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Boston Comedy Radio

by Nick A. Zaino III

BostonComedyRadio.com streams over 100 years of Boston stand-up, sketch, and musical comedy, and is home to the Boston Comedy Radio Interview Hour and Field Reports, covering Boston comedy past and present. For the Writing Archives of Boston arts reporter Nick A. Zaino III, pieces on Boston comedy history, and news about the station, subscribe to the Boston Comedy Radio Substack at https://bostoncomedyradio.substack.com.

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Episodes

  1. Field Reports - Lahna Turner on Ralphie May doc Come What May

    On Sunday, September 20, Lahna Turner will screen her documentary Come What May at the Paramount Theatre as part of the Boston Film Festival. This was originally intended as a documentary about Ralphie May's weight loss, buoyed by clips of his stand-up comedy. It became something different as May...

  2. Boston Comedy Radio Interview Hour - Paul Barclay and Bil Downes

    This week's guests are Paul Barclay and Bil Downes, a couple of comedians who took Sean Morey's comedy class at the Charles Playhouse, and then helped create the 80s boom by founding The Comedy Connection at the Charles in 1978. There had not been a full-time stand-up club in Boston until that...

  3. Boston Comedy Radio Interview Hour - Sean Morey

    Sean Morey is known as The Father of Boston Comedy. He started out as a street performer and comedian in Boston in the 70s, before there was a comedy scene in Boston. At one point, he got out of the cold and into the Charles Playhouse, where he performed regularly and also taught a comedy class....

  4. Boston Comedy Radio Interview Hour - Mike Donovan

    Mike Donovan was already a headlining comedian in 1978 when The Comedy Connection, Boston's first full-time comedy club, opened and sparked the 80s Comedy Boom here. In this interview, he talks about seeing the scene go from almost nothing to a full-fledged scene in a matter of a couple of years....

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BostonComedyRadio.com streams over 100 years of Boston stand-up, sketch, and musical comedy, and is home to the Boston Comedy Radio Interview Hour and Field Reports, covering Boston comedy past and present. For the Writing Archives of Boston arts reporter Nick A. Zaino III, pieces on Boston comedy history, and news about the station, subscribe to the Boston Comedy Radio Substack at https://bostoncomedyradio.substack.com.

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BostonComedyRadio.com streams over 100 years of Boston stand-up, sketch, and musical comedy, and is home to the Boston Comedy Radio Interview Hour and Field Reports, covering Boston comedy past and present. For the Writing Archives of Boston arts reporter Nick A. Zaino III, pieces on Boston comedy...

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