New York Comedy Festival Schedule and Presales

2012 New York Comedy Festival (11/07-11/11) Tickets for the 2012 New York Comedy Festival go on Citi Private Pass Presale starting on Aug 8 (today) at 10AM ET. Some of the big names appearing at this year’s fest include: Aziz Ansari, Kevin Hart, Marlon and Shawn Wayans, Artie Lange, Jim Gaffigan, Patton Oswalt, Brian Regan,…

Big Comedy Update: Year End Edition

It may be December, but there’s still a lot quality comedy left before we close out the year. Here’s what I found interesting this month for one reason or another: PS According to their Twitter, The Bell House has a big comedy announcement coming this morning at 10AM. (Could it be another set of surprise…

Comedy Calendar Update: July 2011 and Beyond

2011 Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival Hey, in case you haven’t been religiously following the Bumpershine Comedy Calendar, here are a bunch of shows that I intend to add to the calendar when I start updating it again. (Note: This post is chronological by venue, but venues are not listed alphabetically.) THE 4TH ANNUAL EUGENE MIRMAN…

Barnes and Noble and Borders January 2011 Events

  Like its year end predecessor, January is a bit of a slow month at our local big box book stores, here are a few things I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble January 2011 Events 01/05/11 Sean Yseult: I’m In the Band (Tribeca) 01/10/11 Sam Tanenhaus, Jennifer Egan, Siddhartha Mukherjee:…

Big Fan Review by Alberto DeSouza

Patton Oswalt in Big Fan For the cineastes in the audience, I’m happy to bring back semi-irregular movie correspondent (in frequency, not disposition), Alberto DeSouza, for a review of a movie I thoroughly enjoyed, Robert Siegel‘s directorial debut, “Big Fan“. Big Fan Film Review By Alberto DeSouza “If you think you’re a sports fantatic, whether…

Patton Oswalt’s Big Fan

I just got some press information about a new film starring Patton Oswalt called Big Fan. In the movie, Oswalt plays a rabid New York Giant’s fan whose world comes crashing down around him after a chance encounter with the team’s star quarterback. Big Fan was directed by Robert Siegel, who wrote The Wrestler, and…