What do Amy Poehler, Fred Armisen, Zach Galifianakis, and Sarah Silverman have in common?  They all have performed with comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade! The Upright Citizens Brigade TourCo will bless us with their humor at MASS MoCA on Saturday, October 8 at 8pm!

A small history lesson on UCB:

-1996: Comedians Matt Besser (Reno 911), Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation), Ian Roberts (Anchorman), and Matt Walsh (Old School) leave Chicago’s ImprovOlympic to move New York, forming the Upright Citizens Brigade to teach and perform improv

-1998-2000:  The TV series “Upright Citizens Brigadeâ€� airs on Comedy Central for 3 seasons, featuring popular comedy sketches from their live performances, as well as new material.  The show follows the Upright Citizens Brigade, an organization “with no government ties and unlimited resources,” allowing for chaos to ensue… Read the rest of this entry »

Eugene Mirman (performing at MASS MoCA on July 3) was invited to deliver the 2009 commencement speech at his alma mater Lexington High School last weekend. In true Eugene fashion, the speech is hilarious, helpful (just like The WIll To Whatevs!) and perfectly absurd! It is the #2 comedy video on youtube (65k hits and counting!), and has everyone saying “Eugene should give graduation speeches at every high school!” and “I wish Eugene would have given the speech at my school!” This is just great especially considering Eugene spent six years in special education.

Eugene recently wrapped his sold out North American tour with fellow Flight of the Conchords stars and his show was just picked up for a second season on Adult Swim!