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Ghost Sex, Grindr and Little Caesars: Watch the Highlights From WW’s Funniest Five Showcase

Did you miss WW’s Funniest Five showcase? Fear not. We have a highlight reel.

Portland’s Five Funniest Comics Are Taking the Stage Tomorrow at Revolution Hall. You’ll Want to Be There.

When we tell you WW’s annual Funniest Five showcase is the best local comedy show of the year, we don’t expect you to believe us. We’re biased, of course. But here’s the thing: It really is. And you don’t have to take our word for it. After all, we didn’t pick the performers. The local comedy community did. And as we’ve found in the seven years we’ve conducted this poll, they have a pretty good read on comedic talent.

Lance Edward Knows When Life Hands Him A-Plus Standup Material

Lance Edward knows a good joke when it happens to him.

Chris Johnson Wants to Become Portland Comedy’s Next Hometown Hero

Chris Johnson has a joke he knows will land every time he performs it in Portland.

These Are the Five Funniest People in Portland, As Chosen by Their Peers

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. Five comics walk into a theater.

Portland Comedian Dylan Carlino Has Made a Career Out of Telling His Family Secrets Onstage

Dylan Carlino doesn’t know what kind of comic he wants to be anymore.

Where Are They Now? Updates on Funniest 5 Alumni Who Have Left Portland.

“I may be 3,000 miles away, but I know someone in Portland is mispronouncing my name.”

Ben Harkins’ Deadpan Comedy Belies His Self-Described “Mystic Streak”

It might seem counterintuitive to get into comedy to get away from drunken people. But that’s exactly what Ben Harkins did.

Hunter Donaldson Moved to Portland After His Parents Won the Lottery. Now He’s Telling Jokes About Getting Turned on By Ghosts.

Long before Hunter Donaldson worked to make Portland audiences laugh, he spent years entertaining himself while growing up in rural southeast Arkansas.

Like Brody Theater Before It, Kickstand Gives Portland Comics a Place to Find Their Voice.

Kickstand—which itself started in the basement of now-shuttered bike shop Velo Cult—largely continues Brody’s tradition while taking it a bit further. It’s the only performer-run production company in the city, which means as long as you bring in crowds and keep them laughing, pretty much anything goes.

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