Tonight on Last Comic Standing
by I’ll be otherwise preoccupied when tonight’s latest episode of Last Comic Standing airs on NBC, so it’ll take me until Friday to give you a …
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Editor and publisher since 2007, when he was named New York's Funniest Reporter. Former newspaper reporter at the New York Daily News, Boston Herald and smaller dailies and community papers across America. Loves comedy so much he founded this site.
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Comic Strip Marathon: Post #40 Don’t ask, don’t tell
The final hours of the 50-hour "world record" continuous stand-up comedy show continue to tick and tock along fairly smoothly. Several comedians have returned for …
Gawker schools Dane Cook on heckling
We already know that not everyone is onboard the so-called "Dane Train" for Dane Cook, and yesterday one of Cook’s haters tried to tell him …
Comic Strip Marathon: Post #39 Who comes here at this hour?
Today, just as with yesterday, the late morning and early afternoon makes for an unusual atmosphere for live stand-up comedy. Most people are at work. …
Artist on Artist: Nick Swardson and Adam Sandler
A MySpace interview that not only promotes Adam Sandler’s new film, You Don’t Mess With The Zohan, but also allows Sandler and Nick Swardson to …
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Comic Strip Marathon: Post #38 Daybreak
Situations improved all around for the show, as well as for me, personally, by 10 a.m. as daylight and new audience members both made renewed …
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Comic Strip Marathon: Post #37 Eyes wide shut
Stuck in a netherworld where you cannot sleep yet cannot stay awake, I’m here to report that the comedy show continues past hour 36 inside …
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Comic Strip Marathon: Post #36 Morning quandary
My Thursday morning quandary: I only seem to stay awake if I keep moving, and yet if I keep moving, I cannot sit here and …
Comic Strip Marathon: Post #35
"I don’t want to be a downer, but I was just on the Internet, and Dane Cook just turned in a 51-hour set." — Moody …
Comic Strip Marathon: Post #34 The few, the overly proud
Apparently, at least 10 customers need to be in the audience to constitute an audience to keep this record bid afloat. And we’re teetering on …