With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, Galentine’s Day — Thursday, Feb. 13 — is even closer. And with this year being the 10th anniversary of Parks and Recreation’s Galentine’s Day episode, it only makes sense to fill the night with love and humor. Or at least, humor about love.
Penguin’s Comedy Club
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Interview: Kyle Kinane on punk nostalgia and self-deprecating humor, ahead of Turnbuckle
Kyle Kinane, a prolific stand up who has made his mark in comedy weaving together hilariously absurd stories of everyday life with a whiskey-soaked sense of wisdom and wonder, or as he once self-deprecatingly summed up his act, “Uncle Barbeque and his dum-dum stories,” headlines the Turnbuckle Comedy and Music Festival at the Codfish Hollow in Maquoketa May 26 and 27.
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Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait just keeps chasing the future
Bobcat Goldthwait Penguin’s Comedy Club — Fri., Apr. 8 at 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Apr. 9 at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Bobcat Goldthwait — the highly recognizable actor, director, writer and veteran comedian — has an expansive list of credits in both TV and film, many of which are available to stream on Netflix. Notable among […]
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Comedian Andy Kindler, featured in ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ performs at Penguin’s this weekend
Comedian Andy Kindler has crossed over into television success in recent years with appearances on shows like ‘Bob’s Burgers’ and ‘Maron’…
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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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Comedian Gabriel Rutledge performs stand up at Penguin’s
Much of Gabriel Rutledge’s stand up revolves around family life, but the comedian’s savage honesty and quick wit keeps his material from veering into any stale “dad humor” territory. Rutledge, performing at Penguin’s this…
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Charles Fleischer, the voice of ‘Roger Rabbit,’ performs stand up at Penguin’s
Comedian, actor and voice artist legend Charles Fleischer will be performing this weekend at Penguin’s Comedy Club. Fleischer is best known as…
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Emo Philips brings his wide-eyed, oddball stand-up to Penguin’s
The singular stand-up style of Emo Philips — delivering bizarre yet undeniably funny one-liners as a wide-eyed man child whose vocal cords seem to be…
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Greg Hahn brings his high-energy comedy to Penguin’s
http://youtu.be/dvmE-yCNlao Greg Hahn Penguin’s Comedy Club — Nov. 14-15 at 7:30 p.m. Greg Hahn’s energy-bursting comedy returns to Cedar Rapids this Nov. 14 and 15 when he performs at Penguin’s Comedy Club. Greg Hahn loves the Midwest; it’s his people, his crew, and a big chunk of his radio audience for the Bob & Tom […]
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Comedian Roy Wood Jr. performs tonight at Penguin’s
Comedian Roy Wood Jr., who performs tonight at Penguin’s, has been working as a successful stand-up act for more than decade, earning him spots on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, HBO’s Def Comedy Jam, Conan and, more recently, the role of “Roy” on TBS’s Sullivan and Son. However, his first big break in comedy came not from getting on stage, but by getting on the phone
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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…
