What comedian can claim to be all by himself and yet so universally accepted? That comedian would be Brian Regan. Regan, who is no stranger to N.E. Ohio, brings his heightened reality style of comedy to the Akron Civic Theatre March 4, where he will be performing material from his latest live CD, "All by Myself," released this past Fall. Likened by many to Jerry Seinfeld, the Heidelberg alum has made a living out of taking the mundane day-to-day moments of reality and turning them into fall-down hysterical comedy. Rather than engaging in the typical tour-de-farce of gimmicks or shock ...
You may not immediately recognize his name, but as Dave Chappelle’s cowriter, Neal Brennan was responsible for one of the most celebrated cult comedies of our generation (“Half Baked”) and one of Comedy Central’s most successful shows (“Chappelle’s Show”). He also directed 2009’s “The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard,” produced by Will Ferrell and starring Jeremy Piven and Ving Rhames. Since Chappelle’s epic falling out with both Comedy Central and his co-writer buddy, Brennan has reinvigorated his career. He began his career in stand-up and is now returning to an act tha...
Metal and comedy go together like sodomy and gunfire, just ask Don Jamieson. Best known as one-third of the hosting team behind VH1’s “That Metal Show” (along with Eddie Trunk and comedy-partner Jim Florentine), Don Jamieson has been working both the comedy and heavy metal circuit for years. Before fame, Don was just another comedian with a mullet. “I struggled in comedy clubs,” he said, “and I probably did 15 pilots of TV shows that went nowhere.” He paid the bills by writing jokes for people like Pauley Shore and Tom Green. After a few years his hard work was noticed, and he...
