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Talking to Colin Quinn About His New One-Man Show, 'Tough Crowd', and Being the King of Twitter

by | May 17th, 2013

There have been many chapters in Colin Quinn's career since he first appeared on MTV's Remote Control in 1987. The former SNL castmember went on to host the short-lived but brilliant Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn on Comedy Central; more recently, his unique Twitter persona caught the eye of the New York Times. Following on the success of his Broadway one-man show Colin Quinn: Long Story Short, his "history of the world in 75 minutes," Colin Quinn's new show, Unconstitutional, aims to tackle "226 years of American Constitutional calamities." I caught up with after a preview performance of his show to talk about constitutional conventions, comedy nerds, and how sincerity infuriates people.

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Watch DC Pierson's One-Man Show 'DC Pierson Is Bad at Girls'

by | March 8th, 2013

DC Pierson (DERRICK, Mystery Team, The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To) just released his new novel Crap Kingdom yesterday, and he put out his one-man show (embedded above) and a half-hour stand-up special for free this week in conjunction with the book's release. This is his hour-long one-man show DC Pierson Is Bad at Girls, in which he tells three stories of romantic disasters from his life. If you wan't to binge on new DC Pierson content, this would be the perfect week to do it.

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