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Maria Bamford

Tags: comedian, comedy, funny, stand-up, stand-up comedy

Summary: What young stand up comedienne was able to marry John Travolta in the feature film ", Lucky Numbers,", got to make out with John Cryer on the ABC series ", The Trouble with Normal", and teach Jenna Elfman how to play the violin on the hit series ", Dharma and Greg?", Maria Bamford. Maria is a Duluth, Minnesota native who two years ago left Minnesota for Hollywood. Maria started her stand up career performing at comedy clubs in Minneapolis. Maria made a stop on her way to Hollywood at the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado.

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Upcoming Shows

Sat, Mar 27 2010

Simulcast of "Women in Comedy Festival: Headlining Stand Up Comedy"

Sat, Mar 27 2010

"Women in Comedy Festival: Headlining Stand Up Comedy"

Sat, Mar 27 2010

"Women in Comedy Festival: Stand Up Open Mic"

Recent Phoenix Articles

Comedy

Northern exposure

Four Boston funnymen tell some jokes at Montreal's Just for Laughs festival, and prove that comedy is more than just getting-r-done
While New York is grittier, Los Angeles juicier, and Boston is wicked smahter, for some odd reason it is Montreal that, for two weeks every summer, becomes the epicenter of the comedy universe.

By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | July 29, 2009

Lifestyle Features

Funny business

As the AltCom Festival arrives at the Somerville Theatre, we look at the roots of the indie comedy boom.
“Ashlee Simpson’s new album sold so poorly,” snorted the headline on Yahoo! this past week, that “it was beaten by a comedy album.”

By MIKE MILIARD | May 08, 2008