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Wyatt Cenac says I’m funny. At least that’s what I’m assuming.

Sunday, May 15th, 2011

@MissJaiSays over at The Twitter sent me a message letting me know that a writer named Jozen Cummings said…

And then I told tweeted to Mr. Cummings*, “Thank you.” And then I powered up the Googler and found the interview. Here’s an excerpt…

“Well, there’s also the alternative [comedy] world, and I very quickly got put into that world. There aren’t a lot of minorities who get put in that world. Me, Craig Robinson, W. Kamau Bell — there are comedians who got placed on that track…”

Pretty cool, huh? Especially since I’ve never met Mr. Cenac.* And while he didn’t say I was funny per se, he is including me with himself and Craig “Can I have some booty?” Robinson. And since he doesn’t seem to have Twitter or a personal Facebook page or an email address on his Spartan website, I’ll just have to throw my thanks out into the Internet. If he Googles himself as much as I do myself, he’ll get this in about 32 seconds.

Mr. Cenac just released a Comedy Central hour long special entitled Comedy Person. Check out some here.

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*I’m being all formal since Hiya Swanhuyser recently crushed me by telling me that let me know that I am a journalist.

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The W. Kamau Bell Curve hits LA! FREE SHOW!

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

HEY LOS ANGELES! The W. Kamau Bell Curve is coming to LA Wed. Sept. 22 8pm & it’s ABSOLUTELY FREE! @ Comedy Comedy Central Stage @ The Hudson 6539 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA.

Call to RSVP @ 323.960.5519!

It’s a big show. Lots of Hollywood bigwigs coming out. Every normal human being that I can get in there. It will really help. If you aren’t from LA but have LA friends, pleeeeeeeeease send them my way. Thank you for your enduring support!

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  • Artist: W. Kamau Bell
  • Date: Wednesday, September 22nd 2010
  • Time: 8:00pm
  • City: W. Kamau Bell in Los Angeles, CA
  • Venue: Comedy Central Stage @ The Hudson
  • Address: 6539 Santa Monica Boulevard
  • Country: US
  • Admission: FREE
  • Box office: 323.960.5519
  • Notes: Absolutely FREE Reservations Required To RSVP, please call 323.960.5519 Street and Lot Parking Available    cross street Hudson Avenue between Highland and Vine The W. Kamau Bell Curve: Ending Racism in About an Hour Written & Performed by W. Kamau Bell Kamau returns to the Comedy Central Stage for the third time to try to end racism. Thanks to The Tea Party, Dr. Laura, and an Islamic building in NYC, this racism thing just won’t die. Margaret Cho called Kamau, “the most important guy doing comedy right now.” Directed by Paul Stein.
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The W. Kamau Bell Curve is EXTENDED in NYC!!

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Ending Racism in About an Hour HAS BEEN EXTENDED!!!

MAY 26, 27 & JUNE 2, 3 @ 8PM

MAY 30 @ 6PM

JUNE 4 @ 6PM

BRING A FRIEND OF A DIFFERENT RACE & GET IN 2FOR1!!!!

To get the 2FOR1 deal use the promo code “solo241″ when you buy tickets HERE

One part manifesto, one part diatribe, and several parts funny.



WHEN: May 26, 27, 30, June 2, 3, 4 @ terraNOVA Collective’s 7th Annual soloNOVA Arts Festival, New York City, NY

WHERE: P.S. 122 150 1st Ave. @ 9th St. NY, NY
L train to 1st Avenue, F/V train to 2nd Avenue, N/R to 8th Street, 6 to Astor Place

“W. Kamau Bell is the most important guy doing comedy right now. Do yourself a favor and go see him. He’s got the most astute, hilarious and completely righteous material going and he’s going to be a legend in his own lifetime like Richard Pryor and Lenny Bruce. Think Bill Hicks but slightly taller.” — Margaret Cho

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My 1st NYC review of 2010 from Blog Stage Backstage

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Ending Racism in an Hour? Yeah, That’s Funny.

W kamau bell curve 2 To promote his one-man comedy show The W. Kamau Bell Curve: Ending Racism in About an Hour, now running as part of the seventh annual soloNOVA Arts Festival at PS 122, stand-up comedian W. Kamau Bell is making a special offer: “Bring a friend of a different race and get in 2 for 1.”

Bell hopes that this bring-a-friend-for-free discount will help fill the theater with New York audiences who might not have heard of the San Francisco Bay Area comedian yet. “Although, I have selfish reasons for that, too,” Bell says. “It guarantees me a better crowd. You can’t end racism unless everyone is in the room at the same time.”

