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The Minnesota Daily

Comedy

How Psychosticks hats stay on while performing is a mystery for fans.

Holiday psychosis

by Spencer Doar
Published December 11, 2012
Psychostick wants the audience laughing while they mosh.
Bill Squire no longer spreads the word of God, unless its funny.

Looking for knighthood

by Spencer Doar
Published December 6, 2012
Bill Squire is content to work a room without the trappings of stardom.
Ari there yet?

Ari there yet?

by Spencer Doar
Published November 29, 2012
Ari Shaffir’s rebellion against his parents’ orthodoxy gave him the opportunity to spin his dissatisfaction and repression into comic gold.

Rough and tumble nice guy

by Spencer Doar
Published November 27, 2012
Dave Fulton fell into comedy while training to be an alpine guide and wonders how he’s still doing it.
For Tommy Thompson, a boring lifestyle does not equate to a lack of material.

He’s not baptized

by Spencer Doar
Published November 21, 2012
From serving laughs to Minnesota crowds to serving in the Air Force, Tommy Thompson brings his calm yet jovial demeanor with him.
Hannibal Buress affected antagonism does not ostracize his audience.

Ready to conquer

by Spencer Doar
Published November 20, 2012
Comedy powerhouse Hannibal Buress doesn’t think that you’ll get his references.

Not to be viewed with parents

by Spencer Doar
Published November 8, 2012
Dave Attell watches pornography from the ’70s and ’80s.

Trouble prone

by Spencer Doar
Published November 8, 2012
Darryl Lenox’s tumultuous life improves his comedic insight.

Little Bitch on the Prairie

by Lucy Nieboer
Published November 8, 2012
In Alison Arngrim’s one-woman show “Confessions of a Prairie Bitch,” she reveals what it was really like being T.V.’s most hated mean girl, Nellie Oleson.

Fifty shades of Foley

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published November 1, 2012
Dave Foley, the ’90s star of “NewsRadio” and “The Kids in the Hall,” reinvents himself yet again —this time with his stand-up routine. He’ll talk funny stuff tomorrow for “Wits.”

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