Dennis Maler
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Boston, MA, United States
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THE DIG INTERVIEW: LEWIS BLACK
“I saw my shrink today, so I’m really prepared to talk to you.” → Read More
THE HISTORY OF STAND-UP: FROM MARK TWAIN TO DAVE CHAPPELLE
From the podcast to the book, Wayne Federman chronicles the business of joke-telling. → Read More
ALEX EDELMAN ON COVID-19, HIS FUNNY SEDER & AN UNDERWHELMING PRESS TOUR
"Not being able to do Conan, or not being able to promote this album in more traditional ways is a shame, but you know, we're trying to be nimble about it." → Read More
“I TALKED TO OTHER COMICS. A LOT OF US DON’T REALLY MISS STANDUP.”
Boston comedians Andrew Mayer and Dan Martin had big album releases planned. Now they’re contemplating what comedy might look like after the pandemic. → Read More
BETHANY VAN DELFT: ON STORYTELLING, PARENTHOOD, COMEDY
Before I had kids it felt horrible, like the worst thing. I’m so freakin worried about failing my kids all the time, bombing feels like a coffee break. → Read More
PAUL VIRZI: TALKING WITH THE NY COMIC ABOUT SPORTS, KIDS, AND HIS LOVE FOR BOSTON
I would say that it is probably a mixture of both because my daughter has me watching Fuller House. To the point where when my daughter leaves, I’m finishing this episode. → Read More
ANJAN BISWAS AND THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF COMEDY AND PUZZLES
A large chunk of escape room clientele is corporate team building, so every day I meet people my age with mortgages and 401Ks while my coworkers and I bonk each other on the head with plastic swords and talk about weird online sex communities. → Read More
THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU JUST CAN’T DO IN VERMONT: THE COMEDY INTERVIEW WITH CARMEN LAGALA
In her first year of comedy, Lagala became a co-owner of Vermont’s first comedy club. Eight years later, she’s heading to Boston, a town that’s been good to her over the years, among other places, to headline. → Read More
MIKE BENT: PEDAGOGY OF A MAGIC AND COMEDY PROFESSOR
Ever since the introduction of the comedy studies major at Emerson College, I wanted to know what goes into creating the first-ever such program. Who are the students that take it? What does it take to teach kids how to be funny? → Read More
ERIK GRIFFIN: FROM TEACHER, TO COMEDIAN, TO AMERIKAN WARRIOR
COMEDY ERIK GRIFFIN From teacher, to comedian, to AmERIKan Warrior BY DENNIS MALER @DEADAIRDENNIS You might recognize Erik Griffin’s face from one of the many TV shows (Workaholics, I’m Dying Up Here) or movies (Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates) he’s appeared in. → Read More
WELL-KEPT SECRET IN THE DORK FOREST EXPLAINS IT ALL
I am a huge fan of doing the stand-up that I think the audience needs to hear. If there are jokes that I need to do to set up the next joke, I will do it. → Read More
OUR GUY BRANUM INTERVIEW: PEACH COBBLERS WITH THE VIDEO GAME GODDESS OF WRITING AND COMEDY
The thing about writing for a TV show is you have a boss who is going to yell at you, or potentially fire you if you don’t do your job. → Read More
INTERVIEW: BRAD SHERWOOD
Improvising from Chicago, to Britain, to a Mousetrap near you → Read More
FARRIS & FARRIS: MEET BOSTON’S MOTHER-DAUGHTER COMEDY COMBO
One day I picked her up from school and said, 'You’re going to ImprovBoston tomorrow.' → Read More
THIS PLACE/DISPLACED: A SPOTLIGHT ON DISPLACEMENT, GENTRIFICATION, AND HOUSING INEQUALITY IN BOSTON
In preparation for this run, ATB producers went to City Life meetings to partner with those who were interested in sharing stories of displacement. In doing so, they were shocked by the number of people who wanted to participate. → Read More
IN KOUNTRY WAYNE'S WORLD, COMEDIANS MAKE MORE SCRATCH THAN RAPPERS
They thought it was a trend. Eventually I’d get back into music. They say, okay, let’s use the fans on the comedy and bring them back over here. And that’s cool. But after long it was like, shoot, the comedy is what it is. → Read More
BOZO ON A CRUCIFIX
Dana Jay Bein scrubs tubs to tell jokes and has zero regrets. Mostly. → Read More
JOEL KIM BOOSTER BREAKS DOWN HIS WORKOUT REGIMEN, DATING HABITS
I wouldn’t say awkward, but I am a little bit more quiet when I first meet somebody. I am a little bit more introverted than I think people assume, especially in big social situations. → Read More
LAURIE KILMARTIN: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A MOM, WRITER, AND ORPHAN AUTHOR
The book came out in February and it’s called Dead People Suck. It’s about my dad. It’s a comedic memoir about my dad dying of cancer. It covers hospice care, things you want an old person to do before they die, how you want to prepare yourself for your parental death, and ultimately your status as a middle age orphan. → Read More
ERICA RHODES: A COMEDIC PRAIRIE HOMECOMING FOR A NEWTON NATIVE
“You’re so great. Wow, you’re so talented.” And I’m like, there is no way they could hear it. They liked how I looked playing cello. … I was like, wow, this is so different than Boston, it’s like you don’t have to be really good to to impress people in LA, you just have to hold a cello. → Read More