"What do you do for a living?" "I'm an entrepreneur." "So, unemployed with Wi-Fi." The punchline landed. The room erupted. The houseful comedy shows are proof that in an age where a one-line tweet can ...

Every Sunday in Austin, there's a comedy show called Banana Phone. Comedians do one minute of stand up material, then the crowd heckles and roasts them until they run out of insults. Some of the ...