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Happy Thanksgiving, all!
Both halves of the staff would like to wish all our readers a happy Thanksgiving! We have plenty to be […]
Seattle finalists announced
Things are winding down in the Seattle Comedy Competition. They’re in the last two or three months of the contest […]
Laughter used for tawdry purposes
An article about an “important new study from the forthcoming Quarterly Review of Biology” says that a long time ago […]
XMRadio attacks Canada
XMRadio has added a new channel, Laugh Attack, which showcases Canadian acts. We noticed it for the first time while […]
Review-Journal wrapup of The Comedy Festival
Mike Weatherford wrote a lengthy piece on last weekend’s gathering in Vegas. Not your ordinary fluffy wrapup, but a decent […]
Cleveland Comedy Challenge
We got an email about yet another comedy contest, this one to take place in Cleveland. The Ground Floor Theater […]
Laugh Factory eBay auction winner
It can be revealed that the winner of the Laugh Factory’s charity auction (via eBay) last month was L.A.-based comic/actor […]
Set in A.C., comics abound in Duane Hopwood
David Schwimmer stars in “Duane Hopwood,” a little movie about a boozy pit boss in Atlantic City, released today. (Read […]
Two Turkish scientists walk into a bar…
Laurie David had them rolling in the aisles last night at The Comedy Festival in Vegas: “We’re calling for the […]
Leno welcomes Seinfeld and Berman
Just caught Seinfeld‘s set on Tonight. Great set, as usual. Then he did panel and pumped the Seinfeld boxed set. […]
Sorry for that?
So we’re walking down the hallway at our fine hotel here in Atlanta when we see it– A plastic bag […]
Comics getting their due in India?
In an interview in the Pune Times (please, save the jokes for later), Hindi comic Raju Srivastav says that he […]
U.S. to retain control of internet
Says the BBC: In an eleventh-hour agreement ahead of a UN internet summit in Tunis, Tunisia, negotiators agreed to leave […]
Yuk Yuks is having a contest
It’s a sign. Yuk Yuks, the 800-lb. gorilla of Canadian comedy, is having a contest, called the Great Canadian Laugh […]
Former comic, fired talk show host, re-hired
AP reports that Michael Graham, who was canned from WMAL-AM in D.C. for calling Islam a “terrorist organization,” has landed […]
Big Move… via the birth canal
According to former Big Mover Tommy James, he and wife Michelle have created Devin Thomas James, a 6-lb. 3oz., 18-in. […]
Laugh Dance… you mean like Slamdance?
First, there was Sundance. A film festival that claimed to champion the smalltime, alternative filmmaker and eschew the big-studio, conglomerate […]
Thanks for attending Kelly Moran's memorial…
We just received an email from Scott Bennett. Below is but a small portion of it: My name’s Scott Bennett […]
HBO/TBS Las Vegas Fest to be LA-centric
Hollywood Reporter says: Although the festival’s focus is on the consumer market, industry insiders from Los Angeles are expected to […]
Between Buffalo and Atlanta
We just got back from three days at the Buffalo Comix Cafe. We were pleased to see that the USA […]
All that hard work…
Read the New York Post review (Free reg. req.) of the limited-run reality series Comedians of Comedy but find something […]
Weather looks Black up ahead
Word has rippled throughout the world’s English-language media that Lewis Black will be used by The Weather Channel to… to… […]
Balto Sun trashes pair of PBS comedy specials
David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun gives terribly negative reviews of two of this evening’s PBS offerings– The Kennedy Center […]
"I'm James Lipton bitch!"
“…and welcome to Inside The Actors’ Studio.” Did we dream that? Did we actually hear that Dave Chapelle/Chappelle will be […]
Multi-cultural comedy fest in South Beach
Their description, not ours. Yet another festival enters the fray in January when Comedy Central will promote a festival in […]
Put the bachelorettes in the back of the room…
AP reports that the results of a study showed that “Women May Enjoy Humor More, if It’s Funny,” at least […]
UN wants control of the internet
“Beware a ‘Digital Munich’ ” is the title of an opinion piece by Norm Coleman, Republican senator from Minnesota, in […]
Newsweek in state of arrested development
At one point in his recent Newsweek/MSNBC.com interview, Bob Saget says, “Very few people hate me. Ten years ago more […]
Andy Griffith to get Medal of Freedom
They try to throw in a comedian when they give out the Medals of Freedom. Andy Griffith. The actor first […]
TLC seeks blunderers for new show
We got yet another email from a television producer, this time from Melissa Mayne, from Tiger Aspect Productions in London: […]
Update on kamikaze/Curb controversy
Just got an email from Yoshi himself. It seems that David did follow up on that phone call he alluded […]
Material police investigate Curb's kamikaze origins (UPDATE)
Just got an email from Yoshi himself. It seems that David did follow up on that phone call he alluded […]
Talking comedy on Canadian radio
From FOS Sharilyn Johnson comes the following email, touting her regular radio show up north: Tonight on Laugh Tracks, I […]
Charles Barkley, comedian?
A recently updated entry on the Snopes.com website seeks to sort out the claim that “Comedian Chris Rock originated a […]
Mencia, Comedy Central… Joe Rogan?
Comedy Central’s announcement yesterday will delight fans of the faux Mexican standup whose show now replaces that of Dave Chappelle/Chapelle. […]
Kelly Moran memorial at Comedy Store
Cash Levy writes: There will be Memorial for Kelly Moran next Weds Nov 9th 8:30 at the Comedy Store in […]
Foxx profiled in Parade
Fluff with detail is how we describe those Parade profiles. This one is on Jamie Foxx who, he claims, went […]
Joke book for kids from Leno
A short item in yesterday’s Philadelphia Inquirer told of a book, co-written by Jay Leno and Tonight writer, called “How […]
Sock Modeling? Doug Hecox? Read Further
In “Pride Goeth Before a Sock Modeling Contract,” columnist Doug Hecox mulls killing two birds with one stone next month […]
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