The Nightly Show stands up for comedians against politicians: #DickJokesMatter
by The most recent Republican presidential debate began on such an unpresidential note, that even though it happened on Thursday night, all of the late-night comedy …
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Steve Martin reflects on stand-up comedy now versus the 1970s, and great opening lines
Steve Martin remains a great showman after all these years, and whether you want to nitpick about whether he has or hasn’t performed stand-up in …
2016 Oscars: Chris Rock’s opening monologue at the Academy Awards
Chris Rock wasted no time addressing the #OscarsSoWhite talk from the moment he walked onstage to host the 2016 Academy Awards on Sunday night. Rock …
Tracy Morgan’s comeback in two surprise Oscars spoofs
Tracy Morgan surprised us all with his continued comeback, starring in two different Oscars spoofs on Sunday night — once during the awards telecast, in …
Paul F. Tompkins on comedy in times of political correctness
Paul F. Tompkins recently visited the Big Think, and shared his thoughts on how political correctness influences comedy. In short, tastes change, and comedians always …
The comedian Quincy Jones hopes to film a stand-up special before mesothelioma kills him
If you watch TV on a TV, then you undoubtedly see the law-firm ads seeking patients with mesothelioma. These lawyers hope to win huge class-action …
Don’t call it a callback: Celebrating Broad City’s recurring jokes and Easter eggs
Before the third season of Broad City premieres tonight on Comedy Central, Estelle Caswell and Caroline Framke at Vox.com enjoyed looking back on past episodes …
Gabriel Iglesias sexes you up in Spike’s Lip Sync Battle
He may have lingered in the background on the Magic Mike movies, but Gabriel Iglesias gets center stage on this episode of SPIKE TV’s Lip …
Watch the music video for “Eating Out” by Reformed Whores
Marie Cecile Anderson and Katy Frame, the musical duo known as Reformed Whores, released a brand-new music video today for their song, “Eating Out.” If …
R.I.P. Dave Anderson (1961-2016)
Long before Portlandia was jokingly keeping the dream of the 1990s alive in Portland, Dave Anderson was keeping the Rose City weirdly comfortable for dreamers …