Dane Cook’s sentimental legal defense in the name of comedy muses
by TMZ uploaded the 29-page defense that Dane Cook‘s attorneys submitted Sept. 16 in their attempt to keep him from getting evicted from the La Fontaine …
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2008 SF Comedy Competition: Week two winners
Advancing from the second half of the preliminary round in the 2008 San Francisco Comedy Competition (via SFstandup.com): Moshe Kasher, Derick Lengwenus, Jacob Sirof, Leif …
Quips and comedy awards at the 60th Primetime Emmys
"What if I just kept talking for 12 minutes? What would happen? That was the opener." — Jeremy Piven, winning his third consecutive Emmy for …
SNL #34.2, with James Franco, Kings of Leon
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Stand-up comedian Kumail Nanjiani got a speaking role (as in, more than a regular extra gig) on last night’s …
MADtv #14.2, with Audrina from The Hills
MADtv embraced its spoofiness even more than usual last night, as only one routine in the entire show was not based on an actual person …
Blogging the 2008 Boston Comedy Festival (win, place and show!)
Spoiler alert! Oh, wait. It’s an event, results happened, we were there, and if you missed it, you missed it, so there’s nothing to spoil, …
Blogging the 2008 Boston Comedy Festival (semis 3-4)
Lessons learned from last night at the 2008 Boston Comedy Festival: Sometimes a comic plays very well to the back of the room, but not …
Dane Cook Day in Boston
Did you know Wednesday was Dane Cook Day in Boston? Twas. Cook’s not part of the Boston Comedy Festival, even though Boston City Councilman John …
“Jerry O’Hearn” asks SNL’s “Nicholas Fein” to “cease and desist”!
Political comedian "Jerry O’Hearn" asked Andy Daly to circulate this press release, and let’s help a guy out, right? Right. So here it is…in its …
Video: Dave Hill as a Big Brother
So I’m in Boston all week, which means I missed the grand meeting of the minds when Steve Guttenberg appeared live last night on The …