Seth Meyers Credit: www.insidejokeshow.com

Still kicking yourself you didn’t get in on the ground floor with the Moontower Comedy Festival? You’re gonna kick yourself even harder when you see the comedy chops on-camera in Inside Joke, a behind-the-scenes web series hosted by Kerri Lendo and John Merriman.

Filmed throughout the fest, which ended last night, and available online, the five webisodes (produced by local outfit Picturebox) mixes interviews with headliners (Aziz Ansari, Seth Meyers, Wanda Sykes), original comedy sketches with Lendo and Merriman, candid sitdowns (hear Marc Maron harshing on Franklin Barbecue buzz in the fourth episode), and field trips with participating comics, like Maria Bamford‘s trip to an animal farm. (Two words: baby hedgehog. No, wait, three: squee!)

Also getting facetime: Nick Offerman, JB Smoove, Steven Wright, Josh Fadem, and many, many more. You can watch the final episode below; all five episodes are viewable at www.insidejokeshow.com.

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This article appears in April 27 • 2012.

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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...