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Cooking comic might be next Food Net Star
We’re watching the Food Network when a promo for “The Next Food Network Star” pops up and we see among […]
“Everyone’s a comedian”
From the March 2008 issue of Men’s Health, an item in their Average Guy section provides some fascinating statistics (no […]
Alan King’s “Name Dropping” CORRECTED
Both Halves of the Staff are reading Alan King’s autobio, “Name-Dropping,” (with Chris Chase). It’s good, fluffy summer reading and, […]
Dick Martin, comedian, 86
The brief AP item: LOS ANGELES – Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose “Rowan and Martin’s […]
"99 % of comedians terrible"
There are other websites out there, on the internet, who employ regular citizens to hold forth on various subjects. They […]
Last Comic Standing: Season Six!
So, we’re in Kansas City, and we’re on Central Daylight Time. And we’ve got an 8 PM show. So, there’s […]
How important is humor?
There was a brief item on Fox News’ Special Report, hosted by Brit Hume, that told of order returning to […]
Last Comic Standing: Premieres tonight!
We’re on the road. In Kansas City, at Famous Johnnys. Tonight, we have one show at 8 PM, but we’ve […]
Sitcom among the few new shows this fall
Actually, there were a handful of sitcoms announced at the upfronts, but one in particular stands out as far as […]
LCS: Rigged? So says Star-Trib
A sharp-eyed MPLS reader sent us a link to a story in the Star-Turbine by Neal Justin. No shock that […]
New Vegas room confirmed w/clarification
Mike Weatherford writes, in the Las Vegas Review-Journal: Yet another comedy club arrives, but this one is downtown at Fitzgerald’s. […]
Why comedians don't "retire"
In the space of just a few weeks, the New York Times has run two interesting profiles of comedians– one, […]
Johnny Vegas sues Guardian
Performer Johnny Vegas has sued Guardian News & Media, publishers of UK publications The Guardian and the Observer, over a […]
Trouble for Mac users?
Are you Mac users having any trouble loading the magazine? If so, it would be helpful if you could answer […]
Hope in Hawaii, sometime in the 70s!
We got married in Honolulu in 1988. We had just moved to Burbank in September and we immediately planned a […]
Blood and thunder in Aspen
The Female Half is reading “Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American […]
Vegas gets a comedy room downtown
We hear through our extensive network of operatives that Chuck Johnson (Summit) is opening a room at Fitzgerald’s in downtown […]
Photorealist art accompaniesNBC LCS ad
We’re unclear on the aim of NBC’s ad blitz which touts their “All-American Summer” and co-promotes LCS along with American […]
Win, Place and (Talk) Show
In this article in Vanity Fair, Jim Windolf handicaps the upcoming race among late night television talk show hosts. Over […]
The mind reels at thought of new Gong Show
Hey, Chucky Baby! Dig this from a Comedy Central press release: COMEDY CENTRAL and Sony Pictures Television are bringing back […]
Garrett on comedy albums
Southwest Airlines’ in-flight magazine Spirit found a way to promote Brad Garrett‘s May 9-10 gig at the Mirage in their […]
This just in: Most comics mentally ill, "undiagnosed"
We posted in November about mental health counselor David Granirer, who teaches standup to the mentally ill (“The pot calling […]
"If only they were as funny as they are brave."
We’re still wincing over this article on Dane101.com (which is a website devoted to the happenings in Dane County and […]
Last Comic Standing premieres May 22
That’s a Thursday. Rather inconvenient for working comics, no? But, it’s not for us, now is it? No it’s for […]
Just For Laughs releases roster for '08
If you’re headed to Montreal this July for Just For Laughs, check out their hahaha.com website to see who’s performing […]
Wasted tuition?
The Daily Northwestern, the student paper of Northwestern University, had this article, about senior Ajay Singhvi who “wanted to leave […]
Who wants to be your friend, anyway?
The Female Half, while researching an upcoming trip to Hawaii, endeavored to befriend a MySpace entity by the name of […]
Wise Guys re-born
Comics based in the Northeastern U.S. in the 80s and 90s were certainly familiar with Wise Guys. The Syracuse, NY, […]
“Gay jokes really just aren’t funny”
We were totally unaware of the flap that arose late last month when Jay Leno asked guest Ryan Phillippe (who […]
Everyone try to remain sitcom
Last month, we posted about Variety’s Brian Lowry and his insipid theory as to why there are no more sitcoms […]
Let's be independent together!
John Wenzel writes for the Denver Post. He pays a lot of attention to standup comedy, particularly alternative comedy. In […]
Back in So. Jersey
We’d like to thank all the people who emailed or phoned or wrote or personally expressed their condolences regarding the […]
A sampling of South Florida venues
We’re back in Jersey. We spent the last 72 hours in Florida, working in Ocala at Jokeboys and then heading […]
Helen McKim 1917-2008
Says the Male Half: The above was shot in 1978, during my black and white phase. (And, in case you’re […]
Benefits watch
Steven Wright, Barry Crimmins, Lenny Clarke, Steve Sweeney, Mike McDonald, Tony V, Ken Rogerson, Chance Langton, Bill Braudis and Jimmy […]
Jerry Stiller switches to standup
The Ithaca Times ran an interview with Jerry Stiller after his solo performance at Statler Auditorium Tonight, I did what […]
Ferguson beats Conan
AP TV reporter David Bauder reports that Craig Ferguson’s CBS talk show beat his NBC rival last week for the […]
Tiny Glover, Rochester comedian, 45
We have a report that Rochester-based comedian Tiny Glover passed away. His website is here. The Rochester Democrat-Chronicle reports that […]
Internet weasels quick to anger
RadarOnline.com (“Pop, Politics, Scandal, Style” says their subtitle) has an article, “The Internet Is for Scorn, Meet the Web’s 10 […]
Truth in advertising
The very funny quote on the myspace profile of the Stand Uppity Tour, headlining Andy Kindler, Eugene Mirman and Marc […]
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