This one made me laugh:

(more defacement of well-meaning signs here)

Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to see Maria Bamford when she was in town recently. Some of her comedy is just at the edge of the weirdness that I’m comfortable with, but it’s exceptionally funny and I’d love to see her perform live. Here’s a set of her’s from last year:

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uTM_HIabUs)

Actual blogging coming back at some point.. too much stuff going on lately.

Some good stuff for you politics and economics people. My favorite joke was the one at 4:05:

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW9dxFrAk-I)

I haven’t seen Paul F. Tompkins live before, but I really like his bit about canned peanut brittle:

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1CEWFaiL_o)

Some of my friends whom I shared this with didn’t like this, as it’s really repetitive, but I think the repetition is well-justified and hilarious.

One of the better interviews Jon Stewart has done on Fox in a while:

Video link

I don’t really think either party convinces anyone outside of their base in these interviews, but I like seeing people have to defend their beliefs.

Hannibal has worked as a writer for SNL and 30 Rock. I first heard him on The Sound of Young America’s Best Comedy of 2010 episode. If you haven’t heard him before, this is a good sample:

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_GYjizC1XM)

My favorite part starts at 2:25, if you’re in a hurry. His delivery reminds me a bit of Mitch Hedberg in parts.

I saw comedian Brendon Walsh for the first time last Friday. He was a featured comic before Dave Foley (Kids in the Hall, News Radio). Walsh was a lot better than Foley, I think. Here’s a pretty good chunk:

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBwXO-vnpGg)

He also had a long story involving him and his friend wearing fake mustaches in various places, but I couldn’t find that online anywhere. Anyway, he’s definitely worth checking out if you have the opportunity.

Rob Huebel and Rob Riggle have a similar comedic acting demeanor that I really like. I saw Huebel in a live show he did with Paul Scheer last year and hope he’ll be back in SF again at some point. Riggle keeps cancelling every time he schedules a show in San Francisco for some reason. Here’s a clip of them on stage together:

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBGljD0A48Y)

Another clip of Rob Huebel from Human Giant (some language NSFW):

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSL3dFcTfXY)

I love the way he yells “IMPOSSIBLE”.

John Oliver, from the Daily Show, recently did a gig in Bethlehem, PA (where I went to college). His commentary on his visit, from The Bugle:

I did a couple of gigs last weekend, and one of them was in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, which was so much more majestic than the Bethlehem Jesus was born in. Did you know the Bethlehem in Israel doesn’t even have a Sands Casino? Well, the one in Pennsylvania does. Just what Jesus would have wanted. If Mary had been wandering around on a donkey in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, not only would they not have turned her away, they probably would have comped her room, too, and thrown in a free breakfast.

The great thing about this particular gig was that it was in a new art center that had been built in a converted steel plant, and the back of the stage was one just massive window looking out onto this huge abandoned steel factory. It was like doing a gig in front of a visual representation of the decline of American industry. It was great to have an air of tangible sadness in the gig whenever audience looked slightly over my shoulder: “Oh, we used to produce things, didn’t we? Oh, still, an art center is nice, too…”

If you live in/around Bethlehem and didn’t go see him, then you should have. That is on you.

A funny standup bit about Google Instant:

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt7wsPARyCo)