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Crying over spilt ink
Is there anything worse than getting a hit in the paper to promote your upcoming gig… and then having that […]
PGH Bone celebrates quarter century
The Beaver County Times (whose names makes us giggle every time) ran a rather large piece on the 25th anniversary […]
Cable Guy teams with microbrewery
Dan Whitney, aka Larry the Cable Guy, has given permission to a winery and brewery in his hometown to brew […]
Burger King/CBS Viacom start a fight
If you want to know who’ll be duking it out in the Burger King/Comedy Central Open Mic Fight, go here, […]
Who knew Esquire still published?
Esquire, dusty precursor to FHM, Maxim, Stuff and other lad mags, has belched up a ridiculous article (this one penned […]
Guardian interviews Curb's Essman
Get an idea of how Susie Essman‘s life has changed by reading the interview from last Thursday’s U.K. Guardian. Her […]
Does that count as an extra item?
We were never so tempted to hold a caption contest. This is the cover of last week’s Cape May County […]
Rock fouls the air at U.K. Live Earth show
So much for clean air. On live TV, Chris Rock, after a less than great response to a lame Paris […]
Comedians "a happy breed!"
D.K. Holm, writing for MSN.com’s TV section, did something that’s rarer than it should be– in the course of writing […]
Oh, the mer-manatee!
She was supposed to look like a mermaid. We think she looks more like a manatee. We have dubbed her […]
Rascals gone in 16 hours
Rascals in Cherry Hill, NJ, has two more shows tonight, then it shuts its doors for good. The folks at […]
Mort Sahl's 80th celebration, take two!
Photo credit: Dan Rosenberg FOS Dan Rosenberg was also present at the bash in Brentwood. Take in his account, then […]
Humorless busybodies force Seinfeld apology
Check out this TVSquad item from June 22, about how Jerry Seinfeld, during promotion for his upcoming “Bee Movie,” said […]
Who was at the Mort Sahl tribute?
As promised, a rundown of the activities at last night’s Mort Sahl 80th birthday bash at the Wadsworth Theater in […]
Aleman punctures Piers, hassles The Hoff!
Witnesses say that Ricardo Aleman got decent laughs during his set at the New York leg of the reality talent […]
Aleman disses Piers and hassles The Hoff!
View the 21-second YouTube video in which comic Ricardo Aleman
Garofalo on failure
Bill Muller of the Arizona Republic spoke to Janeane Garofalo who voices Colette in “Ratatouille.” It’s not the first time […]
U.K. comic protests smoking ban
Chortle, “The UK Comedy Guide,” has a story (original, we think) on comic Liam Mullone who is rebelling against “extremists […]
Carlos DoSouto, aspiring comic
A brief obituary of 25 year-old Carlos DoSouto of New Bedford, MA, contains this in paragraph five: “He was a […]
Coroner's report on Richard Jeni
From The Smoking Gun.
Last Comic Standing: Episode 3
We can hear the thunder, faintly at first, as the front approaches from the west. And WCAU, the NBC affiliate […]
Comedy is easy. Dying is hard.
Apparently, comedy is hard. And dying, it turns out in this case, is pretty easy– especially with the able assistance […]
On Mort Sahl
AP is running a story by John Rogers on the occasion of Mort Sahl‘s 80th birthday. In it Sahl is […]
Comedy galaxy visible at Sahl event
SHECKYmagazine will have a correspondent present on Thursday evening when Mort Sahl is honored in Brentwood. Legendary comedian, pundit and […]
Black: "Take care, you little pricks!"
Lewis Black, at a press conference in anticipation of his appearance at the Bonnaroo Festvial in TN last weekend, confessed […]
Email troubles continue MONDAY A.M.!
We’re still having email trouble. However, if you send (or re-send!) email to us at bmckim(at sign)mindspring.com, it’ll get to […]
Standup in Kenya
We just love reading about comedians who live and work in other countries. The Standard.net, a site providing news and […]
Comedy Stage on CMT
That’s Country Music Television. They’ve been running a comedy showcase series for a few months now called Comedy Stage. The […]
Griffin on aging and other matters
In anticipation of her upcoming turn at the Lyric Theater in Baltimore, the Sun ran a mini-interview with Kathy Griffin. […]
Comedy for at-risk Jerusalem teens
Israel-born comedian Avi Liberman has, for five years now, produced a comedy tour of Israel which benefits Jerusalem’s Crossroads Center, […]
Oswalt in NYT on arti$tic freedom
Joe Rhodes of the New York Times interviews Patton Oswalt on the occasion of the release of “Ratatouille,” in which […]
Japanese comics aren't running any more
There, on asahi.com, amid headlines like “Chartered flights between Tokyo and Shanghai to start in October” and “JVC, Kenwood OK […]
U.K. Independent's Jacobson on Manning
The death of Bernard Manning also brings out this column by Howard Jacobson. In it, he compares the knighthood of […]
Drinking in Vegas on $11 a night
Comedian Kevin Downey, writing for UsedWigs.com, embarks on a debauched evening of thrifty drinking. And lives to write about it. […]
Technical dificulties
We were down for about 90 minutes this morning… in correcting the problem, some posts were temporarily lost. They have […]
Laughter is the best seretonin reuptake inhibitor
Spotted the following listing under “Comedy” in the Vancouver online mag Westender.com (ultra-cool, ironic, minimalist punctuation theirs): stand up for […]
Seeking L.C.S. analysis?
If you’re looking for our Last Comic Standing bloggage, just scroll down a bit and you’ll see it. Thanks!
Send your CD/DVD to Iraq, via Van Nuys
Just received an email from comedian Karen Rontowski, who is seeking comics’ CD’s and DVD’s for Comedy For Our Troops. […]
Two of our favorite clubs– GONE!
Rascals Cherry Hill will close soon, its last show will be Saturday, June 30. It was originally supposed to last […]
LCS UPDATE: Season 5, Episode II REVISED
L.C.S. Joke of the Day: What do you give a pig with a sprained ankle? Ant’s phone number! (We’re getting […]
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