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Richard Pryor–An Appreciation
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Some thoughts on RIchard Pryor
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Richard Pryor 1940-2005
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Sit Down Comedy, hosted by David Steinberg
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Jack Carter: A show business Zelig
On the occasion of his guest shot on ER, Jack Carter is interviewed by TVGuide.com. In it, the comedian explains, […]
Earl surrounded by comics
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Does the name Kenny Dexter ring any bells?
The Female Half witnessed an interesting episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show in which a mobster forces Dick, Buddy […]
Unused Chapelle/Chappelle episodes to run
This just in: AP is reporting that the first four episodes of Chappelle’s Show, shot before the host flaked out, […]
NJ Monthly burps out "Comedy Issue"
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Ya better watch out, ya better not pout…
Buried in a recent email from the organizers of an upcoming comedy festival: I am looking for everyone to come […]
NY Underground Fest exec will help run Factory
Just got this terse announcement over the cyber-transom: The Laugh Factory NY is proud to announce George Sarris has come […]
Who won the Wendy's Comedy Challenge?
The best kept secret of the recent HBO comedy festival in Vegas was who won that Wendy’s Comedy Challenge. That […]
We could have saved you time and effort
From today’s Washington Times comes an article (“Now, there’s proof: Men, women different” free reg. req.) that recaps the results […]
What is this guy? A club owner? !
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Seattle winner
From the P-I: San Diego comedian Lamont Ferguson won the 26th annual Seattle International Stand-up Comedy Competition. In a five-night […]
Shecky sighting: Journal of Law & Communications
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We have a winner!
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Dane Cook hosting SNL
Dane Cook (website) will host the Dec. 3 Saturday Night Live. The dream that I had in 7th grade is […]
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So read the subject line on an email we got this morning. Now, normally, we get hundreds of emails with […]
Sometimes you can blame the crowd
Jerry Fink’s Las Vegas Sun review of a recent Monday night at Kathleen Dunbar‘s Divas of Comedy in the Casbar […]
Where does a comic settle?
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Silverman takes heat for twisted joke
The Boston Herald is reporting that Sarah Silverman is getting some flack because of a joke in her performance video, […]
WSJ reporter keeps her day job
A comic and a faithful reader, T. Reilly, hipped us to a fluffy piece by in Saturday’s WSJ in which […]
Comic among those shot in Tacoma Mall
Brendan “Dan” McKown was among those shot by the jackass who shot up the Tacoma Mall a few days ago. […]
We're back from holiday…
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Chappelle/Chapelle and the tonedeaf NYT
The article (Reg. req.) in today’s New York Times, written on the occasion of Chappelle/Chapelle’s appearance a the recent HBO […]
More Canadian radio; Interview w/Brian McKim!
After recently plugging Laugh Tracks in a Nov. 2 posting, we received an email from Guy MacPherson, plugging his radio […]
Swedish comedy scene? Ja!
If you aren’t depicted on Kamikaze, well, you probably can’t call yourself a Swedish comedian. We exaggerate, but probably not […]
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"Hip Nip" dead at 73
AP is reporting that Pat Morita is dead at the age of 73. Morita was a standup comic before he […]
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