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JFL New Faces Booker Jeff Singer Submits Resignation
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JFL New Faces Booker Jeff Singer Submits Resignation

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 6, 2021June 7, 20211

DEVELOPING… UPDATED June 7 at 10:54 a.m. (h/t Vulture): From a statement by Just For Laughs, confirming Jeff Singer has resigned from the festival after …

Peacock Renews The Amber Ruffin Show through September 2021
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Peacock Renews The Amber Ruffin Show through September 2021

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 19, 2021March 19, 2021

Congrats to Amber Ruffin and her crew at The Amber Ruffin Show! The 20th weekly Friday night episode airs tonight, and NBCUniversal announced today that …

A Lynchian Take on Seinfeld: The Return
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A Lynchian Take on Seinfeld: The Return

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 3, 2021February 3, 20211

This is genius. Or it’s perfect. Either way, Dominick Nero has figured out how to give us a very Lynchian take on Seinfeld with this …

Merrill Markoe Auctioning Off Her Letterman Memorabilia
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Merrill Markoe Auctioning Off Her Letterman Memorabilia

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 15, 2020October 15, 2020

Merrill Markoe, the Emmy-winning original head writer for Late Night with David Letterman, has begun auctioning off some items from her closet. The first item …

Tiffany Haddish Hosting Second Season of “They Ready” Netflix Half-Hours with Godfrey, Tony Woods, Barbara Carlyle, Erin Jackson, Kimberly Clark, and Dean Edwards
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Tiffany Haddish Hosting Second Season of “They Ready” Netflix Half-Hours with Godfrey, Tony Woods, Barbara Carlyle, Erin Jackson, Kimberly Clark, and Dean Edwards

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 2, 2020October 2, 2020

Ready or not, “They Ready” with Tiffany Haddish is back shooting new half-hour stand-up specials tonight and tomorrow for Netflix. It’s all happening in Long …

Montreal’s Virtual JFL 2020 Festival Announces Additional Headliners, Panels
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Montreal’s Virtual JFL 2020 Festival Announces Additional Headliners, Panels

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 29, 2020September 29, 2020

With just 10 days to go before the postponed Just For Laughs debuts its first virtual comedy confab, the folks at JFL have announced some …

HBO Max Unveils Aug. 20, 2020 Slate Of Comedy Special Debuts
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HBO Max Unveils Aug. 20, 2020 Slate Of Comedy Special Debuts

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 3, 2020August 3, 2020

HBO is ready to make its big re-splash into stand-up comedy, unveiling four new comedy specials on the same day later this month on HBO …

COVID-19 Pandemic Cancels Mark Twain Prize For American Humor in 2020
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COVID-19 Pandemic Cancels Mark Twain Prize For American Humor in 2020

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 23, 2020June 23, 2020

The Kennedy Center has announced there will be no Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2020, postponing the ceremony until June 2021 due to …

Bert Kreischer to star in an improvised comedy for Netflix
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Bert Kreischer to star in an improvised comedy for Netflix

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 29, 2020January 29, 2020

Bert Kreischer, improv? Yes, and that’s the plan for Kreischer’s new Netflix series, Cabin, an adaptation of Martin Petit’s Les Pecheurs. What’s it all about? …

CollegeHumor lays off 100+ employees as IAC pulls funding, hands reins over to longtime CH’er Sam Reich
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CollegeHumor lays off 100+ employees as IAC pulls funding, hands reins over to longtime CH’er Sam Reich

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 9, 2020January 9, 2020

CollegeHumor launched online in 1999, begat an MTV show in 2009, and turning the corner from 2019 into 2020, now finds itself in a financial …

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