Learn why trying to describe Hall's humor results in "a scramble for different adjectives that were missed the last time around." See candid shots and link to interviews.

Profile tries to describe the comedian it admits is indescribable. Learn about his TV sketch comedy credits and bestselling books, and link to a booking request form.

Report on the comedian's big win for his show "Rich Hall is Otis Lee Crenshaw," which beat 140 competitors, predicts the award will "bring him fame and fortune."

Succinct review of the award-winning "grumpy American's" stand-up act displays an overhead shot of the cute, curly-haired curmudgeon.

Review of the "untouchable" master of stand-up comedy, and more recently the blues, provides his picture in the guise of unsavory singing outlaw Otis Lee Crenshaw.

Comedian's career convict character is a "tattooed Tennesseean" who warbles white trash love songs and a tune about a Shetland pony rodeo cowboy.

Find out how well the sharp-witted American comedian acquitted himself and his avuncular alter ego Otis Lee Crenshaw, a jailbird who's also a songbird.

Browse a dozen review excerpts lauding Rich Hall's relative creation "Uncle" Otis Lee Crenshaw, who growls trailer trash tunes with "wolfish charm."

Read a rave review of Hall's hillbilly cabaret featuring Otis Lee Crenshaw's prison love song stylings. See him flanked by bandmates Christian Reilly and Damian Coldwell.

Q&A with the prolific, award-winning American humorist who advises budding comedians to "train yourself to look for the ridiculous."

November 2001 diary entry on by the cynical comedian who should know better than to think "Vegas is going to be exotic, tropical, exhilarating, and it's not at all."

Brian Logan tries to understand how the opponent of the corporatization of comedy reconciles being a Perrier winner. Learn about "Rich Hall's Badly Funded Think Tank."

Quirky Q&A with the comedian proves he has an offbeat answer for everything. Don't miss his extemporaneous and explosive lonely hearts ad.

Will Hodgkinson talks to Hall about his favorite musicians to explore the influences that helped to create his Otis Lee Crenshaw character, a country-crooning ex-con.

Find out why the comedian loves the Big Sky State and what he thinks is the best thing about it, and get his advice on how to avoid becoming an hors d'oeuvre.

Brian Logan comments on the comic's "alertness to the unexpected, and his evident amusement at having pulled off this ostensibly ridiculous character in the first place."

Profile of the victor who plans to make the Perrier Award better known across the Atlantic by "welding the trophy to the hood of my pick-up truck and driving it around."

Find out how the duo of anti-American Americans have devised "The Terry Dullum Appeal," a fake benefit to raise money for a Wisconsin kid with ever-changing afflictions.

Student who's unfamiliar with the veteran funnyman asks routine questions and gets his leg pulled in most of the answers. Read about Hall's connection with MADD and SADD.

Review of a comedy benefit at MIT's Kresge Auditorium spills more ink on Hall's clean sweep following a bit that explores the symbolism of All, Tide, and Wisk detergents.

Find out how the funnyman's intimidating inmate, backed by the boyish Black Liars band, handled a heckler then serenaded the ladies with "Women Call It Stalking."