For the past few weeks, we've been bringing you the contestants for our Comedy 102.7 FPIA Fan Favorite, and we're happy to announce that we've got a winner! Congrats to Sean Mooney, who, thanks to your votes, gets a chance to be crowned 2013's Funniest Person in Austin! Be sure to head out to Cap City Comedy Club on Monday, May 20th, to catch the final night of the competition. Sean Mooney Born and raised in Reno Nevada, Sean Mooney is a stand-up comedian based in Austin now. Mooney has been on the finalist of Cap City Comedy Club’s Funniest Person in Austin competition. He opened for Dave Attell, Brent Wienback and Chad Daniels. Check out this video, which features the performance that landed Mooney the top spot. Video courtesy of Voltaic Video. Read More...

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Cap City Comedy's Funniest Person in Austin contest starts to wrap up its preliminary rounds tonight and tomorrow, and with that comes two more alternates to compete in our Fan Favorite contest! Head out tonight to catch the following funny folks, and check back tomorrow to see who we'll be rooting for! You can vote starting May 8th. Also, click here for a chance at free FPIA tickets. Following is the lineup for the two final nights in the contest's preliminary rounds: May 6th Hosted by John RamseyBen Harral Bob Khosravi Brian Brown Brian Kinsella Chance Royce Chris Duncan Chris Tellez Joe Faina Jon Stringer Karla Duplantis Kat Combs Mikey Swenson Ryan Tinney Steven Cruser May 7th Hosted by John RamseyBarrett Goldsmith Bill Sheehan Chris Cubas Cymone Love Erin Filingame Jared Hawley Kevin Iso Layne Krarup Leonardo Garcia Mark Johns Mike Deboer Pat Dean Paul Hartman Rob Gagnon Roxy Castillo Read More...

Cap City Comedy's Funniest Person in Austin contest continually heats up tonight and tomorrow night, and with it comes another alternate to compete in our Fan Favorite contest! So head out tonight to catch the following funny folks, and check back tomorrow to see who we'll be rooting for! You can vote starting May 8th. Also, click here for a chance at free FPIA tickets. Following is the lineup for the two night’s contest:   April 29th Hosted by Chip Pope Andrew Burnett Jared Walls Javier Cano John Buseman John Wilkinson Josh Draper Laura Bukstein Matt Willis Maya Smith Michael Pearson Montgomery Wayne Patrick Sirois Ralph Hardesty Repo Lakey Scotty Peterson April 30th Hosted by Chip Pope Aaron Brooks AJ Fitzgerald Amber Bixby Annie Lieber Brian Steele Chad Comstock Cody Stocktor Derick Fields Doran Rawlinson Ethan Moore Joe Hafkey Joseph Gallows Kevin Curran Mac Dixon Polar Bear Read More...

Marc Maron's IFC sitcom Maron is set to debut next Friday, but the network uploaded a full episode of the show to their YouTube channel, which you can watch in its entirety below. This is the show's second episode. Entitled "Dead Possum," it involves Maron interviewing Denis Leary and trying to get a dead possum out from under his house. Surprisingly, Marc doesn't handle the situation so well. You’ll also get a chance to see his new show, Maron, at the Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival in a special advanced badges-only screening at the Stateside at the Paramount theater tonight, with Maron himself in attendance before he then does a live recording of WTF later that night with a live audience. He's recording an episode of his "WTF" podcast tonight at the Fest. Read More...

Futurama's existence on Comedy Central now has an expiration date, for the second time. First, Fox cancelled Futurama in 2003, which Comedy Central later revived in 2008.   The final episode will air Sept. 4 welcoming a slew of guest appearances, including: Larry Bird, Dan Castellaneta, Sarah Silverman, George Takei, Adam West and Burt Ward. Purchase your Futurama DVDs or create a Netflix account now to relive Futurama as often a laugh is desired. Read More...

Cap City Comedy's Funniest Person in Austin contest continually heats up tonight, and with it comes another alternate to compete in our Fan Favorite contest! So head out tonight to catch the following funny folks, and check back tomorrow to see who we'll be rooting for! You can vote starting May 8th. Also, click here for a chance at free FPIA tickets.     Following is the lineup for tonight’s contest: Aaron McDavis Andrew Tompkins Cameron Fielder Christopher Kieffer Eclass Phifer Ethan Horn Gy Odom Jarrod Allison Jeremiah Bailey Joel Keith Kelsey Caine Maggie Maye Steve Cox Terance McDavid Wes Corwin Read More...

