Lakeshore Theater Manager Chris Ritter with Doug Stanhope and Junior Stopka | Photo by Brian Jarreau, courtesy of the Lakeshore Theater

Early yesterday morning we saw that Doug Stanhope dropped a via Facebook on one our local underground superstars, Junior Stopka , who opened for Stanhope in four shows at the Lakeshore Theater this past weekend. You can peep some photos from the show and .

Mick Betancourt 's got his hands on the new Web site Actually Funny , and tapped CHI comedian Ricky Carmona to submit the hilarious and inspiring blog, " ." As Ricky says, it will do you no harm! Check it out!

Photos from the inaugural , granting us a little voyeur access into this new comedy hot spot. Props to , , and expat Jena Friedman , representing CHI in ATL.

Local comedy writer Steve Heisler has been slowly and surely making his way to national reporting, and a few days ago he unveiled his new monthly column for the A.V. Club, called , that seeks to "round up new and noteworthy stand-up, sketch, and online video, much of it courtesy of under-the-radar comedians with a little too much time on their hands." Suitably, it features many Chicago folks, both here in town and those that have flown away for the coasts.

And finally, we'll leave you with a new video by comedian Paul Thomas , featuring comedians Jet Eveleth and Dan Telfer , and directed by Chad Wilson .

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EDIT: We just received word that will be performing at the cozy this Saturday, March 13, 7 p.m., as part of the new showcase, The Two-Hour Comedy Hour. Fun!

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