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Time didn't expect David Cross's answer
David Cross has a book out. It’s published by Grand Central (a “small” publishing house with $500,000,000 in annual revenue […]
Can standup use the fancy technology?
This is a review of a website (it’s currently in beta) that seeks to be a one-stop portal for musical […]
Standup comics swim in Soups
We caught comedian Matt Iseman hosting Sports Soup on Versus this past weekend. It was the first time we’d watched. […]
Feedburner fixed!
We have successfully jiggered our settings! Just click on the logo and you’ll be taken to our feed page. Hit […]
Books on standup abound
The Los Angeles Times reviews “I’m Dying Up Here:Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy’s Golden Era,” a book by […]
Both Halves to appear in Bordentown, NJ POSTPONED
We are going to re-schedule the Record Collector date for January. Stay tuned! The Record Collector is a non-traditional venue […]
Comedians on the Dean Martin Show
The series ran from 1965 to 1974. It’s available on DVD (the infomercials run constantly on DirecTV). We had the […]
Tap into a delicious vein of importantness
Steve Roye is a comedian and “The Professor of Funny for Money” (his description, not ours). He is the developer […]
How not to do panel
The best laugh was one of relief– when Conan says, “None of this will air.” (Amateur body linguists can just […]
Take this lawsuit… please
Okay. We’ve been inundated by emails. Folks have been alerting us to the story that’s crackling across the wires about […]
Defining yourself by what you are not
The article in the Vancouver Straight by Jenny Charlesworth says that Bronx Cheer, the comedy duo of Craig Anderson and […]
Let's call it "moronicity."
What a muddled mess is the article in Variety that is headlined “Thesps on eponymous shows actually act.” Miami television […]
Joy Little of the Comedy Works UPDATE (Obit)
Joy Little has passed away after a brief illness. (Philadelphia Inquirer obituary.) Little was the proprietor of the Comedy Works […]
Stress is good for you?
The article in Women’s Health Magazine is entitled “Find Your Stress Sweet Spot” and it says that “certain pressure-filled situations… […]
Stewart the darling of neocons?
There’s an interesting (and short!) article about “Why Neoconservative Pundits Love Jon Stewart” in New York magazine. It includes thumbs-up […]
Bananas Comedy
We were winding down in our hotel room last night, here in Vegas. Round about 2 AM or so, a […]
Adam Leslie comedian
We’re in Vegas this week. We heard, through three different sources, that Adam Leslie is dead. Here’s his bio, from […]
CJ: "US comedy has no standards" UPDATE
Papa CJ, in a column on British comedy site Chortle entitled “Why Britain Is Best For Comedy,” says this: In […]
Can standup be saved?
We hope we don’t see that headline any time soon. A similar headline is atop an article by Terry Teachout […]
We stumble upon it by accident sometimes…
Which leads us to wonder– Is there a whole lot more of it out there? Do we just find the […]
Recession breeds more comedian wanna-be's
Or so claims the AP article by John Rogers. There’s just something about a recession that makes people want to […]
Git 'r' done… with six zeroes after it
An article in the Journal-Star of Lincoln, NE, says that Dan and Cara Whitney (aka, Larry The Cable Guy and […]
Review of "Funny People" on HuffPo
Someone named Gwen Davis wrote this on Huffington Post: To my surprise, I actually liked Seth Rogen, whom I have […]
Female Half one of 85 Comedians to Follow on Twitter
Mashable, the Social Media Guide, compiled a list of 85 Comedians to Follow on Twitter. They say “laughter is the […]
Atlantic Monthly: New era in standup comedy?
Christina Davidson, writing in The Atlantic, provides a primer on the how and why of papering the house. In this […]
Lying About: Standup, Episode 3: “Funny People”
“Funny People” topped the box office this past weekend. In a review by Roger Ebert in the Sun Times, he […]
Louis CK comment brought topside
Some folks were dropping this in its entirety into their websites and forum posts (a violation of WWW ethics, credited […]
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