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The wisdom of Oswalt
“Why Patton Oswalt is no alt-comedy snob” was the title of yet another chat with Patton Oswalt, this time in […]
Chappelle/Chapelle in S.F. this weekend
San Francisco standup blog sfstandup.com has the details on recently announced Dave Chappelle appearances in that city’s Cobb’s Comedy Club […]
Sinbad and foreign policy?
Watching Fox News Channel. They just teased a piece in which “Sinbad is getting serious about Clinton and foreign policy.” […]
Paul Ogata: Live At Gotham taping
FOS and frequent SHECKYmagazine contributor Paul Ogata (pictured above right with DL Hughley) taped his segment of Comedy Central’s Live […]
Classic Las Vegas disappearing every day
The Classic Las Vegas blog is “Helping Preserve 20th Century Las Vegas,” by commenting on the ongoing dismantling of the […]
“Burning Down the Horse!”
We have been going through our archives, sorting the various papers, documents, boxes of VHS tapes and artifacts (a particularly […]
Walk, talk, act– all at the same time!
That’s comedian Dwayne Perkins on the national Verizon Wirless commercial– the one where the guy is walking out of the […]
Night of Too Many Stars to benefit autism programs
Jon Stewart will host and Kevin James, Rosie O’Donnell and Susie Essman will be among those on “Night of Too […]
Roll your own "Super High Me"
The Reuters article talks about the promotional gimmick surrounding Doug Benson’s documentary, “Super High Me.” The tortured money quote: Starting […]
Peddling the moronic pop psych standup theory
In an interview with alt rag The LAist, Matt Belknap (creator of website ASpecialThing.com) perpetuates the trite nonsense that comics […]
Chemical engineering?! No agent or manager?!
An article in the Allentown Call-Chronicle affords the reader a peek into the strange world of Leo Gallagher (or Gallagher […]
Just For Laughs showcase in PHL
On Tuesday night, the Male Half was among 15 comics who did six minutes before the camera at Philly comedy […]
Last Comic Standing: Nashville auditions
The Nashville LCS showcase (the one that the Male Half was planning on performing in… if Page Hurwitz had returned […]
Mike Nichols on standup in Vanity Fair
In the opening few paragraphs of what must be the ninth or tenth profile that VF has done on Mike […]
WSJ on the current state of golf jokes
FOS Terry Reilly sends along a link to a Wall Street Journal article, written by John Paul Newport, that ponders […]
Spectacular NYC benefit show Wednesday
Dave Attell, Louis C.K., Pete Correale, Nick Di Paolo, Greg Fitzsimmons, Artie Lange, Kevin Meaney and Jim Norton will headline […]
Last Comic Standing: San Francisco CORRECTION
We heard from some folks from the Bay Area. “All the SF winners were pretty good looking and on the […]
"My client had good reason to shoot up the school!"
We missed this comment, at the bottom of Joe Stender’s piece in the Eagle Eye (see posting from earlier today, […]
Last Comic Standing: Tempe auditions UPDATE 2/29
We’re piecing together what went on in Tempe at the recent (Tuesday) LCS auditions there at the Improv. We haven’t […]
Reminds us of our first time
An article in the Eagle Eye, the online newspaper of Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania entitled “The Funny Thing About […]
Black Comedy Project kicks off in NYC
Tomorrow night through Saturday, the Black Comedy Project will present a series of shows at The Tank, 279 Church Street, […]
History of Boston Comedy in one night
The show is called “A Night for Knoxie, Raisin’ Money- Raisin’ Hell!” and it’s at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, […]
NYT says Leno wheeling, dealing
Even though he’s technically not allowed to cut any deals for another two years, Jay Leno is, according to the […]
"Judge Dom Irrera?"
DirecTV has announced ten episodes of a new series, The Supreme Court of Comedy. Premiering on DIRECTV’s original entertainment channel […]
Last Comic Standing: Houston auditions (MORE!)
Our Houston spies are letting us down! So far, all we have is: Andi Smith Chris Voth Are two who […]
Punchline podcast features Male/Female Halves
Go here to listen to a lengthy and spirited interview with the Male and Female Halves of the Staff conducted […]
What's going on in Tom Green's House?
That’s FOS Gabe Abelson shaking hands with Ed McMahon… in Tom Green’s house. Gabe explains: It’s the set of the […]
Comics are best choice for game show hosts
Duh! A USA Today article confirms what we’ve said for some time now. On the occasion of the debut of […]
The Battle of the Chicago fests!
It’s a donnybrook! Mere hours after the folks at Just For Laughs announced their festival plans for Chicago in ’09, […]
Chicago club opens, closes within two weeks
This puzzling article in Time Out Chicago by Steve Heisler was written after Heisler attended opening night of the Comedy […]
JFL invades USA in 2009
Chicago is their target. The folks at Just For Laughs sent out a bulletin today at 2:39 PM announcing “Just […]
Max needs a kidney
Got a bulletin from comedian/friend Max Alexander: It’s 100 per cent safe and healthy to donate a kidney– Google to […]
Last Comic Standing: Minneapolis
We just got a recap of the Minneapolis auditions from an anonymous source: Last Comic Standing has come and gone […]
Friends of Kevin Knox helping out
We know Boston comic Kevin Knox from our days in that city’s comedy clubs. For four years now, he has […]
Last Comic Standing: London to Miami?
This just came in over the cyber transom, from a reader in England, and it seems to be credible. About […]
Road Atlas Shrugged reaches century mark
Traci Skene has uploaded her 100th post to her rollicking and thoughtful weblog, Road Atlas Shrugged. 100 posts ago, The […]
Last Comic Standing: Motor City this time
That’s Marty Butler and Crystal P flanking Last Comic Standing host Bill Bellamy in the green room at the Comedy […]
Last Comic Standing: Another first person account
Another report from the Toronto LCS audition: I, along with about 120 others, stood in line in sub-freezing temperatures for […]
Last Comic Standing: Acts advance out of Toronto
One of our readers sends word that the Toronto acts who advanced were: Sean Cullen Winston Spear The Williamson Playboys […]
McFarlane first, Vos second on C.C. tonight
Comedy Central Presents will present 30 minutes of standup from Bonnie McFarlane at 10 PM EST and then present a […]
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