Slog - Comments on Kondabolu on Kimmel http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/kondabolu_on_kimmel Hari Kondabolu—standup comedian, regular at Laffhole, scene queen, and all-around sweetheart—will be on the Jimmy Kimmel show this Monday. They called him yesterday, will fly him down on Sunday, and he'll be back to work on Tuesday. The most exciting thing? William Shatner will also be on the show. Hari Kondabolu will share a green room with the Shat. Wow. The second most exciting thing? "It all happened from here. From Seattle, where I have a great job and do comedy on the side." It happened, apparently, because of an audition tape that Kondabolu has been sending around, trying to... Copyright 2008 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:14:32 -0800 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:47:53 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jason Why the cheap shot at Jimmy Kimmel?

]]> Jason http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/kondabolu_on_kimmel#c635226 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/kondabolu_on_kimmel#c635226 Arts Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:33:03 -0800 Comment by Mardy Bum Kimmel's show isn't that bad and he's been booking solid comedians for sometime.

Do you see Leno or Letterman inviting Zach Galifynakis on? Or inviting Zach's "brother" the closeted high school football coach on?

I think not.

]]> Mardy Bum http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/kondabolu_on_kimmel#c635231 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/kondabolu_on_kimmel#c635231 Arts Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:41:00 -0800 Comment by Lindy No one deserves it more. Congrats, Hari!

]]> Lindy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/kondabolu_on_kimmel#c635242 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/kondabolu_on_kimmel#c635242 Arts Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:46:02 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Cheap shots at Jimmy Kimmel are always welcome. The guy must have something going for him, though -- I mean, Sarah Silverman? Zowie.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/kondabolu_on_kimmel#c635276 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/kondabolu_on_kimmel#c635276 Arts Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:01:24 -0800 Comment by Beachhead Scene Queen? I barely even know her...

]]> Beachhead http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/kondabolu_on_kimmel#c635296 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/kondabolu_on_kimmel#c635296 Arts Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:08:45 -0800 Comment by Beachhead And incidentally, congrats as well.

]]> Beachhead http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/kondabolu_on_kimmel#c635297 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/kondabolu_on_kimmel#c635297 Arts Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:09:47 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage I like Kimmel's show. He's much funnier than Letterman. But he's on at the same time as TDS, so...

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/kondabolu_on_kimmel#c635304 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/kondabolu_on_kimmel#c635304 Arts Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:21:43 -0800 Comment by David Schmader Except for Stephen Colbert, Jaime Pressly, and Dina Martina, no one's ever as consistently funny as I want them to be, including, very much so, Jimmy Kimmell.

I've only seen Hari Kondabolu perform once, but he totally cracked me up, which puts him in that rare class of comedians who have cracked me up 100 percent of the time.

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/kondabolu_on_kimmel#c635343 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/kondabolu_on_kimmel#c635343 Arts Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:47:53 -0800