Written by Marty ShamblesPhoto by Crew on UnsplashOpen Relationship Not Going as PlannedThe idea to open up the relationship occurred to Kyle Smith at the Red Lobster on Georgian, when he and his girlfriend were going out for a date night. "We were sat by this hot ass hostess," said Smith, "and she smiled at me in...
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Written by Bob EcksteinMany years ago Saturday Night Live got a lot of mileage (pun intended) out of a car-driving cat named Toonces (written by Jack Handey). Now that we are finally traveling more, there has never been a bigger calling for cats to drive automobiles. Yet there is still no written driving test for cats. Until...
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Article by: Casey RocketGrab your Goose flares and leave your kids at the bowling alley because Top Gun is oozing into theaters one last time. For nearly six decades, Gunners have patiently waited to see what will happen to Maverick, Goose, Saint John The Tickler, Rachel Dratch, and the rest of the crew aboard the S.S. McGillis. Don’t...
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We stand in awe of what The Beatles did with their short but incredible career. There are countless books, documentaries, and films dedicated to the Fab Four. Millions discover the band annually, giving the kids from Liverpool life long after their breakup - before Tricky Dick slithered out of the Oval Office. That's the power of music...
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We get it. People will ask, "so, why does Big Laugh think they're a startup now?" To be blunt about it, we kinda are. Equity crowdfunding allows us to bet on ourselves. We've wanted to do bigger things - ones without restrictions, limitations, or giving up any power of the company's direction. We also came to a...
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When Akaash Singh was starting in comedy, a stable of South Asian comedians were getting their big breaks. Aasif Mandvi had landed The Daily Show, Mindy Kaling was co-starring, writing, producing, and directing on The Office, and Kunal Nayyar was starting his run on The Big Bang Theory. Even Aziz Ansari was two years away from his breakout...
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Written by: Marty ShamblesHey Wine Nerd,That wine didn't taste like walnuts and sawdust. It tasted like wine. I know this because I've tasted a lot of wine in my life: from the blood of Christ to the gallons of Bota Box sitting in my wine cellar. That’s wine-flavored wine.My wife hates it when I call the basement my wine...
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Summer is almost here. And it’s already consistently 100 degrees. Hopefully, the heat will scare some people with plans to move here up to Dallas. Just sayin’. But, while we can trash talk new tax dollars floating into our fair city, there is work at hand, y’all. The May Austin Comics to Watch and this month,...
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There's a ton of content out there. No matter what you're into, what weird subculture, there's a venue for your entertainment, be it movies, music, memes, shows, anything – and most of it is on YouTube. To get even more meta on it, this is blog is content. (Cue Twilight Zone music.)But through the endless sea of...
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I haven't eaten at a Wendy's in years, but I'm stopping for lunch. Will it be a Baconator or Asiago Chicken? Dipping fries into a Frosty; that salty plus sweet combo is the American collective experience next to baseball, jazz, and stand up comedy. After skimming Wendy's website to see if favorites like the Double Stack...
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One of our favorite comedians in the whole universe, Rocky Dale Davis, has dropped a new special, and we couldn’t be more excited to help promote it. Rocky is one of the funniest, more genuine dudes around (even if he loves smoking gross ass cigars.) If you don’t know Rocky’s comedy, you need to check out the special...
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We’ve all been there. You are invited by someone special who has invited you to be whisked away for the week-long vacation of a lifetime to their two full bath timeshare in beautiful Maui to take things to the next level in your fresh new relationship, but your neighbor can’t cat-sit Mr. Pickles because he’s away on a...
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Adam Ray is one of the busiest people in comedy. As George Carlin once said, "if you've got an area code, I'll fuckin' be there." And like the genius promised, he stopped everywhere throughout the American landscape, and Adam Ray follows in that bare-knuckle comedic tradition of working the road, refining his...
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So you Landed in Austin - What’s Next?You’ve made the best decision in your life. Ok, well maybe not the best, but one of the best?You made it to Austin, Texas - one of the coolest cities on earth. There’s a reason everyone wants to visit, this city is awesome. Photo by Mitchell Kmetz on UnsplashBut, first things first:...
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Suppose you're looking for a killer podcast episode to listen to while you're cleaning the house or taking that long walk down the hiking trail or hitting the bottle of Jameson alone. In that case, the newest episode of And Now We Drink featuring Roger Smith doesn't disappoint. Smith, a working comic out in LA, delivers on...
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Article by: Junior FlexwellComedy is growing in Austin. As of February 2022, there are bars, venues and spaces where you can see comedy seven nights a week all over town. With any influx of entertainment there’s the good, the bad and the ugly. Some comedy shows need lots of work while others are polished and...
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What a bummer. Rest in peace, Gilbert Gottfried. He was a weird, hilarious dude. Some people might remember him as Iago from Aladdin or the original Aflac duck. Us, we’ll never forget when he read 50 Shades of Grey: Hoist one for another legend lost to the clouds. We hope you’re roasting the shit out of...
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Fuck. It’s already April. We’re out of the winter woods and into the spring, which in this hellscape, we need at least some sunshine. But, not all hope is lost, we’re back with another round of celebrating the funniest people storming stages and hitting every dark corner of Austin. If you’re looking for some new...
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How was your SXSW? Over here in Big Laugh Comedy Land, we did it big. For the first SXSW back in three years, it felt good to walk miles between downtown and the eastside, to drink free Lonestar tallboys, and see people out living once again. We wanted to do a quick round-up of what we did during SXSW week because boy, are we still...
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Will Smith is a weirdo, and his family are weirdos, and I don’t care about them. I care about a guy on a tiny stage  in a strip mall comedy club not telling an amazing joke because he’s scared he’s gonna get swung on by some bro who thinks this is the new normal. The art of writing, of comedy, is we’re...
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