Opening night The very first Laugh Your Aspen Off! show was a benefit for Eagles Club Aspen’s scholarship fund. The club agreed to open its doors to the public for the first time in a long time by charging five bucks at the door and allowing us comics use of their upstairs meeting chamber as a green... Read more →
Laugh Your Aspen Off Bids Adieu
Hats off to Post blogger Clifford Fewel, the man who brought local comedy back to the Roaring Fork Valley–and put the “nite” back in Nite Club. “I wondered what a local comic’s perspective on living here would be like,” he blogs. “I really wanted to be IN the HBO... Read more →
Laugh Your Aspen Off Forever
The germination for starting a standup comedy troupe in Aspen started at a Y-shaped barroom called the Rose and Crown in Palo Alto, California. The open-mike nights on Mondays drew comics from San Francisco and beyond by offering snacks and beers. Simple stuff but it worked. Comics treated warmly will... Read more →
Did Fractionals Kill The Comedy Fest?
The rise of the fractional industry in Aspen led like a bad sit-com to the demise of the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival presented by HBO. “Read between the lines and the conclusion is almost inevitable,” writes Post blogger Michael Conniff. “HBO pulled the plug on the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival... Read more →
HBO CEO’s Heave-Ho Puts Fest At Risk
HBO chairman and CEO Chris Albrecht is leaving the company folowing charges of sexual assault. “Now the future of the CEO and the storied HBO Comedy Fest in Aspen are in jeopardy long-term after Albrecht was forced to resign pending assualt charges against women that go back to 1991,” Post... Read more →
Sexual Assault Charges Against HBO CEO Leave Comedy Fest In Doubt
ASPEN, COLORADO (Post Time News)–Despite its long and storied history here, the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival sponsored by HBO has inevitably lived from year-to-year waiting for the annual green light from HBO chairman and chief executive officer Chris Albrecht in order to live to see another year. Now... Read more →
Jeremy Piven’s Meltdown @ Matsuhisa
Jeremy Piven–the comedic actor who plays the uber-agent on HBO’s “Entourage”–was told never to show his face at Matsuhisa in Aspen or any Nobu restaurant again. “The ‘Entourage’ arriviste has reportedly been warned to keep away from Nobu Matsuhisa ‘s... Read more →
Stars Born At HBO Comedy Fest
You were there, at least for some of it, but even if you weren’t you will want to know the stars who were born in Aspen at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. Read More →
Who Made The Cut @ Comedy Fest?
Ever wonder who made names for themselves at this year’s U.S. Comedy Arts Festival presented by HBO in Aspen? Here’s a look at the rising stars, according to a Denver newspaper, and the breakout performers. Read More →
Farewell To Comedy Fest
The U.S. Comedy Arts Festival presented by HBO is always my favorite time of year, and not just because of the yuks. I really love the Comedy Fest because it’s like a homecoming from me. Let me explain. I’m a New Yorker, that rare species that was actually born, bred, and buttered in Manhattan.... Read more →