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Last Comic Standing: Episode 9 ANALYSIS
Doug Benson OUT! Matt Kirshen OUT! Your final five: Lavell Crawford, Amy Schumer, Ralph Harris, Gerry Dee, Jon Reep. Amy […]
Stanley Myron Handelman
The AP obit is running in the San Jose Merc-News. Stanley Myron Handelman died at the age of 77. We […]
It's all improvised, dontcha know
An item on MTV.com says that scriptwriters will no longer be necessary in the wonderful, new world of movie comedy. […]
Last Comic Standing: Episode 9 tonight!
A reminder. That’s all. No predictions. No spoilers. We’ve been let down! No one has slipped us information on the […]
Comic takes a walk
That’s Brian Malis, standup comic from Atlanta, at an undisclosed location, somewhere along the Appalachian Trail. He writes: The Appalachian […]
Tickets to see C.C. Presents tapings
Click here for the schedule of tapings for Comedy Central Presents later this month at the Hudson Theater, 145 West […]
Stewart, Colbert to be deposed in YouTube case
YouTube will depose Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert as part of their defense against a bundle of lawsuits. The lawsuits […]
World champions at Punchline in Atlanta
Left to right: Male Half of the Staff with World Champion Judah Friedlander (Photo credit: Female Half of the Staff) […]
Merv Griffin in grave condition
According to all reports, Merv Griffin is losing his battle with cancer. Rather than wait until he actually passes, we’d […]
Sarris getting out of biz
From a MySpace bulletin: After a 20 year career on Wall St. from a messenger to a member of The […]
It's not viral… it's HBO
Don’t read this Hollywood Reporter article if you’re eating. It’s by Andrew Wallenstein and it’s all about HBOlab, described as…: […]
Now that's funny
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Comedy Central is launching “a pro-social campaign encouraging viewers to be more environmentally savvy,” which […]
Time quizzes Drew Carey
On the occasion of the naming of Drew Carey as host of The Price is Right and the debut of […]
Most embarassing moment of the millennium
A NYT blog post by Stephen J. Dubner, one of the co-authors of “Freakonomics” tells of his encounter with a […]
Last Comic Standing: Episode 8
Once again, our spies were correct. Matt Kirshen did indeed beat Debra Di Giovanni in the head-to-head competition. First, the […]
Laura Crocker, Seattle booker, producer
She is described in the obituary in the Post-Intelligencer as “the den mother for Seattle’s comics.” “She was the first […]
YouTube… all growed up
This NYT article explains exactly what it is the folks at TheDailyReel.com hope to do: This month, The Daily Reel, […]
Perez, you doggess!
The Female Half reports that in her capacity as an UsWeekly Fashion Police, “it’s always an extra thrill when she […]
Evil or stupid? You decide.
We can at least agree that Councilwoman Darlene Mealy of Brooklyn is finding it difficult to fill her days. How […]
Dutch comedians in Scotland
This article in the Scotsman is about a group of Dutch comics performing at the Fringe, some of whom were […]
The future is here– digital press kits
From the MySpace blog of Seattle’s Mainstage Comedy Club, in a posting entitled “Press Kits in our Digital Age”: Just […]
Whip It Out Comedy vlog
It’s a video blog. A “vlog.” The folks at WhipItOutComedy.com post about comedy, but do so using video clips. (They […]
Last Comic Standing fallout CORRECTION
Gina Yashere has found an effective way to make things right. After her elimination from Last Comic Standing, she has […]
Too much standup at Edinburgh
Is there too much standup at the Edinburgh Fringe? An article in the UK Guardian ponders the question. Once upon […]
Last Comic Standing renewed
NBC announced the renewal of Last Comic Standing for a sixth season. The live, two-hour finale for this season will […]
Light reading for a weekend afternoon
We came across an essay on a site called 2 Blowhards, “a group of graying eternal amateurs discuss their passions, […]
Last Comic Standing SPOILER ALERT?
From an anonymous source, we hear that, on this Wednesday’s episode, Matt Kirshen goes head-to-head against Debra DiGiovanni and Kirshen […]
Famecast comedy contest ends at 11:59 PM Saturday
We think. There’s a ticker on the site and there’s also something that says it ends Saturday at 12 PM […]
Last Comic Standing: Episode 7
Our spies were correct. When we posted about this episode on July 24, we correctly predicted the outcome of tonight’s […]
Reminder: Last Comic Standing tonight
As repulsive as the Heckler Challenge might be, we’re still going to hold our noses and watch tonight’s installment of […]
News from Canada
In case you’d forgotten, Just For Laughs had a mini-Fest in Toronto for three days after their monster one in […]
A Vos-McFarlane Production
At 5:52 pm EDT, Rayna Lynn Vos entered the world, weighing 6 lbs, 10.8 oz. Her parents, Rich Vos and […]
Lost in the sauce
We’re chugging toward our second ever Million Hit Month. That’s right– July 2007 and March 2007 will surpass the million-hit […]
"Diluted comic pool"?
This phrase rears its ugly head again. We seem to recall it popping up in the mid-90s, shortly after the […]
Paging Mel Silverberg
Way back on June 13, we posted the following, toward the end of our LCS Episode 1 analysis: (We predict […]
Carey on Vick on Letterman
It was Monday, so it might be considered old news. But, since Michael Vick appeared in court today to answer […]
Lucky 21 followup
The Ziddio people have ironed out their tech difficulties. Go here for details and scheduled local and regional competitions.
LCS ratings still respectable
According to Variety, Last Comic Standing is pulling decent numbers: The Peacock was also solid Wednesday with “Last Comic Standing” […]
Last Comic Standing: Episode 6
“The ever-funny Mr. Ant!” is how Bellamy Bill introduced Celebrity Talent Scout Ant. He described Alonzo Bodden as “hilarious and […]
Hitler Bunches of Oats!
Is it just us? Or does this bus bear a vague resemblance to der Fuehrer? Rather unsettling when one looks […]
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