Comedians go through “7 Minutes In Purgatory” in Comedy Central series
What happens when you deny stand-up comedians the benefit of laughter? Ian Abramson, host of 7 Minutes in Purgatory since 2014, finds out when he puts comics alone in the back of a truck to do their act while the audience watches from a different room. The series has now come to Comedy Central. So […]
Ian Abramson teaches the ABCs of comedy in his “Conan” debut
Stand-up comedian Ian Abramson (host of “Seven Minutes in Purgatory“) made his Conan debut last night, and it was a particularly beautiful one: outfitted with his trademark Sharpie’d moustache, Abramson opened by teaching us a handy way to remember the ABCs, then enlisted an audience member to help him test out some new material – by delivering electric […]