If you’ve watched TV in the past decade, it’s likely you’ve seen or heard comedian Josh Fadem in action. His IMDb is a veritable who’s-who of comedy juggernauts and deep cuts — 30 Rock, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Superstore, The Powerpuff Girls, American Dad!, Twin Peaks, Better Call Saul, the 2018 TV adaptation of Heathers, the […]
Green Gravel Comedy Festival
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Photos: Green Gravel Comedy festival delights and disgusts
Green Gravel Comedy festival brought stand-up and alternative comedians from across the country into Iowa City for a host of shows at Brew Lab, The Mill, Riverside Theatre and High Grounds cafe.
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What happens when you take a joke to its grave? Find out Friday at Green Gravel Comedy Festival
Following comedy legend Andy Kaufman’s death in 1984, the character of Tony Clifton — the lounge singer with the pornstar moustache, known for his belligerence and berating his audience — lives on through a puzzle of impersonators, including Bob Zmuda.
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A-List: Helltrap Nightmare’s Sarah ‘Squirm’ Sherman and Julia Dratel talk comedy and the grotesque
In anticipation of their headlining show at the Green Gravel Comedy Festival on Saturday, May 13 I spoke with Helltrap Nightmare head writer/performer Sarah “Squirm” Sherman and producer/collaborator Julia Dratel as they traveled by van to their next performance on the East Coast leg of their tour. Their overlapping answers (as each jumped into the midst of the other’s sentence) are represented here.
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Green Gravel Comedy Fest announces ticket sales, lineup additions
Tickets go on sale today for the Green Gravel Comedy Festival. This third annual event will be taking place at a variety of locations across Iowa City, Mar. 4–5. Available now are presale passes and individual tickets to select highlight shows. Prices range from $5-17; tickets are available on their website. Little Village is a […]
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JUST ANNOUNCED: Rachel Bloom and Bill Plympton to headline 2016 Green Gravel Comedy Fest
Green Gravel Comedy Festival Iowa City — Mar. 4–5, 2016 This time just two years ago, the folks at Green Gravel Comedy Festival were wrapping up an Indiegogo campaign to get their first event, in 2014, off the ground. Now they’re coming up on year three, and this fledgling fest is jam-packed with even more […]
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Interview: IC comedian Megan Gogerty on her stand-up roots and her experience working with comedy icon Louie Anderson
Green Gravel Comedy Festival’s second annual fest kicks off tonight with an…
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Interview: Comedian Eddie Pepitone sounds off on Marc Maron, sports and using stand up to rebel
Comedian Eddie Pepitone, headlining this month’s Green Gravel Comedy Festival, is a longtime favorite of the L.A. comedy scene who, in his 50s, is finally getting…
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Comedy fundraiser at The Mill helps support upcoming festival
At the Mill Sunday, Nov. 30 at 8 p.m., local comedians will perform in Too Many Comics, a comedy showcase raising funds for the 2015 Green Gravel…
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Green Gravel Comedy Fest: ‘Too Many Cooks’ creator heading to Iowa City, more announcements to follow
Lee Keeler, organizer of The Green Gravel Comedy Festival, an Iowa alternative comedy festival that began last year, announced today that the 2015 festival…
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Interview: Kevin McDonald on going solo, his fear of stand-up and a possible ‘Kids in the Hall’ reunion
Kevin McDonald. Comedy fans may not recognize the name, but I bet most of them, especially those with the good fortune to have been raised by television…
