Janeane Garofalo's performance at AltCom09 last Friday was easily the highlight of the evening. While there had been concern that her performance would be interrupted by conservative "teabaggers", a fearless Garofalo jumped into the audience at her first opportunity which delighted the crowd and set the tone for her set (see the video after the jump for excerpts). As a fan of her character on "24", Janis Gold, her reading of dialogue from the show was particularly funny.
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Comedian Jamie Kilstein at AltCom09 in Somerville, MA from Tom Lewis on Vimeo.
Be advised: NSFW! Jamie Kilstein, comedian, Huffington Post blogger, and relentless tourer, brought the house down several times at last week's AltCom. Check out his calendar of upcoming appearances.
Comedian Leo Allen performed on AltCom09's first show last Friday night. Comedian Leo Allen has written for Conan O'Brien, Saturday Night Live, Human Giant, and the Comedians of Comedy. A former resident of the Boston area, Allen put on a great act and we hope to see him again here.
- DCist was shocked when a local newscaster threatened a gay blogger on live TV while they were discussing Kirby Dick's new film, Outrage, a documentary about outing closeted politicians who fight against marriage equality legislation.
- Shanghaiist knocked-off that super pretentious piece on bike culture by the New York Times by showing its own counterfeit bike style.
- Seattlest, staring at a week full of rain, started hunting for cheap flights to LA.
The Alternative Comedy Fest 2009 concludes tonight as The Onion visits Somerville with what’s sure to be a hilarious set of fake news, likely with eerie relevance to reality. On Friday night, we caught the early show with Leo Allen, Jamie Kilstein, and (squee!) Janeane Garofalo. Read our thoughts on these folks below and after the jump. You can also check out our interviews with Rob Riggle and Eugene Mirman, who performed the late show (too close to this totally lame Bostonist's bedtime) on Friday.
In our post on this week's AltCom in Somerville, which starts tonight at the Somerville Theatre, we did note that there would be "many more" performers than we listed.
AltCom is back and better than ever - this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights at the Somerville Theatre and The Burren will be taken over by the best that alternative comedy has to offer. On Sunday, The Onion, America's Finest News Source, will appear live at The Armory. If you are into comedy, you have to be in Somerville for the second half of this week.
Ah, the Somerville Theatre. It gives you beer; AltCom gives you laughs. Together, beer and laughs are dangerous—they can make you pee your pants. Bostonist narrowly avoided a very wet debacle last night as we took in the hilarity that was AltCom. When there are four comics and the first act is already making you giggle like a schoolgirl and cross your legs desperately, you know the evening’s going to end good—but hopefully not in a way that involves pee. Unless you’re into that, or whatever. In addition to peeing opportunities, AltCom 2008's Saturday night performance boasted a bunch of comedy high rollers: the Walsh Brothers, Morgan Murphy, Jim Jeffries and Patton Oswalt.
doktor cocacolamacdonalds has the strangest name of any of the comedians performing at this weekend's AltCom 2008 festival. Bostonist got the jet-lagged doktor to answer a remarkable number of questions before he performs tonight at the Somerville Theatre.
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