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Klein in Princeton, Attell on HBO
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Veterans Day 2007
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Holiday shopping suggestions
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Earlier this week, the WGA went on strike, forcing many shows to go to reruns. Now, stagehands have gone on […]
Second generation Iranian comic
EDITORS NOTE: Shappi Khorsandi is a woman. We shall go change the “he” to “she” and the “his” to a […]
Musing on Ottawa's comedy scene
Here’s a reasoned opinion piece on the recent change in venue of a monthly comedy night in Ottawa. The monthly […]
Comedy on the upswing
Back in the mid-80’s, the Male Half was unparalleled among his peers when it came to predicting a downturn in […]
Michael Winslow for Geico
If you were watching the CBS series Without A Trace this evening, you probably saw a commercial for Geico, one […]
Blogger on the fritz… better now
Readers may have noticed posts appearing and disappearing, along with comments. Blogger was having technical issues which they seem to […]
Madigan: All comedians are ugly
We’re not paraphrasing. It’s in the Cox News Service interview that ran in the Kansas City Star. The fact is, […]
Tom Wilson on the small screen
Tom Wilson is all over the tube tonight. He’ll appear on House (Season 4, Episode 6) as “Lou.” (He’s “Thomas […]
Benny Hill is death to Title IX
Humor, it seems, can hurt. So say researchers whose experiments found that sexist jokes promote “discrimination against women.” Participants were […]
Slice of Long Island comedy history
Denis Hamill interviews Richie Miniervini for the NY Daily News and they talk about the East Side. Eddie Murphy, Ray […]
Repeat after us…
From an interview on 411mania.com comes this quote from interviewer Tony Farinella, in response to Victoria Jackson‘s statement that bad […]
Marilyn Martinez, Latin Diva of Comedy
Martinez died yesterday morning, of cancer, according to her website. Fellow comics like Chris Rock, Andrew Dice Clay, George Lopez, […]
Who steals from whom? Who cares?
With few exceptions, we have never gotten into the middle of the Who Steals What From Whom controversies that have […]
Drew Carey endorses medical pot
Sandy Cohen, writing for AP, tells of Drew Carey‘s venture into internet mini-docs. Carey causes a mini-stir by appearing in […]
Seattle Comedy Competitors
Here, at the end of the article is a list (with brief descriptions) of the 16 Seattle Comedy Competition entrants. […]
Mr. Warmth on the small screen
A Hollywood Reporter item tells of the film that John Landis has made about Don Rickles. A decidedly low-budget, low-tech […]
NBCUniversal folds Dotcomedy
NBCUniversal announced that it will fold its Dotcomedy.com website into their main NBC.com site. Dotcomedy was supposed to be a […]
Visit Dr. Will Miller's blog
When we were young comedy sprouts, just hanging out at the Comedy Factory Outlet in Philadelphia, one of our favorite […]
DAG on standup
David Alan Grier, quoted on BostonNow.com, on the occasion of his upcoming weekend at the Comedy Connection at Faneuil Hall: […]
Steve Martin: No time for standup
Pumping the upcoming Pink Panther sequel and his recent kid’s book (which he co-wrote), Steve Martin is quoted on ContactMusic.com: […]
Comedy hater in training
Stephen Colbert appeared at Cornell last Friday. Read the review by Mary Thomas. Then read the comments by “Anonymous.” Thomas […]
"Blacks Only" show in J-burg
Helen Herimbi, writing about entertainment in South Africa for Tonight, previews Wednesday nights “Blacks Only” in Johannesburg. Blacks Only founder, […]
Comic produces "The Funny Man"
An article in the Columbus Dispatch from last week tells of a film written and produced by Dino Tripodis entitled […]
Comics: Unreliable deviants, chimps, idiots
This is Stanley McHale, columnist for the Liverpool Echo and allegedly a standup comic for the past decade. Her latest […]
Robert Klein BOX DVD SET WINNERS!
We have our FIVE WINNERS! James Blumenfeld, Needham, MA Jerome Leslie, Dorchester, MA Tom Steffen, Plymouth, MN Dustan Birrell, Boise, […]
Followups on Colbert, Actors Fund
The Politico has a somewhat serious and far more detailed analysis of any possible pitfalls that the candidacy of Stephen […]
Optimism in Appleton
No doom and/or gloom in the Appleton Post-Crescent‘s article on the Skyline Comedy Cafe. In “Funny business alive and well […]
O'Loughlin and JFL Tour chug through Canada
An interview with Aussie comic Fiona O’Loughlin is in the Chronicle Herald. She’s doing two shows in Halifax Sunday night […]
Slingbox showcase at Improv Tuesday
Christopher Cannon won the Stand-Up and Sling contest earlier this month. His win nets entitles him to close out the […]
"I'm in violation of the FEC laws, and so can you!"
Several facets of Comedy Central star Stephen Colbert’s South Carolina-only presidential campaign puts him seriously at odds with the outfit […]
Meeting in NYC tomorrow at 3 PM
“The life of an entertainment professional is very similar to any worker or independent contractor that moves from job to […]
Shaun Eli takes ball, runs with it
FOS Shaun Eli takes Jerry Blavat to task. He took Blavat’s boneheaded statement in the Joey Bishop interview as a […]
"There's no good standup comedy any more."
We were on our way to Columbus when we stopped briefly in Washington, PA. The Female Half ventured into a […]
Laughter World: Phillipines, Abu Dhabi
It’s Monday, time for Laughter World! It’s always entertaining when we see how folks halfway around the world regard comedy. […]
Pesky truthers disrupt Maher's Real Time VIDEO
Associated Press reports that a gaggle of 9/11 truthers interrupted Bill Maher‘s Real Time. Maher was talking science during one […]
Joey Bishop followup
John F. Morrison, writing for Philadelphia’s Daily News gives hometown boy Bishop the deluxe treatment in today’s edition. Morrison seeks […]
Joey Bishop, 89
We would have posted sooner, but we were on our way to Morgantown, WV. From the Wall Street Journal: Joey […]
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