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Brevity is the soul of wit at 'One Liner Madness' tournament, coming to X-Ray Arcade on Jan. 31

Poster for "One-Liner Madness," coming to X-Ray Arcade on Jan. 31. Poster features a comedian performing and judges laughing in the background.
X-Ray Arcade
X-Ray Arcade will host "One Liner Madness" on Jan. 31.

A comedy competition is making its Milwaukee debut on Jan. 31 at X-Ray Arcade in Cudahy. One Liner Madness is a bracketed competition between 64 Milwaukee-area comedians, battling it out one-line at a time.

Although this will be its first time in the Cream City, the competition series is a decade old and has featured hundreds of comedians and thousands of one-liners.

Emily Winter is one of the creators of One Liner Madness. She’ll be emceeing the event here in Milwaukee. Dana Ehrmann is a local comedian who will be participating in the competition. They both joined Lake Effect's Joy Powers ahead of the show.

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Joy is a WUWM host and producer for Lake Effect.
Graham Thomas is a WUWM digital producer.
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