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Live With The Artist Formerly Known as Hippieman

Live With The Artist Formerly Known as Hippieman

  Live episode: A Boulder Colorado native, Hippieman first tried standup in 1980 at the Blue Note where the Pearl Street Pub now stands. Laid off in 2001, he turned to comedy full time. His festival credits include Sketchfest, Limestone, Bridgetown and Denver’s High Plains Comedy Festival. He was the winner of the Laughing Skull […]

Purifying Jokes with Ivan Aristeguieta

Purifying Jokes with Ivan Aristeguieta

Ivan Aristeguieta became a full time comedian after having a successful career as a Brew Master and Food Technologist in his home country of Venezuela. He left the Brewery but drinking beer is still part of his job. He quickly escalated to become part of the new Venezuelan comedy movement selling out shows around Venezuela […]

The Humor Code’s Slate series revisited: Who owns a joke? (#7)

Joel Warner and I look into how the comedy world deals with joke stealing: With all of this joke borrowing going on, what’s an aggrieved comedian to do? Does anyone actually own a joke, after all? What legal recourse, if any, does that owner have when some hack swipes his best material? Read the full […]