stand-up comedy
VICE's West Coast Writers Are Hosting a Comedy Show Featuring Neil Hamburger
You can see some of your favorite Los Angeles-based VICE writers this Wednesday, May 22, and every Wednesday after that at Los Globos nightclub in Silver Lake. Neil Hamburger and Kyle Kinane headline. Yes, you deserve something this cool.
Why I Love My Meds
As someone who goes into a month-long manic tailspin every few years, as well as more frequent batshit-crazy days-long episodes of depression every few months, I know I need my pills. I take medications every morning and night—they’re my breakfast and...
How Not to Be a Stand-Up Comedian
As a mediocre comedian myself, I think I know a thing or two about mediocre comedy. This gives me the ability to competently analyze it and inform young dreamers how not to do it. I also brought Andy Kindler along, just because I could.
What’s It Like Being a Stand-Up Comic in Saudi Arabia?
Omar "the White Sudani" Ramzi was one of the first comedians in Saudi Arabia. In four years of doing stand-up, he made good money doing underground comedy gigs, and was featured on national TV and in an English-language daily newspaper. The catch was...
All Around Losing - Stand-Up Comedy Is HARD
Harry attempts to follow in the footsteps of Louis CK and other schmucks-turned-comedy-idols by trying to become a stand-up comic. He starts at the very, very bottom, subjecting himself to New York's brutal open-mic scene, and quickly discovers that...
All Around Losing - Trailer
We made associate editor Harry Cheadle, the most awkward person we know, try new things, just to find out that he's terrible at all of them. New episodes of 'All Around Losing' start on Tuesday, November 20.
Charlie Murphy Is Angry at the Pussification of the World
Charlie is about to take his Acid Trip tour across the pond to the UK. I figured I'd gave him a call before he leaves the US to discuss hecklers, Prince, his brother Eddie, and the increasing "pussification" (his word) of the world.
Stand Up Comedy... On Acid!
I was in a cab en route to perform stand up comedy with a head full of acid and a stomach full of puppies shitting themselves in horror.