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We’ll find out tonight on NBC if Taylor Williamson won the $1 million grand prize and Vegas show on the 2013 edition of America’s Got Talent. But first, let’s take another look at Williamson’s stand-up comedy performances on last night’s live show from Radio City Music Hall as part of …
Dan Hopper at CollegeHumor posted an amusing look at some of the clowns you may run into should you take a class in improv comedy. It’s titled “The 10 People You Meet In Every Improv Class.” Certainly these aren’t the only 10 people. Just the worst 10 people. Or are …
Taylor Williamson modified his Twitter bio @TaylorComedy this summer to read: “I’m going to lose on America’s Got Talent.” A few months later, summer ends this week, and Williamson finds himself in the final six on NBC’s “AGT” – performing live tonight from Radio City Music Hall and learning Wednesday …
Bob Newhart starred in two classic hit sitcoms — The Bob Newhart Show, 1972-1978, and Newhart, 1982-1990 — but it wasn’t until last night that he could take home his first Emmy, as Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, for The Big Bang Theory. Newhart just turned 84 this …
Comedy Central Roasts are all in good fun, “but it’s brutal!” So said Sarah Silverman, interviewed by W. Kamau Bell on Thursday night’s Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. “I think the secret about roasts is, everybody laughs. People were saying mean things about me, I was like, ‘Ha-ha-hahaha-ha,’ and …
AMC announced on Wednesday that it had signed licensing agreements to move forward with a Breaking Bad prequel called Better Call Saul, but Jimmy Fallon already found a new gig for Bob Odenkirk’s “Saul Goodman” character, as witnessed in an epic-length spoof on last night’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. …
Taylor Williamson is broke but hopes to change that. Taylor Williamson is funny in an awkward way, and has worked hard to craft that persona. Taylor Williamson is cute and appeals to young girls and other fans of all ages who call themselves #Taylords. Those are the three messages you …
It has been a week since a crowd of thousands near Hartford heckled Dave Chappelle with shouts of appreciation and misbegotten requests, derailing his planned stand-up comedy set, and with it, the end of that night’s Oddball Festival. But oddballs one and all, come with me back a few years, …
Michael Kosta worked on Labor Day, while Tim Tebow did not. So Kosta, a stand-up comedian, used his new job as co-anchor on FOX Sports 1’s Crowd Goes Wild to implore the NFL to take a chance on Tebow (newly cut by the New England Patriots) and keep the former …
Mike Lawrence delivered a sincerely stirring speech on Saturday night at the second annual Creek Awards, held to celebrate the 11th anniversary of The Creek and The Cave, the Mexican restaurant and performing arts venue that has become a hub for New York City’s independent comedy scene from its outpost …
