Watch David Letterman receive the 2017 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
by In case you missed it Monday night on PBS, here is the edited full telecast from last month’s celebration of David Letterman for receiving the …
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Episode #182: Bob Saget
You’ve seen Bob Saget’s friendly face on TV for four decades now, ever since he starred in the late 1980s in the ABC sitcom Full House …
Comedy Central announces half-hour stand-up specials for 2018
Here they are…Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents… has announced nine new half-hour installments to tape this December in New Orleans, and they’re coming at you from Emmy Blotnick, …
Toward A More Perfect Comedian Union
If you had told me 10 years ago, when I launched The Comic’s Comic from a hotel room in Las Vegas during the HBO Comedy …
Laughfest announces headliners for March 2018 celebration
Gilda’s Laughfest has announced some major headliners for its eighth annual celebration of comedy in Grand Rapids, Mich. Among them: Trevor Noah, Tiffany Haddish, returning …
Paul Mecurio on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
On Wednesday’s episode of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert’s warm-up comic Paul Mecurio received a warm encore of a reception from the audience, and he …
The Comedy Studio moving from Cambridge to Somerville, Mass., in 2018
The Comedy Studio, Rick Jenkins’s little comedy club above a Chinese restaurant and nightclub that could and would foster Boston’s up-and-coming comedy talent for the …
Toby Keith has sold the most comedy albums nine weeks running
Most of my comedian friends obsess over the iTunes charts, especially when they or one of their friends releases a stand-up comedy album. (Same goes …
SF Sketchfest announces lineup for 17th annual celebration in January 2018
The biggest, longest comedy festival in the United States is coming back in 2018, and SF Sketchfest boasts an equally impressive lineup, to be presented …
Team Coco’s Comedy Club animates stand-up routines on Snapchat
Matt Braunger’s routine about an elevator ride from hell has become the first animated Snapchat show for TBS and Conan’s new series, Team Coco’s Comedy Club. …