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Comic artist makes art of comics
Self-described “puertorican pittsburgher” Paulette F. Poullette offers her “quality homemade independent media,” (which is, near as we can tell, comic […]
Can you handle another Cook article?
Sure! Why not! A sharp-eyed reader tipped us off to the lastest one. What is it about Dane Cook that […]
Attention Central CT radio listeners:
The Male Half of the Staff will be presenting The SHECKYmagazine Report on WICC, 600 on your AM dial, Central […]
Atlantic City and comedy: Perfect together
The Sands is coming down. The folks who bought it, Pinnacle, are going to demolish the casino and the tower […]
Where are the bouncers, Pt. II
Check out this video of an incident at the Seattle Underground (at least we think it’s the Seattle Underground… there’s […]
Aspiring Boston comic killed in crash
From the Milford Daily News: State police said Harland was driving in the left lane when he lost control of […]
Jerry Belson, comedy writer
Reading the LAT obituary in the online version of the Indy Star, we are staggered by the eye-popping resume of […]
Joe Rogan in the Daily Orange
Nobody gives interview like Joe Rogan. He’s in Syracuse on Sunday, with Charlie Murphy and John Heffron, when the Bud […]
Wanda Sykes Saturday on HBO
Is it possible that Wanda Sykes is making her HBO debut this Saturday? Yes, it is. We would have guessed […]
"This next comic has been seen on YouTube…"
It’s the future. The not-too-distant future. And the internet looks radically different than it did just 12 months earlier. How […]
Jay Wendell Walker wins SFCC
We totally forgot it was going on. Then we get the following, in a press release: Longtime standup comic Jay […]
Faux Bush Bridges on tour with Babs
The airwaves are crackling with news that Barbra Streisand felt compelled to castigate her audience last night after the diva’s […]
"Hip, southern comedy" at Sahara
Kicking off last night, the Sahara in Vegas is presenting Redneck Comedy Live! in their Sahara Theater. The ensemble cast […]
Studio 60 on Sunset Strip: The Fantasy
Anyone see tonight’s episode? The hourlong drama, a fictionalization of SNL, has plenty of Aaron Sorkin’s snappy, Bringing-Up-Baby dialogue and […]
Comedy in the AC
Who is in town in Atlantic City this week? (Besides, of course, the Female Half of the Staff, with Peter […]
Sierra Mist contest (Continued)
We posted on October 5 about how the Sierra Mist/MySpace folks had made some changes to the contest with regard […]
Forty lashes with a wet canoodle
“PAIR CAUGHT CANOODLING IN A BOOTH,” is the screaming headline of a NYPost Page Six item that describes Dane Cook […]
Dynamic quitter needed
We get some interesting requests here. This one seeks someone to “star” in a “reality TV show, documentary, video, and […]
Bud Lite/Maxim Real Men A.C. contest OCT. 19
Two weeks from tonight, The Male Half of the Staff will be going up against four other comics at the […]
Standup or Sit Down updated rules/regs
Last month, we posted about the Sierra Mist contest being conducted via MySpace.com and we said there’d be further clarification. […]
It's festival audition season
J.P. Buck, Manager of Talent-HBO Comedy Festival/The Comedy Festival, sends along the following: The HBO Comedy Festival will be holding […]
Time to start tossing people out
Josh Sneed, in a MySpace blog entry, writes about getting booed offstage at his hometown Funny Bone. …It wasn’t a […]
Comics as politicians, Pt. II
In an earlier post on this blog, we wondered… Why anyone– especially a current or former comedian– would want to […]
“Sleeping Dogs Lie” opens Oct. 20
Bobcat Goldthwait has written and directed a motion picture called “Sleeping Dogs Lie.” Click on the trailer and the choice […]
Viral video: Tom Wilson gathering eyebals
It’s only 1:52, but comedian Tom Wilson’s snippet on YouTube.com has beckoned nearly 12,000 pairs of eyeballs in its short […]
Schiff/Shydner's "I Killed…"
The subtitle, “True Stories of the Road from America’s Top Comics” sums it all up. Stories involving (says one reviewer) […]
Larry Miller's "Spoiled Rotten America"
Purchase “Spoiled Rotten America” Book publishers do all they can to sell a book. They frequently compare their author to […]
HBO Fest November 14-18, Las Vegas
The website has the details. …the event will expand to five days and feature dozens of performances and special events […]
New club in Worcester, MA
Scott McLennan’s article in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette gives readers some insight into the current configuration of the Boston […]
Kinky Friedman a standup comic?
Kinky Friedman, the musician and novelist running as an independent for governor of Texas, has a greater appreciation for what […]
Comedians gathering in a deli
A sharp-eyed reader sent us a link to Sept. 3 The Los Angeles Times article (Free reg. req.) that might […]
The road to Aspen?
FOS Clifford Fewel is seeking comics of any/all levels… …to audition 2-5 minutes of material at Crystal Palace Theater Saturday, […]
Inciting violence against comedians
Above is an editorial cartoon by Bruce Beattie of Copley News Service that ran in Friday’s USA Today. And, we […]
Hawaii Fest cancelled
Readers may recall that we posted a warning back on August 14 that the Hawaii Festival, originally scheduled for October […]
"Lucky Louie" not dead, says creator
No, not God. Louis CK, the creator of the show Lucky Louie, says that the reports of the demise of […]
Stop him before he writes again!
There’s a piece on Slate.com (“Stop Them Before They Joke Again”) by a guy named Peter Hyman. It’s kind of […]
Always have your pic taken with a legend!
Backstage at the BCF: Kathe Nelson of Comedy Blvd. with Norm Crosby. In background, Anthony Clark. Also present at some […]
"Are you the next great comic?"
So begins the joint pitch from Sierra Mist and MySpace.com as they seek to find “the next superstar of comedy […]
March 2006 archive is back CORRECTION
What is it about that March 2006 Archive file that gives us so much trouble? (Correction: In earlier editions, we […]
How Not To Talk To A Comic
We’re always in a quandary when we get our haircut or attend a reunion or get stuck in an elevator– […]
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