Brooke Van Poppelen’s debut comedy album “Hard Feelings” coming this October
On Thursday, October 13th, stand-up comedian and TV host Brooke Van Poppelen (truTV’s Hack My Life, @midnight, The Nightly Show) will release her debut comedy album Hard Feelings on all digital platforms with Sure Thing Records. Recorded during SXSW 2016 in Austin, Hard Feelings is a collection of Van Poppelen’s favorite material that she’s created […]
The Laugh Button Podcast #89: Andrew Santino is dying up here
The new season of Saturday Night Live is imminent and Matt and Mark talk about what the new season has to offer. There’s talk of the panel at NY Comic Con next week. Then guest comedian Andrew Santino joins us to talk about his career in comedy and his forthcoming Showtime series, I’m Dying Up […]
Comedy troupe “Asperger’s Are Us” heading to theaters this November
For the members of the comedy troupe Asperger’s Are Us, it’s easier to associate with a faceless audience than with their own families. No matter who the crowd, best friends Noah, New Michael, Jack, and Ethan have one simple mantra: “We would much rather the audience appreciate us as comedians than people who have overcome […]
Mark Normand and Sean Patton make some Drunk History at SXSW 2017
On Tuesday, March 14th season 4 of Drunk History was released. To celebrate, a historical walking tour was organized at SXSW with comedians Sean Patton and Mark Normand on release day. We were set to start at Burnsides Tavern in Austin, TX and take a small group of people around town for some historical fun. […]
Robert Kelly’s Tech Talk at SXSW 2017
Anyone who listens to comedian Robert Kelly’s podcast YKWD would know he’s a big fan of technology. Going as far as having a Tech Talk segment on the show for a while. When he was at SXSW for our live comedy show he could not help but want to walk the tech floor of the […]
The Laugh Button Live! with Gotham Comedy Club at SXSW 2017
Now that we’re fully rested from our time at SXSW, we now have time to reflect on what a great show we had while down there. To recap, we teamed up with our pals Gotham Comedy Club to produce a stand-up comedy show at the comedy portion of the SXSW festival at Ether’s Follies. We […]
Nick Offerman gave some great writing advice during a SXSW Q+A
Nick Offerman is at SXSW, promoting two new films — comedies Infinity Baby and The Hero — and the actor / writer took some time off from the red carpet to answer some questions about his unique career. When asked if he had any writing advice for all the creative types out there, Offerman (dressed in a “Legalize […]
The Laugh Button Live! returns to SXSW with Ron White, Nick Thune, Beth Stelling, Godfrey, Lynne Koplitz, and Monroe Martin
For the 7th year now, The Laugh Button will be live at SXSW! This year we’ve teamed up with our friends at Gotham Comedy Club to provide an incredible night of stand-up comedy in the middle of SXSW’s film and interactive portions of the conference. If you’ve ever been to a previous one of our […]
The Laugh Button Live! at SXSW 2018 in photos
Now that we’ve returned to a fairly stable schedule from our time at SXSW, we have the chance to reflect and share what an incredibly great time we had at the pop culture festival in Austin, particularly for our live stand-up comedy show. Once again, we could not have done it without our pals at […]
The Laugh Button is going live at SXSW 2019!
It’s time once again for us to head down to Austin, TX. The Laugh Button returns to SXSW for the 8th annual Laugh Button Live! comedy show. We teamed up with Gotham Comedy Club to put laughter in the middle of the largest pop culture festival in the U.S. If you’ve ever been to one of […]