The Onion launching daily podcast in 2020 via Sony Music

Wait. The Onion doesn’t already have a regular podcast? How is that possible? Oh, right, they’re owned by the same company that just killed Deadspin. Anyhow. In brighter news, The Onion is teaming up with Sony Music Entertainment to launch …

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Announcing the 8th annual Patrice O’Neal Comedy Benefit

The eighth annual all-star benefit for the late great Patrice O’Neal should be just as great as the previous years, with the added bonus of knowing that Bill Burr and friends are currently working with Comedy Central on a documentary about Patric…

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The Valleyfolk reveals they fired Lee Newton after winning NBC’s Bring The Funny

The Valleyfolk, a crowd-funded comedy troupe that rose from the ashes of the popular YouTube channel SourceFed last year, and propelled by its fans won this summer’s inaugural Bring The Funny competition on NBC, stunned fans by revealing that the…

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D.L. Hughley making Comedy Central special based on his book, How Not To Get Shot

Comedy Central announced today an order for a one-hour documentary special from D.L. Hughley, How Not to Get Shot and Other Advice from White People, based on his New York Times bestselling book of the same name. Hughley will executive produce and star…

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Megan Gailey on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Megan Gailey made her Tonight Show debut on Tuesday, and made light of the myths we tell ourselves when we ask the most basic questions about couples getting engaged, and joked about the differences in how we view uncles and aunts. Gailey knows the tru…

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Chris Garcia on The Late Late Show with James Corden

Chris Garcia made his network TV debut on Monday night’s Late Late Show, and joked about being the first person in his family born in America, and an immigrant family that hoped he’d become an astronaut. Also, what’s with rebranding a…

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iO Chicago alums to write, direct “Del & Charna” movie

Red Crown Productions LLC announced it’s developing a biopic about Chicago improvising legends Del Close and Charna Halpern, Del & Charna. Kay Cannon will direct the film, off a script from Rich Talarico and Alex Fendrich. All three are alums…

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Shows you’ll wish you’d seen at the 2019 New York Comedy Festival

It’s easy to just rattle off the headliners and say go to them. In fact, several of the biggest names performing this week at the 2019 New York Comedy Festival already have sold out their shows! Here are shows you still have a chance at seeing la…

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Episode #279: Celeste Barber

Celeste Barber had appeared on Australian television as a regular on the hospital soap opera All Saints in the late 2000s, but that wasn’t translating into fans or followers on social media. Then Barber decided she’d have fun re-creating the outrageous…

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Chris Porter on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Jimmy Kimmel Live made use of the late-night TV host’s Las Vegas comedy club again this week, broadcasting this stand-up performance from Chris Porter. Porter joked about having friends who have babies, and how it affects his friendship with them…

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