Inside ‘Hot Date’ with Emily Axford and Brian Murphy

“Sense of humor” is often cited as one of the top three personality traits that people look for in a partner, and it’s probably just as important that they laugh at your jokes as it is that you laugh at theirs. Finding that quality probably wasn’t as much of a problem for Emily Axford and […]

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Gilbert-isms: Gilbert Gottfried talks his new documentary, family, and Presidential baththrobes

Gilbert Gottfried may be in his 48th year in the business, having started stand up in 1969 at the tender… MORE

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Gilbert-isms: Gilbert Gottfried talks his new documentary, family, and Presidential baththrobes

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Talking Standup, Boxed Wine, and Bigfoot with Kathleen Madigan

It’s been a year since I last caught up with comedian Kathleen Madigan and to be honest, it was long overdue. Madigan, a 30-year comedy veteran, is currently in the process of preparing her Netflix special Bothering Jesus for album release and gearing up for Boxed Wine & Bigfoot, a 30-city tour that kicks off […]

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Nemr: From America to Lebanon to America

“I started when I was 17. I used to, in school, the way I talked and the way I addressed… MORE

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John C. McGinley Finds Pleasure in the Pain of ‘Stan Against Evil’

In nearly all of his roles, John C. McGinley seems deadly serious. From Platoon to Office Space to his most famous character, Dr. Cox on Scrubs, McGinley may need to play the no-nonsense type. The “you’re fired” type. The “don’t F with me” type. And it’s probably because of how serious he is on camera […]

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Talking with Judah Friedlander About His Netflix Special ‘America Is the Greatest Country in the United States’

Judah Friedlander’s current political stance can be summed up by the title of his new special, America Is the Greatest Country in the United States. Available today on Netflix, the bare bones, documentary-style comedy film follows the comic over the course of several shows as he addresses American exceptionalism and the many troubling issues currently […]

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Inside the Comedy Podcast Boom with Jimmy Pardo

Jimmy Pardo is feeling himself. “I’m now at a point where I’m like, ‘This is who I am. If you like what I’m doing, great. Get on board. If you don’t like it, there’s a lot of other things out there for you.’” The former Conan warm-up comic and host of the long-running podcast Never […]

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The Two Worlds of Tawny Newsome

Career-wise, comedian, actor, and musician Tawny Newsome is having a very diverse year. She’s a recurring standout guest on some of comedy’s best podcasts, starred in Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, can currently be seen on BET’s The Comedy Get Down, and is wrapping up a music tour with Jon Langford’s Four Lost Souls, a band whose […]

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Adam Cayton-Holland Stays True to His Denver Roots

The 2017 season of Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents comes to a close tonight at midnight with a half hour from Denver’s Adam Cayton-Holland. Adam is a founding member of The Grawlix, the comedy trio behind truTV’s Those Who Can’t. In addition to standup and acting, he’s also an avid birdwatcher and author of the upcoming […]

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