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Comedy Central will air Jimmy Dore‘s new one-hour special, "Citizen Jimmy," tonight at 11 following Live at Gotham. The full unedited version of "Citizen Jimmy" comes out on DVD on Tuesday, Aug. 5. Here are a couple of clips to whet your appetite. Politics! And a heckler that gets Dore …
How much are you anticipating Lewis Black’s new CD, Anticipation? His CD, recorded last September in Wisconsin for Comedy Central Records, comes out on Tuesday, Aug. 5. You could pre-order a copy via Amazon.com, you could do it in one click via this handy button… …or you could win yourself …
Jon Benjamin showed this video at last Friday’s last "Greg Johnson & Larry Murphy" show at Rififi, and it debuted online overnight. Too soon? Regardless, just watching Todd Barry and Larry Murphy in this shirt is humor enough…but is that stunt hair? Enjoy!
Looky looky! It’s Bill Bellamy and Brit Lady (Cotton Fearne!), back together for the audience finale vote on Last Comic Standing! This doesn’t look taped at all, except I know it’s taped because finalist Jeff Dye is in Chattanooga, Tenn., right now performing at a comedy club…all I know for …
Mindy Tucker took photomographs (it’s a technical term) of the final night at Rififi. Enjoy the full 46-photo slideshow at Tucker’s site, With Reservation. Here is a taste, fittingly featuring Eugene Mirman, who had the brainiac idea to put comedy in this hole in the first place, and John Mulaney, …
While I was out documenting live comedy shows, Dan Walsh was taking Garfield comic strips, removing Garfield, and giving them new comedic and philosophic meaning, enough so that Ballantine Books (publishers of Garfield books) will publish the "Garfield Minus Garfield" book with a foreward from Walsh, and the original and …
Why would anyone mourn a venue that’s essentially a dive bar with inconsistent air conditioning, horribly horrible bathrooms, a movie screen that had a massive tear in it (until, ha-ha, this past week!) for a place that still had a sign outside boasting it was Cinema Classics, and really, all …
Before I got a chance to upload my own video, I spotted this new entry on Dailymotion from the Barely Political team, and apparently, comedian/musician Mark Douglas now gets to play commentator with Obama Girl (and McCain Girl)? Really. Wow. Obama Girl and McCain Girl Olympic Face OffUploaded by BarelyPolitical
Even though they’re taping from Aug. 25-29, the next round of Comedy Central Presents half-hour stand-up specials likely won’t air until 2009, if past precedents hold. That said, you can sign up now for info on free tickets to the tapings at the Hudson Theater just off Times Square in …
According to his wishes, George Carlin wanted to be cremated and have his ashes dispersed by his surviving family "in accordance with their knowledge of my prejudices and philosophies regarding geography and spirituality." The Keene Sentinel in New Hampshire reported today that Carlin’s older brother, Patrick, and his daughter, Kelly, …