Even though most of Montreal’s Just For Laughs stuck to virtual digital screens and meet-ups, JFL last week still could host and declare winners for its annual “Stand Up & Pitch” competitions. FROM JFL: Each winning project is inv…
Continue ReadingRob Barnett has been a radio DJ and program director, pivoted to TV as programming director for MTV and VH1 in the 1990s, pivoted back to radio to launch CBS Radio’s “Free” FM in the wake of Howard Stern’s departure, hiring Adam Carolla to replace Ster…
Continue ReadingRob Barnett has been a radio DJ and program director, pivoted to TV as programming director for MTV and VH1 in the 1990s, pivoted back to radio to launch CBS Radio’s “Free” FM in the wake of Howard Stern’s departure, hiring Adam Carolla to replace Ster…
Continue ReadingAfter a hiatus in 2020 for the pandemic, both the San Francisco Comedy Competition and the Seattle Comedy Competition plan to resume this summer and fall. Both are monthlong stand-up contests, with each round lasting over a week as comedians perform fo…
Continue ReadingAfter a hiatus in 2020 for the pandemic, both the San Francisco Comedy Competition and the Seattle Comedy Competition plan to resume this summer and fall. Both are monthlong stand-up contests, with each round lasting over a week as comedians perform fo…
Continue ReadingDelta variant? What Delta variant? Sebastian Maniscalco’s upcoming arena comedy tour already is setting ticket-selling records. Today he became the first to comedian to pack the brand-new UBS Arena, the future home of the New York Islanders NHL t…
Continue ReadingDelta variant? What Delta variant? Sebastian Maniscalco’s upcoming arena comedy tour already is setting ticket-selling records. Today he became the first to comedian to pack the brand-new UBS Arena, the future home of the New York Islanders NHL t…
Continue ReadingRemember this is an exhibition, not a competition. Please, no wagering! Stupid Pet Tricks are returning to TV, this time on TBS, with Sarah Silverman hosting a revival of David Letterman’s long-running late-night TV segment. Letterman’s Wor…
Continue ReadingNeal Brennan is following up his successful 2016 Off-Broadway run of 3 Mics, which begat a 2017 Netflix special, with a new one-man show. This is Unacceptable. It’ll open Aug. 25, 2021, at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City’s West Vil…
Continue ReadingJackie Mason, a Tony and Emmy-winning stand-up comedian so identified with Yiddish humor he named his YouTube channel, “TheUltimateJew,” died on Saturday at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. Mason was 93. Mason won a Special Tony Award in 19…
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