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Reminder: Bill Hicks Day tributes
by Today is the 15th anniversary of the day stand-up comedian Bill Hicks died. Over in the U.K., comedy club Jongleurs in Camden held a tribute …
Author: Sean L. McCarthy
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.
Ann Carr: Use It
Ann Carr doesn't simply create characters, she jumps into them so fully that you wonder where Carr went. I often want to tell anyone who …
Jerry Seinfeld returns to NBC with “The Marriage Ref”
Jerry Seinfeld doesn't need the money. But Seinfeld cannot stay away from the stage, whether it's stand-up comedy or television. NBC announced today that he's …
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The Celebrity Apprentice now officially a sitcom
Speaking of comedians in places you don't expect to see comedians…the second edition of The Celebrity Apprentice starts on Sunday night, because, well, I don't …
Comedy2go: Stand-up where you don’t expect it
People think that the funny guy in the office would make a great stand-up comedian, but that humor does not always translate from the workplace …
The epicenter of NYC comedy?
Location, location, location. That's the mantra in real estate, and perhaps the folks at Adult Swim followed it by choosing Bleecker and Lafayette as the …
Phil Hartman’s SNL audition
Watching Phil Hartman’s audition tape for Saturday Night Live is such a bittersweet experience. Mostly sweet. To know that you don’t have to be a …
Behind the scenes of the Untitled Sal Lupo Project
For those of you who do not live in New York City, let me just preface this by saying that we first got introduced to …
SXSW 2009 comedy lineups
Are you going to the 2009 SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, next month? I know these comedians will be, because they're all listed on the …
Kate Winslet’s “Extras” Oscar acceptance speech
Maybe Kate Winslet should have thanked Ricky Gervais more on Oscar night when she accepted her Academy Award for playing a hot illiterate Nazi in …