R.I.P. Rip Taylor (1931-2019)
by And now we cry for the former “crying comedian,” who later gained fame for throwing confetti and enlivening every situation, whether it was a game …
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Here are Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch for 2019
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“Lights Out with David Spade” premieres July 29, 2019, on Comedy Central
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Watch the “In Living Color” reunion from the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival
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Why does Roseanne Barr love being a “f—ing troll”?
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Funny or Die testing a Jerry O’Connell daytime TV talk show
Jerry O’Connell has filled in before for Wendy Williams on her syndicated daytime TV talk show. Now Jerry O is giving it a try himself. …
ICE stopped Benghazi refugee comedian Mohanad Elshieky on a bus trip to accuse him of being illegal alien
When they came for the comedians, we would not stay silent. Mohanad Elshieky certainly wouldn’t. Elshieky, named one of Conan’s Comics to Watch in 2018 …
Arden Myrin writes on comedy’s painful resistance to change in the #MeToo movement
In just the past year, comedians as big as Bill Cosby, Louis CK and Chris Hardwick have found their careers halted or suspended due to …
Samantha Bee delivers an on-air mea culpa about using that other c-word on TV
On tonight’s Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Bee delivered a special message following up on the backlash she’d received by calling Ivanka Trump a “feckless …
Roast battler Alex Hooper “auditions” for America’s Got Talent 2018
What happens when a Roast Battle vet auditions for America’s Got Talent, but doesn’t tell the audience or the judges that he’s going to roast …