Comedy 102.7 has teamed up with The Texas Chapter of the American Red Cross to help our Neighbors in Need - the victims and families affected by the fire and explosion in West, Texas. Cash donations can be made to the following:Donate by Check or In PersonAmerican Red Cross of Central Texas2218 Pershing DriveAustin, TX 78723Make a Donation by PhoneGive using your credit or debit card by calling (512) or (800) 928-4271. We accept MasterCard, Visa, Discover and American Express.Text REDCROSS to 90999Make a $10 donation to American Red Cross National Disaster Relief. Participating carriers only. Donations will appear on customers’ monthly bills or be debited from a prepaid account balance. Message and data rates may apply. To see terms applicable to donations, please visit www.mgive.org/T. Receipts for donations made by text are available at www.mgive.org/receipt.Red Cross staff and volunteers are prepared year-round to meet the disaster-caused needs of people in our community.Your donation helps insure that disaster services such as food, shelter, medical supplies, clean-up and other vital assistance are available to our neighbors whose lives have been affected. Read More...

Tonight, Cap City Comedy's Funniest Person in Austin contest continues, and with it comes another alternate to compete in our Fan Favorite contest! So head out tonight to catch the following funny folks, and check back tomorrow to see who we'll be rooting for! You can vote starting May 8th. Want to head out to the FPIA shows? Click here for a chance at free tickets. Andrew RamirezAustin MillerAzzedine BouchillaoanBrian GaarClay SnodgrassDan FrenchIssac Harigle Jay WhitecottonJohn DuffyKat RamzinskiLauren BardMahdee Harris Steven Noz Tony LaMarrVincent Hernandez Read More...

The Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival kicks off in just two weeks with top comedic headliners and laughs ready to invade Austin! Badges are still available for purchase, but in case work, finances or location stand in the way of you and non-stop laughter, the podcast lineups have finally been announced. Moontower offers live podcasts during the festival featuring WTF with Marc Maron, You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes and Fitzdog Radio with Greg Fitzsimmons. The WTF podcast, which premiered at the festival in 2009, has established quite a reputation since its inception, becoming one of the most popular podcasts of all time - downloaded over 53 million times and topping the iTunes charts at #1. This year, Maron welcomes Bill Burr, Dom Irrera, Jim Norton, Janeane Garofalo, Michael Ian Black, Maria Bamford and Todd Barry to the stage for hilarious monologues and interviews. The podcast is hosted at the Stateside at the Paramount on Friday, April 26 at 9:45pm.   Read More...

Tonight, Cap City Comedy's 28th annual Funniest Person in Austin contest continues! Hosted by Mario DiGiorgio, the evening's events will give 15 lucky comedians the chance to become Austin's funniest citizen. Three will move onto the semi-finals, and one alternate will join the ranks of the alternates that will participate in our Comedy 102.7 and Cap City FPIA Fan Favorite contest! More details here. Oh, and you can win tickets to each night of the FPIA contest by registering here. So what are you doing just sitting here reading this? Head over to Cap City and laugh your a$$ off. The 28th Annual Cap City Comedy Club's Funniest Person in Austin Lineup: April 1st Hosted by Lucas MolandesAriel Greenspoon Brian Walton Cody Hustak David Del Rio Doug Lewis Duncan Carson James Scherer Kristi Harrison Lee Perrin Marti Kennedy Micah Thaden Michael Navarrete Sean Robb Steven Farmer Wade Word April 2nd Hosted by Lucas MolandesAaron Spivey-Sorrells Adam D. Wolf Amy Botelho Ashley Barnhill Bobb Sixx Bryan Roberts Bryson Brown Cody Greenlee Dean Kirkpatrick Jeremy Valdez Mac Blake Matthew Duncan Michael Priest Sean Mooney Silas Harper April 8th Hosted by Mario DiGiorgioAndrew Murphy Bo Laughman Brian Zeigler Damien Booker... Read More...

