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Wendy Liebman performed Tuesday night in the second semifinal of America’s Got Talent 2014, staying in the competition as a wildcard selection of judge Howard Stern. All of the judges loved Liebman’s stand-up set, which applied her classic pauses and misdirection to material about her husband and what she’s learned …
We’re ever so much closer to crowning a new winner on America’s Got Talent as this ninth season launched into semifinal action last night. NBC threw a big ol’ BBQ party inside 30 Rock to celebrate, inviting the remaining contestants, judges and select media to dig in, hoe down and …
In case you missed it, here was Wendy Liebman‘s performance on the big stage at Radio City Music Hall during her live quarterfinal round of America’s Got Talent on NBC. It took a few seconds for the big theater stage to catch on to her classic delivery style, but she …
Darik Santos is relatively inexperienced compared to the other stand-up comedians selected for the live quarterfinal rounds of the 2014 season of America’s Got Talent. According to his profile video, he’s living in a small house with his girlfriend’s father? Interesting. That’s also not exactly the parking lot I pictured …
Dan Naturman played it cool in his preview profile that set up his quarterfinals appearance live Tuesday night on America’s Got Talent. This year’s AGT voting also includes a partnership with Google, so if you Googled Dan Naturman America’s Got Talent, you’d go right to a voting tab for him …
After what seemed like a month of repeats and repackaged highlights from the auditions for the 2014 season of America’s Got Talent, we finally moved on to Judgment Week — this time not in Las Vegas, but in New York, or New Jersey. Close enough for judge Howard Stern to …
NBC’s press day at the summer TV Critics Association confab provided great news over the weekend for all three of its summer reality competitions — all of which also are hosted by or showcasing comedians. Last Comic Standing, currently mid-revival for season eight with new executive producers Wanda Sykes and …
Joe Matarese has been performing stand-up comedy since he was 19, and now that he’s onstage on America’s Got Talent talking about being a father of two at 46, you can do the math that he’s been at this for 25 years. His podcast is called Fixing Joe. Judging from …
You won’t see this on Last Comic Standing. Darik Santos, a 26-year-old comedian relatively new to the stand-up game, drove for hours across a state line and stood in line for six hours more to audition for this season of America’s Got Talent. He told the AGT audience he was …
Sometimes you think you know what you’re doing with your career, when all you really needed to do was stick with the dick jokes you first learned when you were 12. This is Josh Orlian, a nice 12-year-old Jewish boy from White Plains, N.Y., who said his all-time favorite TV …
