Bridgetown Comedy Festival puts Portland (Ore.) on the comedy map
by The Bridgetown Comedy Festival has announced its ambitious and exciting lineup for its second annual effort, happening April 23-26, 2009, in Portland, Ore. Over 120 …
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Purim Party’s “Meshugene Men” parody
The Jews seem to have a knack for this comedy thing, don't you know (you knew), and in this new promo video for the upcoming …
A note to readers: Housekeeping!
Happy Snow Day, readers of The Comic's Comic. I was going to start this Monday morning message by talking about the need for spring cleaning, …
When Jimmy Fallon met Robert DeNiro
Probably more than a few folks raised their proverbial eyebrows when NBC announced that Robert DeNiro would be Jimmy Fallon's first guest when Late Night …
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Are you ready for your audition?
All over the country, stand-up comedians are preparing for auditions — comics try out for commercial roles, sitcoms and film parts all of the time …
Derrick hosts “Mystery Team” screenings in NYC
This is pretty self-explanatory, and you should go and see this. (Derrick!)
Patton Oswalt’s new babies: CD, Comedy Central special, and actual baby
"I'm expecting a daughter at the end of April…(applause break)…I just hope she gets my looks and personality!"— Patton Oswalt, last weekend at Carolines in …
In other news, blogs…
February is wrapping up with some interesting and curious comedy items to relay from around the Internets. To wit: — Dave Chappelle performed a four-hour …
Eddie Murphy to play Richard Pryor in biopic?
Yesterday, Entertainment Weekly said writer/director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) was shopping his own script with Eddie Murphy set to star in Richard Pryor: Is It Something …
Robin Williams will return for a week on Broadway
Following hot off of the successful Broadway run of Will Ferrell's Bush spoof, Robin Williams announced today that his current stand-up tour, "Weapons of Self-Destruction," …