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"Dolemite" seriously ill

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 23rd, 2006

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?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 23rd, 2006

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 23rd, 2006

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 22nd, 2006

A Charleston Gazette story, subtitled “Mild-Mannered Insurance Agent Tries Hand At Standup,” tells the story of Dave Stacy, who gets […]

testing

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 21st, 2006

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Last Comic Standing on the Queen Mary

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 21st, 2006

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 20th, 2006

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 20th, 2006

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!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 20th, 2006

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 20th, 2006

Spotted the following cryptic item in US Weekly, under the heading, “John Gets No Love From Jennifer”: John Mayer may […]

Seeks posters of comedians

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 20th, 2006

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!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 20th, 2006

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 20th, 2006

From a Reuters article Three standup comedians from Pakistan have jested their way to the finals of a popular Indian […]

Unnamed journalist goes mental

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 19th, 2006

A journalist (who has also done comedy for over a decade) emailed us, trying to get himself some publicity and […]

It's not paranoia…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 18th, 2006

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 17th, 2006

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!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 15th, 2006

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!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 14th, 2006

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 14th, 2006

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."

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 13th, 2006

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 13th, 2006

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 13th, 2006

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?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 12th, 2006

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 12th, 2006

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!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 10th, 2006

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!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 8th, 2006

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!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 8th, 2006

(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."

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 8th, 2006

The Male Half of the Staff remembers his Old Man explaining to him the meaning of this phrase once. Not […]

Multiplatform killed comedy!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 7th, 2006

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 7th, 2006

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!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 6th, 2006

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 6th, 2006

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 5th, 2006

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…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 5th, 2006

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?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 2nd, 2006

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 1st, 2006

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…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 1st, 2006

…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!

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 1st, 2006

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

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 1st, 2006

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.

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 31st, 2006

We noticed, from our stats, that people are searching for Jimmy Pardo. We interviewed him. We also did a Question […]