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At the age of 49 — three decades removed from an FBI drug bust that sent him to prison, and 24 years into his career as an ex-con turned stand-up comedian — Ali Siddiq was still seeking his big break in show business. His debut special, It’s Bigger Than These …
Last night saw the final five comedy acts perform for the title of NBC’s first-ever Bring The Funny competition. Online voting ended 12 hours ago, but we’ll have to wait until next Tuesday, Sept. 18, to discover who wins the $250,000 grand prize and a slot performing at the 2020 …
Here are four of the five finalists who will perform next Tuesday (Sept. 10, 2019) for your pleasure and Bring The Funny‘s grand prize of $250,000 and a slot in the 2020 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. The fifth finalist will be announced then, performing as a wild-card based …
NBC’s new comedy competition series, Bring The Funny, is almost ready to give viewers a chance to decide who we think is bringing said funny. Tuesday night’s episode saw the third and final round of “comedy clashes,” in which two similar comedy acts had to face-off in brief sets for …
Episode 3 of NBC’s Bring The Funny brought 10 more acts before the judges (Kenan Thompson, Chrissy Teigen and Jeff Foxworthy), with only six of them moving on to the next round of the competition. And here they are: Kristin Key An Amarillo native, Key first began studying to become …
Ali Siddiq spent six years in prison, serving time in various jails and penitentiaries after an arrest at 19 for drug possession. Twenty years later, Siddiq went back. It’s Bigger Than These Bars, premiering Friday night on Comedy Central, finds Siddiq performing for and talking to inmates at Bell County …
Ali Siddiq served six years of a 15 year sentence for drug trafficking in the Texas state penitentiary system. He also started performing comedy. Now for his first one-hour special, Ali Siddiq: It’s Bigger Than These Bars, he’s back behind bars at Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas. Ali Siddiq: It’s Bigger Than These …
Comedy Central’s “The Half Hour” moves from Boston to New Orleans and officially announces the 17 comedians recording their stand-up specials this June 1-4, 2016. Congrats to Cy Amundson, Erik Bergstrom, Ahmed Bharoocha, Matthew Broussard, Naomi Ekperigin, Nate Fernald, Noah Gardenswartz, Emily Heller, Martha Kelly, Joe Machi, Drew Michael, Aparna Nancherla, …
Houston-based stand-up comedian Ali Siddiq emerged victorious on Monday as the first grand prize winner of Comedy Central’s “Up Next” nationwide talent search contest. Fans online chose Siddiq from among nine finalists who had advanced this fall out of regional contests at network-approved comedy clubs. His prizes for winning include an …
Here are your nine finalists from Comedy Central’s inaugural Up Next talent showcase contest: Tone Bell Chris Cubas Randy Liedtke Nimesh Patel Joe Pera Ali Siddiq Dave Thomason Aaron Weaver Jenny Zigrino They performed last week at Carolines on Broadway during the New York Comedy Festival‘s Comics To Watch showcase. And …
