We’ve reached the live primetime quarterfinals of America’s Got Talent, and 34 acts remain in contention for the 2019 title, and $1 million gig in Vegas. Among them: comedian Greg Morton, a 60-year-old Canadian who has performed in Vegas be…
Continue Reading“When I was growing up, there was nobody that looked like me on television, so I kind of want to be the first one that’s doing all that. I want people to be able to look at what I’m doing.” That’s what stand-up comedian Ry…
Continue ReadingGreg Morton was a rookie in the NFL when Star Wars first came out in 1977. All these years later, Morton still remembers all the voices, and performed impersonations for his audition on America’s Got Talent. Roll the clip!
Continue ReadingAmerica’s Got Talent has returned for another summer on NBC, this time with two new judges in Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough joining Howie Mandel and Simon Cowell. How will this affect the comedians auditioning in 2019? So far, so good for Ja…
Continue ReadingYou didn’t think Preacher Lawson was going to show us his workout routine and then not show us the results? Lawson, the only stand-up comedian to make the finals of AGT’s The Champions, performed his shirt off! We’ll find out the resu…
Continue ReadingFormer America’s Got Talent finalists Tom Cotter and Samuel J. Comroe both returned for this season’s all-star champions competition. Cotter, facing Simon Cowell for the first time (Cowell wasn’t a judge when Cotter finished runner-up…
Continue ReadingPiff The Magic Dragon may not have won America’s Got Talent, nor even advanced to the finals of AGT: Champions, but he revealed on Monday’s show that he’s already a winner. Just getting the AGT audition helped him stay in America, and…
Continue ReadingAmerica’s Got Talent is bringing back the best of the best with their special edition season, America’s Got Talent: The Champions. The Champions season follows 50 acts that previously shined during previous seasons of AGT from all over the world. From those 50, nine are comedians (and don’t worry, we aren’t counting ventriloquists or jugglers as comedians). Stand-ups didn’t fare well on the competition show until we saw New York
Continue ReadingRound one of AGT: The Champions aired Monday night on NBC, and if everything else proceeds as this did, we’ll see 10 all-stars perform each week, with one receiving a “golden buzzer” from the judges, one advancing thanks to votes from…
Continue ReadingWe placed two stand-up comedians in the final round of America’s Got Talent for 2018, and Vicki Barbolak and Samuel J. Comroe tried to make the most of their moments on live primetime TV on NBC. Barbolak revealed a swimsuit look, jokingly wishing this were a pageant, and told the tale of taking her father […]
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