The 28th Annual Cap City Comedy Club's Funniest Person in Austin Lineup April 1st Hosted by Lucas MolandesAriel Greenspoon Brian Walton Cody Hustak David Del Rio Doug Lewis Duncan Carson James Scherer Kristi Harrison Lee Perrin Marti Kennedy Micah Thaden Michael Navarrete Sean Robb Steven Farmer Wade Word April 2nd Hosted by Lucas MolandesAaron Spivey-Sorrells Adam D. Wolf Amy Botelho Ashley Barnhill Bobb Sixx Bryan Roberts Bryson Brown Cody Greenlee Dean Kirkpatrick Jeremy Valdez Mac Blake Matthew Duncan Michael Priest Sean Mooney Silas Harper April 8th Hosted by Mario DiGiorgioAndrew Murphy Bo Laughman Brian Zeigler Damien Booker Jacques Ntonme Jake Sharon Jami Shofner Jerome Buck Justin Sanders Kelly Lee Lawson Bennett Lil' Charles Michael Stansbury Ryan Cownie Sara Reihani April 9th Hosted by Mario DiGiorgioAldo Ramon Ben Cholok Chris Gaffney David Jimenez Derek Phelps Eric Kennedy Eric Nagurney Gregg Olan Jennifer Hill Jim Boaze Kath Barbadoro Kelly Stone Nick Puente Paul Parker Pete Martin April 14th Hosted by Kerry Awn"Uncle Bob" Aaron Arocha Austen Silver Barto McCarty Caroline Bassett Danny Palumbo Jake Flores Jeremy Abdo Joe Staats Juan Salinas Luis Flandes Nick Ward Norman Wilkerson Stephanie Vela Anderson Tony Vinh April 15th Hosted by Eric ... Read More...

SXSW this year promises a variety of standup, improv, sketch showcases; live podcast recordings, and panels by the likes of Michael Cera, Kevin Pollak, Sarah Silverman, Fred Armisen, Doug Benson, Rob Huebel, Marc Maron, Eugene Mirman, Reggie Watts, and many, many more. Pretty much anything amazing and hilarious could happen during SXSW at any moment. Welp, comedy fans, get ready for a week of just that. As per usual, one of the biggest draws for the laughs comes from the live podcast recordings. All live podcast recordings will take place at Esther's Follies (525 E. 6th Street) (also the location of the Comedy 102.7 Live Broadcast), presented by TuneIn, and they're open to all SXSW badge and wristband holders. Here is your guide to the shows you can check out: Saturday March 9 Comedy Bang Bang with host Scott Aukerman (6pm) Sunday March 10 WTF with Marc Maron with host Marc Maron (4pm) improv4humans with host Matt Besser (6pm) Monday March 11 Gelmania with host Brett Gelman (6pm) Tuesday March 12 Talkin Walkin with host Kevin Pollak (6pm) Wednesday March 13 Who Charted? with hosts Howard Kremer and Kulap Vilaysack (6:30pm) Friday March 15 The Fogelnest Files with host Jake Fogelnest (6:30pm) Saturday March 16 The Benson ... Read More...

The Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival is guaranteed to bring over 100 hilarious, witty and odd comedians to the Austin City Limits for three days of uncontrollable, stomach-aching laughter April 24-27.  The festival has announced single ticket sales for headliner shows at the Paramount Theatre and Cap City Comedy Club Shows. Headliners Dana Carvey, Jim Gaffigan, Bill Hader, Bill Burr, Anthony Jeselnik, Janeane Garofalo, Brian Posehn, Amy Schumer and Jim Norton will take the stage at the Paramount Theatre. Cap City Comedy Club features Greg Fitzsimmons and Maria Bamford with single tickets sales available. Under the comedian's show of your choice, select, 'CLICK HERE to purchase tickets online' to buy single tickets.  Check out the line-up with the newest addition, Reggie Watts! And in case single ticket sales don't encompass enough laughs for the weekend, Moontower Comedy offers exclusive FAN badges to see over 90 comedians at more than 10 venues in downtown Austin. FAN badges are $129 for a 4-day pass and access to every show. A limited number of seats are reserved for FAN badge holders. Purchase a FAN badge and enjoy a weekend of headliner comedians and up and coming comics.  Purchase single tickets and FAN badges and get ... Read More...

