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  10 Best Bets This Weekend: Dickens on The Strand, y El Milagro del Recuerdo

  December 5 at 4 a.m.

  Funny and festive, blissful and sweet, this weekend offers more than a few of our favorite things. There's a mariachi opera, comedy on stage, Latin-inspired music, a marathon monologue from Jay Leno, a gingerbread build-off (in space!), a homecoming of sorts over at the Houston Ballet, and a return to...

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  Nobody Talks About Jokes Quite Like Jay Leno

  December 4 at 5 a.m.

  "The thing I like about stand-up is it’s probably the oldest, most un-technical form of entertainment. With the exception of a microphone for amplification, it really hasn’t changed much since the town crier."

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  Comic Paul Virzi Likes Having His Stand-Up Hit Hard

  November 19 at 4 a.m.

  Paul Virzi has an exciting 2020 on the horizon: he’s fine-tuning his latest hour to record in March and has a secret role in the upcoming Judd Apatow directed Pete Davidson movie coming from Universal in the summer. But first, Virzi wants to kill it at Houston Improv. “I’ve played...

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  Facebook Funnyman Darren Knight aka "Southern Momma" Is Living A “Redneck Cinderella Story”

  October 21 at 7:29 a.m.

  "It all just took off, I think I had only 8-9 shows under my belt before I did my first show professionally touring!"

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  Cristela Alonzo Opened The Door For Latinx Comics, But More Diverse "Gatekeepers" Are Essential

  October 16 at 4 a.m.

  "It’s a domino effect. Executives, the tastemakers, the writers, the producers, the directors – we need more visibility in that world, because they understand the story being told."

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  As The World Keeps Getting Tighter, Bill Bellamy’s Comedy Keeps It Loose

  October 15 at 4 a.m.

  "We’re not psychologists, we’re not here being journalists. We’re being funny people who are giving you a social commentary."