Day: June 21, 2011

How are we still talking about the latest dumb thing to come out of Tracy Morgan’s mouth? Because he wasn’t kidding about getting you pregnant behind the dumpster, but stabbing a fictional son for being gay. And even more so because one gay fan’s Facebook post reacting to Morgan got GLAAD up in arms, and even more so than that, because Morgan would like to keep his well-paying job on NBC’s 30 Rock. So after first meeting with homeless gay teens in New York City, Morgan ventured back to Nashville — the scene of his so-called comedy crime — to deliver a very public apology. With the gay fan in attendance. Roll the clip, courtesy of the...

You may have seen Jim Tavare on the sitcom Wings many moons ago, on NBC’s Last Comic Standing more recently than that, or even in a comedy club near you. He’s difficult to forget. Bald guy. In black tie. Playing the cello. So what happens when another British guy does essentially the same shtick? Jim Tavare has been on a Twitter tear today wondering what to make of Sid Bowfin. So far, he’s been telling friends and colleagues that Bowfin has “cloned my stage image, premise behind my act, website.” Hmmm. What to do, what to do. This is Tavare’s landing page online. And this is Bowfin’s. Certainly identical fonts and layouts going on there. And Tavare notes that many of Bowfin’s photos show him sporting a full head of hair until recently adopting the same bald look. What about what they look like onstage with a microphone malfunction? Is there room in the comedy world for more than one bald man in black tie to play the strings for laughs? I’ll let you watch these videos and then let your fight-or-flight instincts kick in,...

Just thought Jeff Dunham’s publicists would want you to know… The ventriloquist now has sold more than seven million DVDs worldwide of his four current titles — “Arguing with Myself,” “Spark of Insanity,” “A Very Special Christmas Special” and his Comedy Central series, “The Jeff Dunham Show” — with a fifth one (his fourth special, “Controlled Chaos”) to be released in September 2011. Dunham also has been the top-grossing live comedy act on the road for three years in a row in North America (and the past two years globally). So stick your hand in a puppet and make it say offensive things you’d never ever dream of saying or believing yourself if you want to be tops in comedy in 2011,...