Comedy Beast Magazine

18/09/2013

Melbourne Fringe launches today!http://www.melbournefringe.com.au/
We've included out toppicks for the fringe in the latest issue of the mag (downloadable http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/ ) as well as interviews with Asher Treleaven and Simon Keck

Melbourne Fringe: Exploring independent art in all its forms.

16/09/2013

Comedy Beast Issue 15. Melbourne Fringe Festival Edition
http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/index.html

08/08/2013

30/07/2013

In issue 14 we take a look back at the great advice we've been given by great comedians locally and internationally. Also; are we just as uptight as celebrities? Available online at http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/

29/07/2013

Oh hi there issue 14, glad you could join us.
http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/

16/04/2013

Our chat with Barry award nominees Max and Ivan: http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/qandamaxandivan2013.html
Plus reviews of Peter Helliar; http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/peterhelliarmicf2013.html
Michael Williams and Adam Kirk: http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/michaelwilliamsadamkirkmicf2013.html
And Sabrina D'Angelo: http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/sabrinadangelomicf2013.html

12/04/2013

Review of Nath Valvo's Almost 30 http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/nathvalvomicf2013.html

12/04/2013

Review of Josie Long's Romance and Adventure (MICF) http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/josielongmicf2013.html

10/04/2013

Review of Undiagnosed at the MICF. http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/undiagnosedmicf2013.html

10/04/2013

About to go see UK comedian Josie Long chat some thoughts. Here's some we prepared earlier. (From an interview with her) http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/qandajosielong2013.html

09/04/2013

Our latest e-newsletter features interviews with Tom Gleeson, Mike Birbiglia and more! As well some our reviwer picks of this year's MICF. You can check it out here: http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/e-news-9-4-2013.html
And if you dig it, why not sign up for our e-newsletter from our website homepage (top right corner): http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/

03/04/2013

Check out our chat with Dave Thornton about his comedy festival show, MamaMia Today and the things he wish it hadn't taught him http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/qandadavethornton2013.html

01/04/2013

Our first lot of Comedy Festival reviews are in. Particularly impressed so far with Rob Hunter's Late O'Clock With Rob Hunter: http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/robhuntermicf2013.html

22/03/2013

Keep an eye out for Issue 13 as it hits the streets of Melbourne in the next few days. In this issue of Comedy Beast, we chat to Mike Birbiglia, Ronny Chieng, Adam Rozenbachs, Iliza Shlesinger, Paul Foot, and more as part our our guide to this year's Comedy Festival. PLUS: There's plenty of funny articles, including some great reads by some great local acts.

22/03/2013

Tonight. 8:30pm. Channel 10. Comedy Festival Gala. Get snacks. Watch. Laugh. Go to Comedy Festival starting this Wednesday. Sleep intermittently.

08/03/2013

New ad for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Not long now... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMeuwACyCe8

03/03/2013

Want to see heaps of Comedy Festival shows but don't want to pay for tickets? Apply for the Funny Tonne Competition and you could be given a free pass to the festival! http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/funnytonne2013.html

28/02/2013

Looking for a way to target comedy audiences with your advertising? We've got some great specials ahead of this year's comedy festival. But be quick, bookings need to be finalised soon
(see link for deets).
http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/Documents/CBMadvertisingMICF2013.pdf

22/02/2013

2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival guide is available in today's Herald Sun. We talked to comedian Wes Snelling at the offical launch about his experiences of the festival. http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/micflaunch2013.html

07/02/2013

Like a boss :/

10/01/2013

First heat for the RAW Comedy Competition kicks off this Saturday at 1pm at the Evelyn Hotel, 351 Brunswick St, Fitzroy. We've posted up deets for the other heats here too. http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/rawheats2013.html

30/12/2012

In our latest issue, we look at guns, public displays of affection and education. With jokes and s**t of course! Happy New Year!
http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/Entertainment_gallery.html

30/12/2012

Issue 12 of Comedy Beast now available for download!
http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/index.html

03/12/2012

Gotta love Patrice O'Neal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gAu4x0xIGY

Patrice O'Neal doing standup at the Comedy Store, London, England

25/09/2012

The latest issue of Comedy Beast hits the streets over the next couple of days. Keep an eye out for it or download it free from our website. http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/
This issue features our Fringe guide, interviews with David Quirk and Lessons with Luis plus a s**tload more.

30/08/2012

Looking for Father's day gifts? http://www.punchline.com.au/ sell lots of great stand-up DVDs on including a lot that are harder to find in stores. They've got some discount specials that are running until tomorrow as well for Father's Day. I don't think they sell socks though...

23/08/2012

Melbourne Fringe Festival launched on Tuesday with a program of roughly 300 shows (including 92 comedy shows)! Happy 30th Birthday Melbourne Fringe!
http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/mfflaunch2012.html

21/08/2012

Jay Leno makes the best of a bad situation, making jokes about the staff cuts on The Tonight Show. Also took a paycut to keep more staff on, what a champ! http://www.laughspin.com/2012/08/21/jay-leno-addresses-tonight-show-layoffs-i-knew-something-was-going-on-video/

On last night's Tonight Show, Jay Leno didn't hide from the fact that 20 staffers were laid off from the show on Friday. Instead, he opened his monologue with a series of quips about it. Welcome to The Tonight Show, or as Comcast calls us, The Expendables! Leno announced. As you may have heard, our ...

07/08/2012

S**t NEVER said at the Olympics - a quick video put together by some great Aussie comics. It's one of the few bits of gold to come out of this Oympics for us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oss0bTL14eE

THE PLAYERS: Troy Kinne https://www.facebook.com/troykinne Nick Cody https://www.facebook.com/thenickcody Max Price https://www.facebook.com/Priceless.Produc...

31/07/2012

Latest issue of Comedy Beast Magazine is out and available online for download. You can download the Olympic-themed craziness here: http://www.comedybeastmagazine.com/index.html
Enjoy!

29/07/2012

Dane Cook apologises for Batman shooting joke at the Laugh Factory (same venue where Daniel Tosh had his run in with an audience member recently).
Are comedians crossing the line or is society getting too sensitive? http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-dane-cook-apology-colorado-shooting,0,1897459.story

Comedian Dane Cook is apologizing to the victims and family members affected by the Aurora, Colo., massacre after making a crude joke about it in his stand-up act. 

26/07/2012

Reginald D Hunter on Batman. He's talking about Dark Knight (not the new one) but it's still pretty funny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFFDdgRj3nE

I'm sorry about the sound. When I originally made it the sound was ok, then when I uploaded it got weird and I couldn't be arsed to take it off again. I didn...

16/07/2012

The say Stewart Francis is a one-liner comic, but we call bulls**t. He actually uses several of them.
Here he is, doing much much better jokes than this at The Apollo as part of Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV9wsPghPPY

Stewart Francis at Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow

09/07/2012

Dave Chapelle's thoughts on the psychology of men and women (chivarly is dead and women killed it). Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZRflz-93JA

Dave talks about how men and women don't get along anymore and that chivalry is dead... but women killed it. smartest man ever. watch, its funny!