Patton Oswalt wins the Best Comedy Album Grammy for “Talking For Clapping”

Congrats again to Patton Oswalt, who won the Grammy Award for 2016’s Best Comedy Album for “Talking For Clapping,” for which he previously also won the Emmy Award in September. Kudos to ASpecialThing Records for producing the audio recording (Netflix had the exclusive on the video for the Emmy win). You can find all the […]

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Now hear this: The very first “State of the Industry” by Andy Kindler at Just For Laughs Montreal in 1996

For years now, we’ve been sharing notes, transcripts and more recently full audio recordings of Andy Kindler’s annual State of the Industry Address that he delivers at Montreal’s Just For Laughs Comedy Festival. It has become one of the must-see, must-listen moments each July at comedy’s largest confab. What will Kindler have to say about […]

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SiriusXM snags Craig Ferguson for weeknight talk show on satellite radio’s “Comedy Greats” channel

Craig Ferguson will start broadcasting a weeknight talk show once again. Only this time he’ll be in primetime. And on satellite radio! Broadcast live from Los Angeles, in a studio SiriusXM built in Ferguson’s home, “The Craig Ferguson Show” will debut on Comedy Greats channel 94 starting Monday, Feb. 27, with episodes airing 6 to 8 […]

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Opie Radio channel officially rebranded as Faction Talk on SiriusXM Radio on Jan. 23, 2017

Opie and Anthony are no more as a radio duo, or as a team with Jim Norton, and so SiriusXM is moving forward by officially rebranding the Opie Radio channel on its satellite radio service (ch. 103/206) as Faction Talk. The name change, known about since late November, is effective Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. its […]

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