Yet to end racism, you have to discuss racism. And to discuss racism, you have to talk about race. And once the conversation turns to race, a lot of (white) people automatically worry about sounding racist. Or, as George Costanza would say, “I really don’t think we should be talking about this.”

Bell uses comedy, therefore, to broach a subject most people are simply too afraid to talk about. You might be thinking, The election of Barack Obama, our first black president, ushered in the era of “post-racial” America, right? Wrong. Bell utilizes a sharp mix of stand-up comedy, Powerpoint, audio and video clips, and theatrical solo theater to illustrate the ways racism just keeps making a comeback. “This show isn’t about post-racial America,” Bell says. “It’s about racial America.”

Even so, the idea of “ending racism in an hour” probably sounds like a joke. That’s because it is. Well, sort of. Read More…

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Ummm… I’m in the same headline as Conan O’Brien & Justin Timberlake.

Monday, May 10th, 2010
This is from Comedy Central’s Insider Website. I wonder if Conan and Justin find this as noteworthy as I do… Probably.

May 10th 5:42PM

Before They Get Stale: Conan O’Brien, W. Kamau Bell and Justin Timberlake

Posted by: Gonzalo Cordova

Conan O’Brien visited Google headquarters and then Google and YouTube came together to present a video of the event. The internet is done because it has served its ultimate purpose. [YouTube]

There’s a guy going around to TV stations pretending he is a yo-yo master when he is really actually very bad at yo-yo. So this guy is my new comedy hero. [Videogum]

Justin Theroux claims he’s working on a Zoolander 2 script, so I guess that project isn’t as dead as the internet thought. Either the internet is an idiot or Theroux is a liar, and only one of the two is prone to making up facts about Chuck Norris, so… [Movieline]

W. Kamau Bell is going to end racism in an hour for the soloNOVA Arts Festival. Here’s a video interview with him about it. [Comic's Comic]

Some of the cuts made to this week’s SNL Betty White episode were pretty strong, which just says how good that episode was on Saturday. [Pop Culture Brain]

Speaking of Saturday Night Live and things the internet really likes, Justin Timberlake is rumored to be returning to the show for another song parody. [NY Post

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WTF Podcast with Marc Maron featuring me & Dwayne Kennedy. RACE-Y!

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

WTF Podcast with Marc Maron

So a couple weeks ago when I was in LA taping Marc Maron’s TV Pilot for Comedy Central, me and Dwayne Kennedy also taped this episode of Marc Maron’s WTF podcast. The interview is pretty much 100% focused on racism in alternative comedy… which makes it seem pretty topical considering all the John Mayer nonsense yesterday. This interview was sort of a surreal experience for me. I’ve been a big fan of Marc’s since before I started doing comedy, and I’m a big fan of his podcast. Marc is credited as one of the founders(?) of Alt Comedy, but I’ve always appreciated him for his honesty, his blistering point of view, and his… I don’t know how to put this… his ADULTHOOD. There are very few comics that feel like adults when they are onstage. Most comedians onstage feel like teenagers or college students on a Friday night, but Marc is part of a class of comedians who feel like adults. (including Greg Proops, Jake Johannsen, Bill Burr… and it goes without saying Bill Cosby and Paul Mooney) I’ve always respected that quality in a comedian and have aspired to be that myself. It doesn’t mean they don’t talk about or do silly things but they do these things from an adult perspective. It feels like it is a throwback to the 60’s and early 70’s era of comedy.

The 2nd reason this episode felt surreal is that I was able to tape it with Dwayne Kennedy. Not only is he is one of my best friends but he is also one of my favorite comics of all-time. No exaggeration. He’s a comedy legend amongst the people who know these things (Marc sort of goes into this at the beginning — if they left that part in.) , and there’s not enough evidence online for you to know how good Dwayne is. And DEFINITELY getting Dwayne to open up like he did on Marc’s podcast AND ON THE RECORD is rare, so enjoy it while it lasts.

I haven’t listened yet to this episode, yet — possibly because I was there. Check it out and let me know what you think. ENjoy this episode of Two Legends and Kamau.

You can get it on Itunes or just click HERE!

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LATM’s Hari Kondabolu on Comedy Central This Friday!

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Get your Tivo’s & DVR’s ready! Laughter Against The Machine’s very own Hari Kondabolu THIS Friday, January 15@ 8pm Pacific & 11pm East Coast on Comedy Central! I’ll be watching.

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