While discussing the Shorty Awards yesterday on their Sirius/XM show, Opie & Anthony brought up the comedian category and Jim Norton, who is a frequent contributor to their show. My name came up, and they have no idea who I[…]
Category: comedians
January
24
2012
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January
12
2012
Red Hot Comedy
- LOCATED IN comedians, shows, stand-up, Uncategorized
This Sunday, January 15th at 8 PM I’ll be at the Neon Venus Art Theater in Hollywood with some great comics, including the incomparable Mike Muratore. Come on out!
January
4
2012
Hey Shorty
- LOCATED IN comedians, stand-up, Uncategorized
This position probably won’t last- but it’s nice to see. If you want to do me a solid (as in favor, not bowel movement), then tweet the following: “I nominate @funnymatt for a Shorty Award in #comedian because…” This is[…]
December
22
2011
As I write this, my friend and colleague in the world of comedy is in the last stretches of his fight with cancer. He’s not going to win, but he gave it all he had, and after seeing him one last time[…]
June
29
2011
Louis C.K. vs. Matt Walker
- LOCATED IN comedians, louis c.k., Uncategorized
OK, I’ve often been told that I look much like Louis C.K., and I agree. Since he’s one of the comedians I most admire, I’m sure that we have more in common than just our handsome faces. (OK, feel free[…]
June
24
2011
Avatar!
- LOCATED IN avatar, comedians, Uncategorized
Everyone that knows me knows that I loved the movie Avatar. It’s the reason I got a Blue Ray player, I have jokes about it in my act, and I even made the photo you see below (yeah, I’m a[…]
May
30
2011
As a comedian, I often do shows that are either preceded or followed by karaoke. (Luckily, I have yet to do one that runs concurrently to karaoke singing, but I honestly wouldn’t be surprised to be asked to do so.)[…]
April
11
2011
RIP Sam Kinison
- LOCATED IN comedians, sam kinison, Uncategorized
Sam Kinison died 19 years ago yesterday, and the world lost one of the greatest stand-up comedians to ever grace the stage. I never met the man, and wasn’t quite old enough to get to see him perform live, but[…]
March
15
2011
I love Gilbert Gottfried
- LOCATED IN comedians, gilbert gottfried, Uncategorized
By now, everyone has heard that Gilbert Gottfried was fired from his Aflac voiceover gig due to his tweets on the Japanese earthquake and Tsunami. Were his jokes in poor taste? Yes, of course they were. That’s what Gilbert Gottfried[…]
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