Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco will remind Americans of how closely Conan has aligned himself and his show with the stand-up comedy community by taking over 10 comedy clubs across America with its own branded shows in the first week of October. …
Continue ReadingFor a 13th year, the New York Comedy Festival will start its week with its biggest and best event: Stand Up For Heroes. The annual event raises money and awareness for the Bob Woodruff Foundation, named for the ABC News correspondent who sustained a li…
Continue ReadingCan you believe Ryan Hamilton hadn’t performed on Jimmy Fallon’s The Tonight Show before Tuesday night? Especially unbelievable if you’ve seen Hamilton before. He’s quite funny. From far away or up close! Roll the clip!
Continue ReadingJim and Jeannie Gaffigan have survived and thrived in ways they couldn’t have imagined when they pulled the plug on their TV Land series in the summer of 2016. Within months, Jeannie was diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumor, and the couple, wh…
Continue ReadingYou may recall earlier this year how the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival came under fire for a lack of black women in the annual Atlanta stand-up comedy showcase. The festival folk want to make sure you all know about the 2020 fest. Submissions are now …
Continue ReadingDear Eddie, First off, congratulations! You know we all love you and have followed your every hint and intimation that you might return to stand-up after three decades away from that very particular game, and have kept our hopes up, even though you hav…
Continue ReadingHere are four of the five finalists who will perform next Tuesday (Sept. 10, 2019) for your pleasure and Bring The Funny‘s grand prize of $250,000 and a slot in the 2020 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. The fifth finalist will be announced t…
Continue ReadingThe first live semifinal round of America’s Got Talent aired Tuesday night on NBC, and two of the three comedians in the competition got another chance to shine in primetime. We’ll find out Wednesday night if your votes vaulted them into th…
Continue ReadingWe’re less than three weeks from the release of the Between Two Ferns movie on Netflix starring Zach Galifianakis, and here’s the official trailer! Seen in this photo: Matthew McConaughey and Galifianakis. Also appearing in the film: Will F…
Continue ReadingComedy Central announced today that Ken Jeong, Nikki Glaser, Caroline Rhea, and Adam Carolla will join the dais for the upcoming Roast of Alec Baldwin. Presided over by Roast Master Sean Hayes, the dais already includes Robert De Niro, Blake Griffin, C…
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