Staff Report Doug Stanhope has pissed off a lot of people in his day — luckily, he doesn’t care. “No one can give you shit that matters when there’s nothing they can take from you. I don’t have a TV show I can get fired from, Aflack can’t dump me as their sponsor,” Stanhope said….
By Brandon Weston First Installment Amelia Pink-Bustles slowly moved down the Grand Hallway of her Chateau fixed high in the Mountains of Bavaria, toward an aging and faded portrait of her Father, Lord Henry Flannery Jermain Pink-Bustles, situated between a china vase holding a bundle of dead tulips and an elderly woman folded-up and asleep…
Staff Report UARK Bowl is starting their 2013 winter comedy season strong by showcasing well-known, brutally honest, Arkansas native Ralphie May. May will perform to a sold-out audience on Jan. 17 starting at 8 p.m. with what he said is all new material that can’t be seen on his fourth and latest one-hour special “Too…
Red Sauce By Chad Pollock For 33 years, Cantaloupe served barbecue and beer in his garage off rural route two-four-four. He ran below the level, having never seen the need to be sanctioned by the State. Every day at the barbecue pit was wild, awash with beer, pulled pork, red sauce and pool. Lot’s of…
By Free Weekly Staff Does the name Bobcat Goldthwait ring a bell? If you were following comedy in the 1980s, it definitely will. If you follow dark, social comedy and Robin Williams today, it should. His high-pitched, yet scratchy voice, often-outrageous clothing (or maybe that’s just the ’80s curse) and dark comedy made him a…
Blair drops her editor persona for a day – to take on the greater superstar persona of Madonna by answering questions from Madonna fans. Sound confusing? It’s not. Read more!
While people are fighting to have same sex marriage legalized in every state, there is a really crazy marriage law that is still in effect in half of the country that no one is trying to get repealed. That’s the law that allows first cousins to marry. Nineteen states allow it outright, and six allow it with conditions on age and the ability to reproduce.
Courtesy Photo: Don’t miss “Holiday Cocktails with Larry Miller” 8 p.m. Friday at the Walton Arts Center. It’s one night only! BJ: Hi, Larry I heard you might have a funny Hanukkah story to share with us.LM: During Hanukkah we would light our menorah and leave it on the stovetop. It was a white 1962…
By Blair Jackson TFW Editor No, not those kinds of fun bags. Please, people, show a little maturity. Though, the phunbags in question would never allow the opportunity for a sexual innuendo to pass unnoticed. Phunbags is the only comedic improvisational group in Northwest Arkansas, and they are also what Mark Landon Smith calls “the…
A few years ago, my girlfriend and I visited the beautiful city of Merida in the Yucatan. We were surprised to see a sentence in our guidebook warning us to be on the lookout for Mennonites pedaling queso in the mercado.