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A private wake is being held for family and friends of comedian Greg Giraldo on Sunday and Monday, with a funeral on Tuesday. On Greg Giraldo's Facebook Fan page, family and friends have established a fund to support his three young children. In lieu of flowers, food or other gifts, they …
What happens when Marc Maron finds his happy place? Can he get to there? Maron wonders this and more, including his love of texting and driving and whether it might kill him, in his appearance last night on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Roll the clip!
Maestro is a title of extreme respect given to a master musician. Greg Giraldo was a maestro, a master of his craft. One of the things I treasure most about coming up through the New York City comedy scene is the opportunity to learn by watching the very best in …
Happy birthday, Zach Galifianakis! Coincidentally, a fan has mashed up clips of your Funny or Die series, Between Two Ferns, with the trailer for the new movie, The Social Network. Roll it. Also this week, we got to hear more about your background, including such tidbits as working in a …
Comedy Central will rebroadcast Greg Giraldo's 2009 hourlong stand-up special, Midlife Vices, at 11 p.m. tonight. Your cable box may not have caught the last-minute change, so please make a note of it.
The New York Comedy Festival has filled out its slate of programming for the 2010 celebration in November with a series of panels, conversations and other goodness. They already announced their headlining shows, and have added a second show for Kevin Hart due to ticket demand. Here's the rest! TUESDAY, …
Jon Stewart took a minute out at the end of tonight's episode of The Daily Show on Comedy Central to say a few words on the passing of comedian Greg Giraldo, who died Wednesday at the age of 44. Stewart said of Giraldo: "The comedy world lost a good man …
With a heavy heart, the sad and shocking news is true: Greg Giraldo died Wednesday at the age of 44. Giraldo had been hospitalized since Saturday evening in New Jersey after an accidental overdose of prescription medication — he was halfway through a four-night run at the Stress Factory in …
"I thought the whole point of this was to get the small part in the big Hollywood comedy movie." — Tim Heidecker, questioning Brett Gelman about why he was still hosting "shit shows" such as Comedy Death-Ray, in a surprise walk-on appearance as Gelman's "comedy coach" at Comedy Death-Ray on …
Last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Dane Cook stopped by to talk about his summer, and the things he has done to occupy his time in between massive stand-up comedy tours of U.S. arenas and theaters. He starts another tour this weekend in L.A. at the Greek Theatre. Here's a …