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"Dolemite" seriously ill
From Ballerstatus.net comes a report that Rudy Ray Moore is in intensive care in an Inglewood hospital. Tubes, monitors and […]
Quote for the back of our next T-shirt?
Boston Globe Correspondent Nick A. Zaino III, in the Friday, June 23 edition of his regular “Comedy Notes” column: There […]
TV oddities Pts I and II
FOS Stuart McCallister writes: Not sure if you watched NBC’s new show– America Has Talent! (or whatever it is called) […]
Should have bought trip insurance
A Charleston Gazette story, subtitled “Mild-Mannered Insurance Agent Tries Hand At Standup,” tells the story of Dave Stacy, who gets […]
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Last Comic Standing on the Queen Mary
April Macie GONE! Stella Stolper GONE! But first… Clark tells them that there’ll be a “Head to head competition between […]
Comedytown Project seeks tapes/dvd's
We got a request from Pat Wilson to alert comics that she’s soliciting video/pics, etc. for the second Comedytown Project. […]
Random thoughts on Tourgasm
When we said nice things about Dane Cook’s docu on HBO, we expected that some folks would disagree with our […]
Saldana's Red LCS Envelope SOLD!
We posted about it a few days ago. The final price was $107.51 and the lucky high bidder was Doug […]
My weenie has a second name, it's M-A-Y-E-R
Spotted the following cryptic item in US Weekly, under the heading, “John Gets No Love From Jennifer”: John Mayer may […]
Seeks posters of comedians
Just got the following over the cyber-transom: I am working on a book of the “History of Stand up Comedy […]
Raise the age of comedy consent!
Just read the breathless press release about a 9-year-old boy doing comedy. (We won’t link to it because the website […]
Technology/standup heads off Armageddon
From a Reuters article Three standup comedians from Pakistan have jested their way to the finals of a popular Indian […]
Unnamed journalist goes mental
A journalist (who has also done comedy for over a decade) emailed us, trying to get himself some publicity and […]
It's not paranoia…
Here’s the lede of an article by the (PA) Patriot-News’ David Jones. It’s a story about how a Penn State […]
"Over 100 years of experience" @ Gotham
Deatils are up on the Gotham website for Thursday’s “Master Stand-up Series: Over 100 years of experience packed in one […]
Last Comic Standing? First Reviewers Walking!
If this is true, we’ve about had it with Last Comic Standing. Follow the link above for a description of […]
Last Comic Standing? El Amañar!
Sorry, we’ve been watching the World Cup coverage on Univision a lot lately. Spanish is creeping into our daily usage. […]
Blowback from Tourgasm review
Everyone into the pool! We felt the need to bring a reply to a comment up to the surface. Enjoy: […]
"I went to World Cup… for lunch."
Separated at birth? Comedian Taylor Negron (right) bears a striking resemblance to U.S. Mens Soccer coach Bruce Arena. Or is […]
Tom Shales is a wanker
One of our readers, Darrin Hensley, alerted us to the Washington Post Tourgasm review by the ever dyspeptic Tom Shales. […]
LAST COMIC STANDING RED ENVELOPE
THE AUCTION IS NOT OVER! We reported Monday night that 3,089 people viewed it and 16 bids were recorded and […]
Where the comics are in charge?
FOS Terry Reilly hipped us to a short piece in the Wall Street Journal, by Julia Angwin, on the WWW’s […]
Tourgasm debuts on HBO
The new HBO documentary (they insist it’s a reality show) is wildly entertaining. And it all comes down from the […]
Joe Restivo not dead! Joe Restivo dead!
Editors note: See this posting, from Dec. 1, 2007 on the death of Joe Restivo, the comedian. What are the […]
Drew Carey's World Cup junket!
Drew Carey’s Sporting Adventures is a Travel Channel series that “follows comedian Drew Carey as he journeys across Spain to […]
Zarqawi dead! Tibetan comic seeks fresh blood!
(Ya gotta love the internet! So, we’re reading a bizarre story about a Tibetan comedian (“Tibetan comedian works to preserve […]
"Damning with faint praise."
The Male Half of the Staff remembers his Old Man explaining to him the meaning of this phrase once. Not […]
Multiplatform killed comedy!
We just read a curious story about how Microsoft has signed Demetri Martin to a hairy deal. He is now […]
Last Comic Standing, Episode # 403
They’re in the “historic Alex Theater” in front of a packed house of screaming standup fans. Anthony Clark is hosting. […]
Last Comic Standing times two!
They’re repeating last week’s episode tonight at 8 PM EDT, to be followed by: Episode #403…Round one of the comic […]
Seinfeld needed control
FOS Larry Getlen, writing for the NY Post, recounts one of Jerry Seinfeld‘s anecdotes from his recent taping of TV […]
FX holds comedy film competition
It’s the Sunny. Funny. Money. $50,000 Comedy Competition. Submit your short video (5 minutes or less, “stand-up or a sitcom, […]
An annoying trend…
There’s another Myspace page out there that proposes to name names when it comes to reporting comics who steal material. […]
Last Amateur Comic Standing?
No. Where did everyone get this notion that LCS was for amateurs only? And that the show’s integrity, it’s purity, […]
A second chance for Last Comic Standing
There’s a second chance internet runoff being conducted currently at NBC.com, which we were remind of by sharp-eyed reader Ron, […]
Skene on Jimmy Kimmel Live…
…sorta. We hear reports from the field that Kimmel chastised the folks at US Weekly for being crass. Yes, you […]
Got ham? Comedy Central does!
Live at Gotham is described on the Comedy Central website as… Comedy Central’s first stand-up series to premiere on Comedy […]
Last Comic Standing wins slot
The results, as reported by Media Life Magazine, are in. Last Comic Standing… …averaged a 3.7 adults 18-49 overnight rating […]
Pardo interview? Right here.
We noticed, from our stats, that people are searching for Jimmy Pardo. We interviewed him. We also did a Question […]




