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REMINDER: LCS tonight/JFL '07 below!
Tonight, at 9 PM EDT, is an hourlong episode of Last Comic Standing. Last week, they showed edited sets from […]
New club in NY state
Normally, we wouldn’t be posting about just any new comedy club, but this one is significant because a comic (Rich […]
Wallow in the Chappelle "Exhaustion" story
Here are multiple listings on the “Dave Chappelle checks into hospital for exhaustion” story. And a short piece on Slate […]
Lucky 21 go to TCF again
The Comedy Festival (TCF), the consumer-oriented comedy fest in Vegas created by HBO (partnered with TBS), has hooked up with […]
Last Comic Standing: SPOILER ALLERT!
We got this, through back channels: …I wanted to let you know the results of the first elimination challenge in […]
Reality show to give away electronic bling
This “casting call” just came over the cyber-transom. For those of you who are electronically illiterate, “HD” stands for High-Def… […]
BET harnessing standup power
Paul Mooney, Warren Hutcherson, Charlie Murphy and D.L. Hughley are among the comedians who will figure heavily in the fall […]
The Price is Right, says Carey
Drew Carey will replace Bob Barker as host of The Price is Right. And he’s already hosting The Power of […]
Leno out, Leno in? What gives?
Michael Learmonth, writing on Variety.com details the zany goings on at “the Peacock” concerning the upcoming transition at 11:35 PM […]
Whistling past the cyber graveyard
We noticed a disturbing trend at the JFL last week. There seems to be a tendency on the part of […]
Just For Laughs 2007/Chronological order
DAY ONE We decided to break with tradition. In years past, we lit out just before dawn, getting out in […]
Just For Laughs '07– SATURDAY
AUDUBON, NJ– We’re back in the office after a typically gruelling drive down I-87. We departed crazy early in order […]
Just For Laughs '07– FRIDAY
The most-asked question at the festival? “What time did you leave the bar last night?” The second-most-asked question? “What time […]
Just For Laughs '07– THURSDAY
A cursory examination of the back of our Media laminates reveals that possession of said credentials entitles us to “Stay […]
Last… Comic… STANDING!
Sorry. We couldn’t watch. We were in Montreal, at the Just For Laughs Festival. So, we figured, why take a […]
We're in Montreal, @ Just For Laughs 2007
We decided to break with tradition. In years past, we lit out just before dawn, getting out in front of […]
More on Lovitz vs. Dick
The NYPost story on the Lovitz/Dick feud has captured the fancy of the standup public. There seems to be precious […]
New short film from SHECKYmagazine!
Click the embedded Flash player below to see the latest short film by those kooky kids who run SHECKYmagazine.com! We […]
A special place in Purgatory for Bill Bunker
“Purgatory Gig” is the title of the latest essay by Chicago-based Bill Bunker. It has been quite some time since […]
Pat Brice, Chicago comedian REVISED
Very little is known about the death of Chicago standup comic Pat Brice. Time Out Chicago has a short piece […]
Comics on Playboy After Dark
The DVD series, “Playboy After Dark” is currently flooding the culture. “Every show has been remastered to bring back the […]
Lovitz pounds Dick into bar at Factory
A NYPost gossip item tells of an ongoing feud between Jon Lovitz and Andy Dick, culminating in a recent whupping […]
We're a hit in Hogtown
We were mentioned in TheStar.com, the online version of the Toronto Star. Their “My Name is URL” feature drove folks […]
Email troubles… for the last time
We’re encountering email trouble. Again. Seems like we have some sort of email trouble on a regular basis these days. […]
JFL: Masters, New Faces announced
In the past, the folks at Just For Laughs would keep this stuff a secret until the last minute. Now […]
Catching up on Just For Laughs
The high temps in Montreal are hovering in the mid-70s this week. And it’ll go up to 79 on Wednesday, […]
Provenza lets fans into The Green Room
Read the Montreal Mirror article on Paul Provenza‘s latest project, The Green Room. The idea behind the show is to […]
Oxygen is holding a contest
The cable outlet, not the colorless, odorless, tasteless gas. Oxygen is holding the Create-A-Series Comedy Competition, which challenges entrants to […]
LCS: Bodden on judging
FOS Guy MacPherson, writing for the Comedy Couch, interviewed Alonzo Bodden back in April, before this whole LCS thing aired. […]
"Kotter" back with book
The Seattle Times’ Mark Rahner does the interview with Gabe Kaplan that we wanted to do back in 2003. Kaplan […]
No kidding, please; Part II
In a NYPost article Shia Laboeuf (the kid who starred in the movie on the second season of Project Greenlight […]
LCS: Season V, Episode IV
Sing it with us! Hey, Bellamy Bill! Where did you kill? Bellamy Bill! Hey! Did you hear? Tempe was “the […]
Thea Vidale bulletin on MySpace
From a MySpace bulletin, posted by Carole Montgomery: Thea is recovering from emergency surgery in LA. I am flying out […]
AP: Comics consider getting websites!
That’s right. Jake Coyle, writing for AP, says that, “…comedians are increasingly feeling the need to have an online presence.” […]
Older folks don't get the jokes?
Betsy Taylor, writing for AP, says that “Joke comprehension may decrease with age.” A new psychology study at Washington University… […]
Post-Chronicle won't let it go
While we were on vacation, we missed this gem from the Post-Chronicle (at the end of their rip-and-read posting on […]
More Sahl
Paul Krassner, writing for the HuffPo, provides even more detail on the Sahl tribute, including the transcript of Albert Brooks‘ […]
"Robin Williams enters comedy rehab"
That’s our fantasy headline. It hasn’t popped up on our MyYahoo yet. What have been popping up on the internet […]
No kidding, please
Readers of this magazine know we take a dim view of people who encourage kids to take up standup comedy. […]
Gervais and Rock in on hoax?
From a website called FemaleFirst.co.uk, which pushes “ultra-sexy lingerie” alongside gossip items about Lilly Allen and giveaways of Dirk Bogarde […]
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