Six new years-ish tweets to tide you over until you can get out to a comedy club
What have local comedians been up to this week? We should start with Cambridge’s Niraj Shah, who, in the spirit of the season, has made a resolution:
My goodyear resolution is to fill my tires.
— Niraj Shah (@TheOtherNiraj) December 31, 2013
Shah is a regular at clubs in Boston such as The Comedy Studio in Harvard Square, ImprovBoston in Central Square, Dick’s Beantown Comedy Vault, Nick’s Comedy Stop and other rooms across New England. His website and calendar are here.
Don't judge a book by its cover. Unless that cover is white and has dreadlocks.
— Matt Donaher (@mattdonaher) January 4, 2014
Matt D. was named a “Comic to Watch” by Comedy Central, won the 2012 U.S. Magner’s Comedy Festival and is a character on the Jonathan Katz series “Explosion Bus.” He performs at 8 p.m. Jan. 15 at ImprovBoston, 40 Prospect St., Central Square.
Cheese, army knives, bank accounts…is there anything that the Swiss don't have?
— Caitlin Durante (@caitlindurante) January 5, 2014
Cambridge writer and comedian Caitlin Durante has participated in the Women in Comedy Festival, Out of Bounds and the Boston Comedy Arts Festival and does standup regularly in the Boston area. She’s onstage at 9 p.m. Thursday with the Baby Giraffes at ImprovBoston’s Sketchhaus.
That's so awful how SeaWorld separated the baby whale from it's mother. [pets dog on lap].
— Jono Zalay (@JonoZalay) January 3, 2014
Jono Zalay lives in New York City, where his comedy will benefit most from the doctorate in neuroscience he earned studying in Boston. He has no upcoming shows here, though, so this may be the last time you see a tweet from him.
In case you've been wondering, National Geographic Channel is not classier than TLC.
— Rachel Klein (@racheleklein) January 4, 2014
Rachel Klein blogs about improv comedy, theater and other arts.
And just to wrap up roughly where we started:
I don't like New Years. 2013 was fine. We don't need a 2014.
— James Creelman (@James_Creelman) January 1, 2014
James Creelman has a neglected website that posts no upcoming shows. But he’s onstage at The Comedy Studio, 1238 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, in 8 p.m. shows Sunday and Jan. 19.
Who are the funniest people we should be following and retweeting? Let us know via email or in the comments.