Mike Birbiglia

Mike Birbiglia Talks Red Carpets, His Awkwardness, And Dust-Bustering In His Sleep

Rip Empson | Posted 09.25.2009 | Home


Rip Empson

Whenever people say, 'wait, how come you're not funny?' Or something like that, I'm always like, 'if I said to you casually the stuff that I say on stage, it would get really uncomfortable.'

New York Comedy Festival Announces Line-Up: Andy Samberg, Artie Lange, Bill Maher, And Tracy Morgan To Perform

Posted 09.12.2009 | Comedy


The New York Comedy Festival announced a tentative line-up today that adds Dane Cook, Mike Birbiglia and more to an already venerable list of stand-up...

Porno For Parents: Mike Birbiglia's Animated Life (VIDEO)

Posted 08.08.2009 | Comedy


Mike Birbiglia doesn't open sketchy emails from unknown senders with random attachments...unfortunately, his parents do. In his second animated short,...

An Awkward 10 Minutes With Eddie Izzard

Mike Birbiglia | Posted 06.11.2009 | Comedy


Mike Birbiglia

I sat down with Eddie Izzard after his show a few weeks back. Turns out someone video'd it with their phone or their beeper or their apple bong or whatever. Enjoy!

New York Times Weekender Weekender Weekender Ad

The Comic's Comic | Sean L. McCarthy | Posted 03.07.2009 | Comedy


If you live near New York City, or even in New England, you see the TV ad for the New York Times Weekender subscription a lot. A lot, a lot. Perhaps t...

Theater/Music: Sleepwalking, Seafaring and Scaggs

Michael Giltz | Posted 12.20.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Sleepwalk With Me, Mike Birbiglia's solo show, falls somewhere between the pure monologues of Spalding Gray and the brilliant, idiosyncratic but clearly stand-up of Eddie Izzard.

Palin Uses Magic 8-Ball in ABC Interview

Andy Borowitz | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics


Andy Borowitz

All in all, Gov. Palin responded to over eighty of the ABC newsman's questions with only three answers, believed to be a record for a nationally broadcast interview with a major political figure.

Kim Jong-Il: 'McCain Chose WHO?'

Andy Borowitz | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics


Andy Borowitz

"McCain chose WHO?" Kim reportedly said just before the onset of the stroke, sources confirmed.