Mike E. Winfield wins 2013 Gilda’s LaughFest competition
by Mike E. Winfield enjoyed a productive and fruitful comedy festival over the weekend, earning $10,000 as winner of the 2013 Gilda’s LaughFest Stand-Up Competition in Grand Rapids, Mich. …
Which came first: The Onion’s satire of student athletes who rape, or the real thing?
Trick question. This is a segment from Onion SportsDome that aired on Comedy Central in 2011. As friend of the site Krister Johnson, who worked on …
Gilbert Gottfried and Alan Thicke swapped wives on ABC’s “Celebrity Wife Swap”
In case you missed it, this week on ABC’s new episode of Celebrity Wife Swap, comedian Gilbert Gottfried and comedic actor Alan Thicke spent time …
RIP Scott Kennedy
Scott Kennedy died unexpectedly on Thursday. The stand-up comedian, known for leading dozens of stand-up comedy tours to American military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan over …
Throwback Thursday with Classic Television Showbiz: Kliph Nesteroff interviews Bill Dana
What better day than Throwback Thursday to celebrate our friend of the site’s site, Classic Television Showbiz. That’s where Kliph Nesteroff, a comedian from Vancouver, British …
Jerry Seinfeld revisits his “Pop Tart” joke on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Jerry Seinfeld visited The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night to promote his webseries, “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” and as Seinfeld is wont to …
Alex Koll on Conan: Call your parents
Two years ago this week, Alex Koll and I enjoyed some delicious barbecue ribs and other meats and treats in Austin during SXSW. Last night, …
RIP Hal “Chickie” Spear
Hal “Chickie” Spear, a stand-up comedian and TV writer who penned jokes for Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall, Howie Mandel, Richard Jeni and others, died from …
The long, short, big and tall of it all: ABC’s “Splash” asks Louie Anderson, Kareem & more to take a dive
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the pool… ABC, which used to bring us Superstars on Saturday mornings a generation …
“He’s Way More Famous Than You,” by Michael Urie, to open 2013 Friars Club Comedy Film Festival
File under April Fool’s Day real news: The Friars Club Comedy Film Festival is springing forward to springtime for its fifth annual celebration of comedy on …