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Those jugs look familiar
There’s a news item that’s linked off of Drudge about a woman who is having her gigantic breast implants removed. […]
Cozy Morley statue in North Wildwood
Many years ago, we posted about the statue erected in honor of comedian Cozy Morley. (We theorized at the time […]
Stand Up Comedy is NOT Any Prettier.
The anonymous xtranormal vidster provocateur has posted the third in the series. This one is entitled “Stand Up Comedy is […]
It never ends
The following post was supposed to appear on August 22… but, for some reason or combination of reasons, it was […]
Sofla all shook up over prankster
“Sofla” is the portmanteau– or is it simply a contraction?– that’s short for South Florida. And it refers to the […]
Robert Schimmel, standup comic UPDATE
UPDATE: In the comments, reader Spike Rizzo provides the ABC News item, via Associated Press, that confirms Schimmel’s death. UPDATED: […]
“Join the Tompkins 300!”
That’s the title of a recent Paul F. Tompkins blog entry. Is he planning to form a group of warriors […]
“Dealing With Agent”
It’s called “Dealing With Agent.” It’s the latest in a series of videos that are popping up that seek to […]
“Stand Up Comedy is NOT Pretty– Part 2”
It’s part 2, from the anonymous person who created the xtranormal video we posted last week. This time, it’s from […]
Who books it?
There’s absolutely no reason why a comedy club shouldn’t have clear, detailed booking information for comedians on the comedy club […]
Only a matter of time
It’s the answer video to “Stand Up Comedy Is NOT Pretty,” an anonymous xtranormal video that we posted about last […]
“Comic opens fire in bar”
Channel 6 is on the case! Three people were shot when a stand-up comedian opened fire in a crowded Marion […]
Great. That sounds fair.
We saw this posted as Isaac Witty‘s Facebook status update. The creator is comedyisnotpretty10. We don’t know who that is. […]
Headed for the World Series of Comedy
We just finalized our travel arrangements for next month’s trip to Vegas for the World Series of Comedy. It’s going […]
Children starving… for attention
We have long held that it’s ghastly to inflict children doing standup on a comedy club crowd. It was Robert […]
Television viewers getting older
And by that, we mean that the average age of the Big Four television networks is getting higher. The Hollywood […]
On the anniversary of The King’s passing
Three years ago, The Female Half, in her regular “Keep It Tight” column, recalled the passing of her grandfather, who […]
BBC enters gender fray
It’s Chapter 10 of today’s isse of the BBC broadcast, Newshour (hit the little black box marked “10” to go […]
On “nutty comedy exercises”
From the Facebook status update of Costaki Economopoulos: I’m about 9 sets in to understanding comedy in Scotland, and I […]
We got your bone right here
Predictably, we’re getting a lot of comments on our posting on the final episode of LCS. In rare cases, we […]
Last Comic Standing Finale
Congratulations to Felipe Esparza! He’s this season’s “Last Comic Standing.” It must be tough– unbearably tough– to come so close […]
Last Comic Standing Season 7 Winner
We’re exhausted. We just spent several hours on the beach (Island Beach State Park… very nice!) with the Vos/McFarlane’s, and, […]
Carlin’s best three minutes? (Updated)
There’s a clip that circulating on the WWW (mainly via Facebook) that purports to be George Carlin’s “best three minutes” […]
Tough choices in Vegas
From a Sahara Hotel & Casino’s Facebook update: Sahara Hotel & Casino Sahara’s spreading the summer love by extending its […]
Your tax dollars at play
“Summertime Blues” is a rather hefty PDF that’s making the rounds. It was published jointly by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) […]
You can fool some of the people…
Strngelilblkgrl tweets: Apparently, America likes its comedy white, male, & heterosexual #lastcomicstanding Apparently? It’s not apparent at all. What is […]
America’s still got talent
We didn’t watch America’s Got Talent last week. We’re boycotting the show after they put through the old lady who […]
Last Comic Standing S07E09
One more to go! Jonathan Thymius GONE! It must be awful to get that close to the tour– the lengthy, […]
Last Comic Standing taping in Glendale S07E08
We headed north, up the 110 to sit in the audience at the Alex Theatre in Glendale for the taping […]
We enter the pod of Dick and Darren for a cast
We participated in Dick And Darren’s Podcast last night in Studio City. It was a spirited hour or so of […]
Take it inside
Oh, God… another one. Another article on joke thievery. This time, it’s in a theater blog attached to a British […]
At the Mermaid in Hermosa Beach
We flew into LAX on Monday morning. The Male Half will be at the Comedy & Magic Club through Saturday. […]
Last Ten Comics Standing S07E07
We’ll limit our observations to this: Of the contestants sent home tonight, we accurately predicted the demise of two of […]
Montreal… Just For Laughs… 2010 IV
The skies opened up and what appeared to be straight-line winds whipped through and tore the street festival asunder! The […]
Montreal… Just For Laughs… 2010 III
We caught the last fifteen minutes of Just For Pitching… we usta accidentally call it “Pitching It.” Now they’ve changed […]
Montreal… Just For Laughs… 2010… II
Gloomy day. Windy, too. There’s a giant slab of crappy weather just south of us and oddly enough, it’s shaped […]
Montreal… Just For Laughs… 2010
We got an email: Hi Shecky, I have enjoyed reading y’all through the years…keep up the good work. Though I […]
Last Ten Comics Standing S07E06
Hey! Good for Fortune Feimster for sitting in the audience at the taping of last night’s episode of Last Comic […]
Step right up, place your bets
The article on SportsBookGurus.com was written by “Bonnie.” It is entitled, “Last Comic Standing Betting Odds List Tommy Johnagin As […]