The Valleyfolk reveals they fired Lee Newton after winning NBC’s Bring The Funny
by The Valleyfolk, a crowd-funded comedy troupe that rose from the ashes of the popular YouTube channel SourceFed last year, and propelled by its fans won …
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D.L. Hughley making Comedy Central special based on his book, How Not To Get Shot
Comedy Central announced today an order for a one-hour documentary special from D.L. Hughley, How Not to Get Shot and Other Advice from White People, based …
iO Chicago alums to write, direct “Del & Charna” movie
Red Crown Productions LLC announced it’s developing a biopic about Chicago improvising legends Del Close and Charna Halpern, Del & Charna. Kay Cannon will direct …
Shows you’ll wish you’d seen at the 2019 New York Comedy Festival
It’s easy to just rattle off the headliners and say go to them. In fact, several of the biggest names performing this week at the …
R.I.P. John Witherspoon (1942-2019)
Stand-up comedian and actor John Witherspoon, who started working comedy clubs in the 1970s and was still working the clubs into his 70s, and planned …
Kelly Bachman addresses Harvey Weinstein, the elephant in the room at Actor’s Hour
You’re invited to perform at a monthly live show in the part of the East Village formerly known as Alphabet City, and you’re excited not …
Announcing TLB Records
The Laugh Button has corralled 800 Pound Gorilla Records and Robert Kelly’s RiotCast Podcast Network into launching a new, joint record label called TLB Records. …
Comedy Dynamics works with company to put stand-up video in Uber, Lyft vehicles
Do you want a laugh with that Lyft? Comedy Dynamics announced a deal Thursday with Surf, a company that’s working on its own deal with …
All Things Comedy producing a Patrice O’Neal documentary for Comedy Central
Comedy Central announced a collaboration today with All Things Comedy to produce a documentary about Patrice O’Neal. O’Neal died in 2011 at the age of …
CBS keeping Stephen Colbert behind The Late Show desk through 2023, at least
Stephen Colbert, who took over The Late Show from David Letterman in September 2015, will stay where he’s at through at least 2023. CBS announced …