R.I.P. John Witherspoon (1942-2019)
by Stand-up comedian and actor John Witherspoon, who started working comedy clubs in the 1970s and was still working the clubs into his 70s, and planned …
Month: October 2019
Alex Edelman on Conan
Alex Edelman got to meet the late, great Neil Armstrong in real life once, but it wasn’t so great. Armstrong is no Koko the Gorilla, …
Episode #278: Matt Besser
Matt Besser is known as one of the co-founders of the Upright Citizens Brigade, which began as a sketch comedy group in Chicago, moved to …
Kelly Bachman addresses Harvey Weinstein, the elephant in the room at Actor’s Hour
You’re invited to perform at a monthly live show in the part of the East Village formerly known as Alphabet City, and you’re excited not …
Announcing TLB Records
The Laugh Button has corralled 800 Pound Gorilla Records and Robert Kelly’s RiotCast Podcast Network into launching a new, joint record label called TLB Records. …
Comedy Dynamics works with company to put stand-up video in Uber, Lyft vehicles
Do you want a laugh with that Lyft? Comedy Dynamics announced a deal Thursday with Surf, a company that’s working on its own deal with …
Brooks Wheelan on Late Night with Seth Meyers
Brooks Wheelan grew up in a poor town in Iowa, but only realized that much later in life, as he explained in this performance on …
Jay Larson on The Late Late Show with James Corden
Jay Larson doesn’t have a favorite child, per se, but he can tell you why he likes his daughter, as he explains in this performance …
Jay Jurden on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jay Jurden made his TV debut last night on The Tonight Show, and came out as what show business describes as everyone’s “black best friend.” …
Dulcé Sloan on Conan
Dulcé Sloan moved to New York City to work on The Daily Show, but as she related in this performance on Monday’s Conan, Sloan isn’t …