Arts & Entertainment - Dec. 21, 2008
A contest for funny folks who truly loathe Minnesota
Is Minnesota the Land of 10,000 Lakes or the Land of 10,000 Punchlines? The folks from BigBoned Comedy and the Minneapolis Comedy Death Squad will find out when they square off Jan. 7 at the BBC.
Tags: BigBoned Comedy, bbc, minneapolis comedy deathsquad, arthur hinty

Arts & Entertainment - Dec. 2, 2008
Act 2: BigBoned Comedy returns to BBC Wednesday
"Some of us just don't fit in comedy clubs," said Arthur Hinty a founding member and performer in BigBoned Comedy, a troupe that makes its second show Wednesday night at BBC. "They're the McDonald's of entertainment -- everything is designed to be bland and inoffensive, people drop in willing to grab whatever happens to be on the menu, and an hour later they can barely remember what they ate. That's just how the club (and the audience) wants it."
Tags: big boned comedy, bbc, arthur hinty, dobie maxwell, unbookables, doug stanhope, travis lipski

Arts & Entertainment - Nov. 5, 2008
BigBoned Comedy brings big laughs to the BBC
A new comedy series, which features a handful of local and national comics tackling specific themes during their sets, debuts at 9 p.m. tonight upstairs at the BBC Bar and Grill, 2022 E. North Ave.
Tags: bigboned comedy, bbc, travis lipski, arthur hinty, r. michale gull, jeff lampton, cliff bayer

Arts & Entertainment - April 26, 2008
Discount Comedy in Bay View
Comedian Andy Andrist, whose CD “Dumb It Down for the Masses” is a collection of his trashy takes on overweight women, trailer parks, special athletes, Wal-Marts and death, headlines a night of “Discount Comedy in Bay View” Tuesday at the Alchemist Theatre.
Tags: andy andrist, discount comedy in bay view, alchemist theatre, arthur hinty, r. michael gull, jeff lampton

Milwaukee Buzz - April 17, 2007
OMC update: Meet (the thinner) Arthur Hinty
In August, we told the story of Arthur Hinty, a Milwaukee native/aspiring comedian whose friends put out a benefit CD to help pay for gastric bypass surgery to help save his life. Seven months and 120 pounds later, here is the update.
Tags: arthur hinty, doug stanhope, morbid obesity, gastric bypass surgery

Milwaukee Buzz - Aug. 30, 2006
Meet Arthur Hinty: A big man about to get smaller for laughs
When his insurance company wouldn't pay for his gastric bypass surgery, a group of Arthur Hinty's friends in "The Unbookables" put out a benefit CD to help the cause.
Tags: arthur hinty, stanhope, andrist, shawcroft, gastric bypass, comedy, howard stern