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Dance, Monkey: Tom E. Morello

We put a comic on the hot seat. This week’s victim . . .
Wow, I’ve never had anyone use the elaborate guise of journalism to let me know that I’m not welcome to bang them. Really, you could’ve just said no.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | July 02, 2008

George Carlin

1937–2008
Among scads of other, more important achievements, George Carlin deserves full credit for my comfort with and penchant for salty language.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | June 25, 2008

Dance, Monkey: Steve Macone

We put a comic on the hot seat. This week’s victim . . .
Eeyore talks like the kind of guy who’s already had a lot of beers with people.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | June 17, 2008

Dance, Monkey: Gerry Dee

We put a visiting comic on the hotseat. This week's victim. . .
Start a group called “The Oldest Man on Facebook.” And then “poke” away.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | June 11, 2008

Pride Week 2008

Sustaining community: the fun never stops
Boston Pride Week 2008 is shaping up to be a joyous smorgasbord of celebrities, literati, dancing, singing, boozing, schmoozing, friends, family, and joyful noises galore.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | June 04, 2008

Skipping gaily down the aisle

The ultimate gay-celebrity wedding planner
Enough about political justice; bring on the celebrity weddings!

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | June 04, 2008

Dance, Monkey: Kelly MacFarland

We put a comic on the hot seat. This week’s victim . . .
"Robots are hot and are incredibly strong."

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | June 03, 2008

Dance, Monkey: Hal Sparks

We put a visiting comic on the hotseat. This week's victim. . .
"They’re already experts at anal sex. They don’t need any advice from me."

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | May 27, 2008

Dance, monkey: Ken Reid

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | May 08, 2009

Dance, Monkey: Robert Schimmel

We put a visiting comic on the hot seat. This week's victim...
What would really be great would be if, at the end of the show, everyone was dead, except one comic, who is literally the last one standing. He wins.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | May 06, 2008

Dance, Monkey: Eugene Mirman

W e put a visiting comic on the hot seat. T his week’s victim . . .
It would make her very popular with both blue-collar voters and the wealthy, latte-sipping bisexuals who like Obama.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | April 28, 2008

Dance, Monkey: Todd Barry

We put a visiting comic on the hot seat
I went on Google and found several companies that make custom-made tiles from a photo you provide.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | May 19, 2008

Dance, Monkey: Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim

We put visiting comics on the hot seat
Kenyans are fast runners. They have endurance and can keep up with Mr. McCain. (Note: it’s Josh McCain, right? You might want to double-check that.)

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | April 15, 2008

Dance, Monkey: Josh Blue

We put a visiting comic on the hot seat
I too am a dirty hippie. But I’m different, because I believe in soap — in that I believe it exists.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | April 07, 2008

We can be heroes

Courage vs. abuse
Until now, the only way to use your ovaries to combat domestic violence was to yank ’em out, throw ’em in a sack, and use them to wallop an assailant.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | April 02, 2008

Dance, monkey: Margaret Cho

We put a visiting comic on the hot seat
I am not sure about donkeys, but definitely asses. Doesn’t everyone love a nice ass?

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | April 02, 2008

Dance, Monkey: March 28, 2008

We put a comic on the hot seat
I predict that the nation will be rocked when the story hits that Barack Obama is a black man running for president.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | March 26, 2008

Dance, monkey: Josh Gondelman

We put a comic on the hot seat
She’s an adorable human pod concealing an unidentifiable intergalactic devil-spawn species of peanut.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | March 18, 2008

Dance, Monkey: March 14, 2008

We put a visiting comic on the hot seat
The numerous pictures of me backstage at various theaters over the last 30 years, with famous gentile celebs whispering behind my back.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | March 12, 2008

Dance, monkey: Andrea Henry

We put a comic on the hot seat
Immediately projected all my unfulfilled dreams onto her. She’s already signed up for Patriots cheerleading camp.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | March 04, 2008

Dance, monkey: Louis CK

We put a visiting comic on the hot seat
I think that the World Health Organization is probably better. I don’t even know what they do, but I’m sure they’re more productive than underpants.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | February 26, 2008

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