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Friends of the People premieres on truTV
by We’re overflowing from so much comedy on our electronic screens, there’s even a sketch TV boom exploding from within the current comedy boom. While Saturday …
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Gabriel Iglesias on the big-screen in “The Fluffy Movie”
Gabriel Iglesias has featured his voice and face in multiple motion pictures over the past couple of years — Magic Mike and its sequel, Magic Mike …
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Review: Artie Lange, “The Stench of Failure,” on Comedy Central
Artie Lange has been through a lot the past four years; heck the past fourteen years; hell, make it 40. He says as much at …
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Review: Dane Cook’s “Troublemaker” on Showtime
Dane Cook has said that his comedy has grown up along with his audiences. The excitement and energy still may be paramount — Cook opens …
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Review: Jerrod Carmichael: “Love at the Store” on HBO
Jerrod Carmichael told me back in May that filming his first stand-up hour would be special to him, not only because Spike Lee would direct …
Dave Chappelle surprises Hartford crowd on 2014 Funny or Die Oddball Tour with triumphant return performance
Last year’s stop on the Funny or Die Oddball tour in Hartford proved memorable for all of the wrong reasons, as the crowd turned on …
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Review: Katt Williams, Priceless: Afterlife (HBO)
The most important, timely stand-up special of 2014 has come from Katt Williams. Forget the opening with the hype man saying “let’s get ready to …
40 Things I Learned in 2014 at Montreal’s Just For Laughs
Every year, I think I know what to expect heading into Montreal’s grand poobah of comedy festivals — Just For Laughs — only to realize …
First impressions, New Faces Unrepped at Montreal’s Just For Laughs 2014
For all of the artificial and natural word-of-mouth buzz that happens each July in Montreal, perhaps the most likely to produce buzz event of Just …
First impressions, New Faces Characters at Montreal’s Just For Laughs 2014
I’ve been writing so much about members of The Reckoning, that I should have reckoned that another of the iO West’s improv collective would be …