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Tony Camin
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Ken Ober rumor CONFIRMED
It seems as though the rumor is true. We’re reading comments and status reports from credible sources (most notably Leah […]
Kevin Knox, comedian
On Kevin Knox’s Facebook fan page an all-capped status update states that Kevin Knox has died. Since this is the […]
Does anyone still read Newsweak?
We suppose that a handful of troglodytes that can’t quite catch on to this new internet thing still read it. […]
Warning to US comics selling CD's in Canada
We heard from a comedian who missed his gig because of a holdup at customs when they discovered that the […]
Pajamas TV report on NY Underground Fest
Click on the pic below to view a video report from the New York Underground Comedy Festival, by Sonja Schmidt […]
Carl Ballantine, comedian
The AP obit: Carl Ballantine, a comedian, magician and actor who was in the 1960s TV sitcom “McHale’s Navy,” has […]
Wanda Sykes on Fox tonight at 11 EDT
If we get back from our gig in time tonight, we’ll give it a look. The USA Today article on […]
Abused horse owner: Enough with the jokes!
The article that is rocketing around the WWW, today’s offbeat news nugget, is about the guy in South Carolina, Rodell […]
Female Half has been SERVED!
From Steve Roye, the inventor of the odious “PAR Score” software comes this absolutely hilarious throwdown: You know, I have […]
Confirmation: Leno = Lt. Bill Kilgore
A week ago, we compared Jay Leno to Robert Duvall’s character in “Apocalypse Now.” Ample validation of our comparison is […]
Comedians might adopt Cliff Lee's philosophy
Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee, after his spectacular performance last night against the Yankees: To me, there’s no reason to be […]
Obscure online magazine names ten worst comics
A list like this comes along every once in a while. Carrot Top Carlos Mencia Jimmy Fallon Louis Anderson Kathy […]
Leno safe in perpetuity
For some reason, the TV critics are all in a snit about the numbers that Jay Leno is getting at […]
Another day, another apology demanded
This time, it’s Jimmy Carr who owes someone an apology. An article in the UK Mirror describes the hubbub… and […]
Hotel chain accomodates rockers
Jim Farber, writing in the NYDN, says that Motel 6, in an effort to “shake up their image,” will offer […]
Cross snorts coke 40 ft. from Obama
Drudge is linking to a story in The Politico that says that David Cross snorted cocaine forty feet from the […]
Soupy Sales, comedian, TV personality
Soupy Sales died today at the age of 83. When the comedy business went into hyper-drive in the 80s, Sales […]
Provenza’s “Green Room” on Showtime
Paul Provenza dreamed up The Green Room, first as a live show presented at Edinburgh, then at Montreal’s JFL. We […]
17 days… L.A., PHX, Vegas…
FOS Jason Pollack picked us up at the airport. As we zoomed past Citizens Bank Ballpark (with the radio tuned […]
The truth about "Hot Air Boy?"
It turns out that Richard Heene, the father of the kid that the media has dubbed “Ballon Boy” (and that […]
It's a small BlogWorld after all
We’re in the common area of the South Hall of the Vegas Convention Center… free wireless… And about fifteen feet […]
In Vegas, attending BlogWorldExpo
We were bloggers when the word was coined but not quite in circulation. Back in 2000 or so, in our […]
Obama jokes coming? Shandling on Late Night!
An article in Time magazine asks if the president is “in trouble with his late-night comedy base.” Disturbing though it […]
MANish BOY: Ralph Harris' one-man show
We went to the Stella Adler Studio last night after wangling our way onto the guest list. (We’re practicing our […]
Tiernan dropped from JFL tour
They should call him “Teabag Tommy Tiernan,” as he is frequently in hot water. Here’s the quote from the Herald […]
Here’s the quote from the Herald article that kicked it all off: In an interview with Hot Press at Electric […]
Irvine Improv on a Tuesday night
Darren Carter (aka “The Party Starter,” aka “The Rooster”) extended an invitation to the Halves of the Staff to do […]
Does Flying Circus hold up?
Heresy! That’s what this article in the Independent (UK) by John Walsh no doubt is to some folks. On the […]
Katz has last word in FT piece
An article in the Financial Times says that Hollywood is in a budget-cutting mood. (It’s surreal being in Los Angeles… […]
Conan taping by day, Mama Juana's by night
We wangled a coupla tix to see a taping of Tonight yesterday. (Who’s on first?) Monday morning, we got an […]
Fact-checking the comedians
So… comedians are finally doing their job (at least Fred Armisen is) and what happens? Wolf Blitzer’s Situation Room gets […]
Packing them in at the Laugh Pack
The Halves of the Staff touched down in Vegas late Thursday afternoon, then, after dining on pho noodles at Little […]
Are the fires in SoCal out yet?
The fact that we have to ask ourselves the question means that it is possible that the big electronic media […]
NYUCF leads with Belzer
The New York Underground Comedy Festival kicks off Saturday with a show hosted by Richard Belzer (who, according to Festival […]
Ferguson on standup
Craig Ferguson started out his standup life as &qut;Bing Hitler.” He’s interviewed in the NYT: “I don’t know what the […]
Trouble teens coming to a comedy club near you!
The San Diego Union-Trib article begins: Drugs, violence, teen pregnancy and incarceration– not exactly the stuff of punch lines and […]
Comedian drops "F-bomb" on SNL!
Does anyone really care? Really? Is this worthy of anyone’s attention? We’re starting to look funny at anyone over the […]
No apology would've been better than that one
Comedian Tommy Tiernan got into some hot water for comments made in an interview.
Frank Santos, Hypnotist
Nick Zaino is reporting on his Funny Grown Here blog that Frank Santos, who identified himself variously as “The R-Rated […]
In cyberspace, no one can hear your eyes roll
Back on August 26, we put up a post titled Tap Into A Delicious Vein Of Importantness, which trashed the […]
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