From his appearances on The Daily Show to his popular stand-up specials, Demetri Martin has become the premiere hipster comedian in America. Specializing in deadpan one-liners and absurd observations, Martin often incorporates music into his act, and is possibly best known for using markers and a giant paper tablet to create visual jokes. He makes sketches, analyzes and rearranges words to create humor. While trying to get a career in stand-up going by performing at comedy clubs and open mics around New York, Martin not only dropped-out at the end of his second year of law school but also worked a series of odd jobs. However, later In 2003, Martin won the Perrier Award at the International Fringe Festival for his first one-man show, If I. He released a comedy album called These Are Jokes and then created and starred in his own television series called Important Things with Demetri Martin.Martin isn’t slowing down in 2013, he is coming to Austin, Texas on April 4 for his POINT YOUR FACE AT THIS standup/book tour. The tickets can be purchased here. Also, Martin has brown hair, and he is allergic to peanuts. You can find him at www.demetrimartin.com, at www.facebook.com/demetrimartin, on Twitter ... Read More...

After having been conspicuously light on performers of the feminine persuasion, Austin’s upcoming second annual Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival will have a bit of change this year. Organizers just announced a rush of female additions to the roster for Moontower 2013, which is a great news to funny ladies everywhere. Chelsea Lately panelist Christina Pazsitzky and Morgan Murphy (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, 2 Broke Girls) join Julie Goldman (The Big Gay Sketch Show), Helen Hong, Emily Heller, Mary Patterson, Last Comic Standing’s Jessica Kirson and Austin’s own actress, filmmaker and veteran standup Kerri Lendo at Moontower 2013. According to organizers, some badge categories are close to sold out, with fewer than 4 dozen ACE badges and 2 dozen VIP tags remaining. Badges can be purchased at The Moontower website, where detailed price and amenity information is available. Read More...

Super Bowl XLVII is over. The Baltimore Ravens won. And no matter which team you were pulling for to win the big one, there’s one thing we can all agree on: 2013 proved that there is no battle more fierce, no competition more intense than that of advertisers fighting for your attention and wallets. This year’s Super Bowl commercials were no exception. Companies spared no expense or ounce of creativity just to ensure that you’ll remember them and their products. Watch the funniest commercials we chose for you! Enjoy and have a good laugh again! Taco Bell: “Viva Young”: When some octogenarians bust out of their retirement home, they get into all kinds of teenage trouble: Regrettable tattoos, public displays of affection, breaking and entering, pyrotechnics, and finally, some late night Taco Bell. The directors found some great character actors — especially that guy who presses his nipple against the restaurant window — and a cool Spanish rendition of “We Are Young,” by the band fun. (The Washington Post - The 5 best Super Bowl commercials of 2013) Best Buy, “Asking Amy”: “Does it make you uncomfortable when I use the word ‘Dongle’?” Oh, Amy Poehler. So flirty and delightfully ... Read More...

Rolling Stone Magazine is taking a cue from the rapid growth of the nationwide comedy scene, and recently made a list of “The 50 Funniest People Now”, including stand-ups, TV hosts, Twitterers, radio personalities, septuagenarians and sports analysts who are bringing the most lols right now. In making this list, they took the “now” part seriously, and focused on comedians’ recent work. Cult-to-mainstream favorite Louis C.K. nabs the number one spot - “He can make you laugh, and cry, just by eating ice cream, a whole pint of it, straight out of the carton, while lying in bed,” Rolling Stone described him as, “A funny man who contains multitudes.” Recent 2013 Screen Actors Guild Female actor in a comedy series winner Tina Fey takes third place - “The writer-producer-actor-author has become a do-it-all icon and a trailblazer for similarly versatile female comedians,” this line nails her mystique. Check here to see if your favorite funny man or lady made the list. Read More...

Don't be chicken. Cross the road and get your badges to the Moontower Comedy Festival April 24-27. The festival welcomes over 100 comedians for four nights across the ATX at 11 venues. A few headlining comics include Dana Carvey, Amy Schumer, Bill Burr and Jim Gaffigan and more. This is only the first wave, so check back for more comedian announcements. For a chance to win a pair of badges, follow @MoontowerComedy and retweet the chicken video.   Read More...

Get ready, music fans, because wristbands for the 2013 SXSW Music Festival are now on sale at wristbands.sxsw.com. Wristbands are for Austin music fans only, but you can buy one for you and one for a friend - $159 each, tax included. You’ll need a credit card with an Austin area zip at the time of purchase. You can find all the details in today’s Austin Chronicle. SXSW Music happens March 12th through 17th - 2,000 bands on 100 stages. SXSW is sponsored in part by IFC, Yahoo, and American Express. Read More...