This will be the very first edition of The 80’s Comedy Boom, telling the story of how Boston became a hotspot through the birth of The Comedy Connection and the Ding Ho, launching Steven Wright, Paula Poundstone, Denis Leary, Marc Maron, David Cross, Janeane Garofalo, Barry Crimmins, Jimmy Tingle, Lenny Clarke, Steve Sweeney, Mike Donovan, Mike McDonald, Dana Gould, Bobcat Goldthwait, and so many others.
This presentation will include clips of their comedy along with audio from some of Nick Zaino’s own interviews through more than 26 years covering this scene for The Boston Globe, The Boston Phoenix, and various other publications.
Nick A. Zaino III is an arts freelancer, creator of Boston Comedy Radio, podcaster, and musician. For 28 years, he has covered comedy for publications from the Buffalo News to the Los Angeles Times. In 1998, he started writing about the Boston scene for The Boston Phoenix and Stuff@Night Magazine, and took up the beat for The Boston Globe in 2001. He still writes features and previews for the Globe on a weekly basis. The 100 Years of Boston Comedy lecture series is the basis for the book he is writing, the first comprehensive history of live comedy in New England. Boston Comedy Radio features all of the comedians you hear in the lecture, and is available 24/7 at www.bostoncomedyradio.com.
This program is sponsored by the Friends of Abbot Public Library.
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