Comedian Ralphie May Found Dead At 45

Veteran comedian Ralphie May has passed away according to TMZ. The comedian known for his wit and self deprecating humor was just 45 years old. Reports confirm that May was found dead in his Vegas home today with his cause of death has been linked to cardiac arrest. TMZ has learned Ralphie died at a […]

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@JacobPierce015 Is on Both the Funny and Political Sides of Twitter

Jacob Pierce is a college student whose Twitter I found while scrolling through my newsfeed. Unlike most of the people interviewed in this column, Pierce is neither an aspiring nor a professional comedian, but his tweets are hilarious and topical, and he somehow manages to be both sarcastic and sincere. Many of his jokes are […]

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Executive Producer/Co-Showrunner Christine Nangle Gets Inside the Beast for ‘The President Show’

Early this morning, my mom texted me about an MSNBC segment that aired last night on a group of psychiatrists and mental health experts who have banded together to warn that Donald Trump is “psychologically off the chain.” “Donald has a lot of scary monsters in his head like the short you showed me from the president show, […]

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Inside the Outsider Mind of Julio Torres

Tonight at 12:30 Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents will air a half hour that is arguably unlike any you’ve seen before. If this sounds like hyperbole, please know that the special involves giant sentient glowing crystals and excerpts from Melania Trump’s secret diary delivered by someone who refers to himself as a Space Prince. The half […]

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Anthony DeVito on Overcoming Shyness and Taping His Comedy Central Special

Every so often you hear somebody say something like “Oh, I would love to do standup comedy, I’m just too shy.” And more often than not, they never do. Luckily for us, Anthony DeVito managed to overcome his shyness — so effectively, in fact, that this year alone he performed on The Late Show and […]

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This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Some New (and Semi-New) Podcast Recommendations

The comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week our crack team of podcast […]

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This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Some New (and Semi-New) Podcast Recommendations

The comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week our crack team of podcast […]

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Talking Standup, Podcasts, and ‘Stan Against Evil’ with Dana Gould

With well over three decades in the game, Dana Gould has experienced many of comedy’s highs and lows. From humble beginnings (“I started doing standup two weeks out of high school. I was taken to my first mic by my high school librarian and her husband”), he went on to survive booms and busts (“The […]

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Jordan Firstman Needs a Feature

Jordan Firstman is now competing with himself for the best short of 2017. Co-starring a pitch-perfect Craig Chester, Call Your Father shows what happens when a 24-year-old goes on a date with a 50-year-old, but it’s so much better and deeper than that logline, because Firstman is–and I don’t say this lightly–a visionary. He’s a fearless Millennial voice that […]

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Translating Struggle into Standup with Felipe Esparza

Felipe Esparza’s story is a twisted, modern-day fairy tale: The son of immigrant parents learns English to help his parents, joins a gang, gets addicted to drugs, has his life threatened, then meets a spiritual advisor who pushes him to get clean and follow his dream of being a comedian. These vignettes make up Felipe’s […]

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