Johnny Carson

Alice Cooper on how Tiger Woods, Muhammad Ali and Elvis are probably, definitely, aliens

Alice Cooper is a shock rock pioneer that's influenced countless artists with his on stage horror movie imagery and antics, which included hangings and beheadings by guillotine. Theatrics aside, Cooper (aka Vincent Furnier) is also a talented songwriter. Hits like "I'm Eighteen," "School's Out" and ... More >>

In Omit the Logic, Richard Pryor crucifies himself, again and again

See Rich Groskopf do the meanest Frank Sinatra take you've ever heard on Late Night Denver

John Rumley has posted the second Late Night Denver episode. Have you seen it yet? No? You taking a lunch today? Eat at your desk and watch this. So worth it. Besides the fact that Rumley, who plays guitar in Slim Cessna's Auto Club, is an absolute genius, a total natural as a host, the show -- the ... More >>

Greg Proops is the Smartest Man in the World, and he has a podcast to prove it

If you're funny, you gotta podcast. Neither the first or the last to realize that, veteran funny man Greg Proops, whom Drew Carey has called one of his favorite comics, launched his own live "Proopcast," The Smartest Man in the World. And he records it with a live audience, both at home in Los Angel ... More >>

Dancer Peter Davison juggles more than Junk in his new show in Boulder

Peter Davison is a juggler with a difference. He is co-artistic director of the Boulder Ballet Company, where he has danced roles ranging from Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet to Herr Drosselmeyer in the annual Nutcracker, and has won the National Juggling Championship both as an individual and with his ... More >>

The sins of Bill Maher's previous life

We all know him as the witty hybrid of Johnny Carson and George Carlin; the anti-religion, anti-South, pro-drug, pro-leather suit godfather of televised political satire. But did you know that there was once a whole decade where Bill Maher was as cool and relevant as Tim Allen at a Sleigh Bells conc ... More >>

Seth MacFarlane's Ted will appeal to viewers' animal instincts

Drew Carey on Johnny Carson, Troll 2 and the banality of bedroom sets

Over his many years as a public (and bespectacled) face, 54-year-old funny man Drew Carey has paid his dues as a Marine, a stand-up comic, a sitcom star, an improv guru and, in his most recent incarnation, the on-air host of The Price Is Right. And on his current tour, Carey will not only offer some ... More >>

Nick Apollo Forte on working with Woody Allen...and on cruise ships

Nick Apollo Forte, who'll perform in Denver for the first time in two decades on Sunday, April 22, at Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret, is best known for playing the lounge singer Lou Canova in Woody Allen's Broadway Danny Rose. But Forte is much more than a singer: He started off as a drummer and has be ... More >>

Victoria Jackson's excellent Tea Party adventure

Rick Barber out after thirty years at KOA, Jon Caldara's show also ending

Update below: Not so many decades ago, stations across the country employed overnight talk-show hosts, who kept lonely listeners company as they lingered in the dead zone between yesterday and today. Now, they're almost all gone -- victims of sinking revenues and budget cutting. So it's no surprise ... More >>

Hosts with a Toast

Sure, she's a piece of work. But there's got to be more to Joan Rivers.

Q&A With 30 Rock's Judah Friedlander

Late Night Strikes Back

Delegating Denver #19 of 56: Iowa

The Best of Westword 1990

Best of Westword Winners From 1988

Horseshoe Lounge

The games people play.

More Carnage

Retroactive

Bette Midler

The Taming of the Busker

A one-man play combines drama and juggling

Old at Heart

Mainstream news offers little to the under-thirty crowd.

Brian's Song

Listening to the distant echoes of a pop-rock genius.

Give the People a Hand

A new generation is rediscovering one of Denver's strangest bands.

Let Us Entertain You

Mall buskers aren't always welcome.

A Star Is Borne

Corn and Callousness

THE BRICO REQUIEM

IF THAT DON'T BEAT AL!

A NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP MEETS THE UNSINKABLE AL AVRAM.