“Compelling and hilarious”
“It is hard to explain adequately, but this is one of the funniest shows I have seen all year”
“Unlike some comics that hammer you to death in delivery, Ruben just tells his stories and the laughs come very naturally”
Goddard View: Science Is No Laughing Matter – Or Is It?
Write-up of a comedy show I headlined at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (see page 3).
Science Writing Radio: Adam Ruben on Finding Your (Other) Niche
Interview for Science Writing Radio podcast.
88.1 WYPR (Baltimore Public Radio): Cringe-Worthy Secrets and Precious Childhood Diaries Exposed in “Mortified”
Interview on Maryland Morning with Tom Hall about an upcoming Mortified show I’m producing and performing in.
Pavlov Pinball: Boffin-Joker Writing Pinball Page Turner
Article on Pavlov Pinball about my upcoming book.
DCist: At Mortified, Adults Share the Embarrassing Artifacts of their Teenage Lives
Then there was Adam Ruben. One of Mortified DC’s producers, it seems teenage Adam fancied himself a young Charles Bukowski, writing poems with opening lines like “To have sex with a mountain” and “Up and left, and up and right, and right and wrong.” He even wrote a poem made up entirely of punctuation marks, claiming in earnest that it was “about fish.”
Washington City Paper Review: I Feel Funny
But despite this extensive resume, Ruben isn’t Comedy Central-famous, which makes the series of stories about his worst stand-up gigs feel more authentic than romanticized.
