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I don't know if you watched Dancing With The Stars this season, but comedian Margaret Cho was in the competition, as was 20-year-old single mother Bristol Palin, who you may know better as a daughter of would-be political leader Sarah Palin. In a post called "Pistol Whipped" on her blog …
In the wake of last week's misunderstanding at the 92Y here in New York City, Steve Martin has offered several "refund jokes" to his followers on Twitter, and in Sunday's edition of the New York Times, Martin wrote an op-ed that not only offered his perspective on what happened, but …
Jeff Zucker sat back down at the table with Charlie Rose last night for his "exit interview" as CEO of NBC Universal. Rose grilled him for much of the 40 minutes (link to video here), asking him again and again about how he failed with NBC Entertainment, and even though …
Congrats to my friends of The Comic's Comic in Canadian sketch group Picnicface for receiving a 13-episode order this week from The Comedy Network. Here is the statement on the group's site: We expect to begin filming this spring in Halifax. A huge thanks to all our fans for their …
In case you're curious, TBS did take an official photograph yesterday to mark the moment in time when Conan O'Brien fulfilled his promise to himself to wear jeggings for an entire show of Conan. This is that photo. Enjoy!
In June 2008, the Comic Strip Live comedy club in New York City established a Guinness world record for longest stand-up comedy show with a 50-hour marathon. Starting on Monday, Dec. 6, The Laugh Factory in Hollywood, Calif., plans to break that record and then some, aiming to host upward …
When you saw TV Guide acquire and rebroadcast episodes of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, did you wish that someone would do something similar with your favorite critically-acclaimed comedy from the 1990s? IFC is doing that next month. Starting in the first week of January 2011, the cable network Independent Film …
A remarkable thing happened earlier this week on New York City's Upper East Side. An organization, the 92Y, offered a full refund to patrons who attended an event with celebrated comedian Steve Martin. How did this happen? Why did this happen? Let us face facts. The 92Y advertised Steve Martin …
Grammy nominations came out late Wednesday night, and for comedians, it was business as usual in the Best Comedy Album category, with previous winners Flight of the Conchords, Lewis Black and Robin Williams joined by previous nominees Margaret Cho and Kathy Griffin. Sorry, newcomers! Just like some of the other …
The Comic's Comic has learned a fun piece of comedy news, and yet… Which mainstream media outlet is holding onto a scoop about comedians you knew and loved on the TV, coming back to the TV, but with a twist? I'd tell you more, but it's not my scoop! Hurry …