle it out this Friday in Funniest Person in Iowa competition
Iowa comics will be going head to head this Friday in the Funniest Person in Iowa contest at Thew Brewing in Cedar Rapids ($5 cover at the door). Over the past two weeks, a total of 24 comics competed to qualify for the finals in two sessions, leaving 11 competitors who will be battling it […]
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Tom Garland brings a wild, racy night of stand-up comedy to Woody’s Show Club
Bridging the divide between comedy club and strip club, The Dirty Flirty Show brings a night of provocative stand up and entertainment…
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Former MTV funnyman Tom Green performs stand-up at Penguin’s
Tom Green performs stand up at Penguin’s Comedy Club tonight, and his comedy hasn’t mellowed a bit with age. “It’s scaled up. I never hold back,” Green…
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Tom Cotter, master of the one-liner from America’s Got Talent, performs tonight at Penguin’s
“The morning of my sixteenth birthday, my whole family tried to surprise me with a car. But they missed.” With sharp one-liners like this, the kind that sneak up…
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Interview: NYC comedian and TV writer Kevin McCaffery performs this weekend at Penguin’s
Kevin McCaffery, a stand-up comedian and writer based in New York City, will be performing at Penguin’s Comedy Club on Friday Sept. 5 and Saturday Sept. 6…
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Comedian Jimmy Pardo, Conan’s Crowd Pleaser, returns to his Roots with Penguin’s Performance
Jimmy Pardo has made a name for himself through his quick-witted, energetic, free-associative style of “crowd work” comedy, a genre of stand-up that…
