You still won’t see George Carlin’s hologram performing at the National Comedy Center
Would you settle for Bernie Mac, Redd Foxx, Dean Martin and Andy Kaufman? The Hollywood Reporter...
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Jay Pharoah imagines a meeting of black comedians in SNL impersonation medley
Comedy fans may have noticed the latest Katt Williams skirmish with civilians and news headlines,...
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Comedy Central pays tribute to Bernie Mac with “I Ain’t Scared of You”
“Let me explain something to you about the Mac man. I love who I am. I love what I have...
Read MoreLarry Wilmore on his book, “I’d Rather We Got Casinos”
Though his comedy career spans over a quarter-century as an actor, writer and producer, and he's got a Peabody Award on his mantle (or wherever he keeps it), Larry Wilmore is recognized in the literal sense most by people...
Read MoreNY Daily News spotlights comedy/politics in advance of New York Comedy Festival
One of my newspaper alma maters, the New York Daily News, devoted much of its Sunday features section to comedy, thanks in part to this week’s New York Comedy Festival, but also to how much comedy has impacted politics...
Read MoreBernie Mac remembered in Chicago
While CNN rebroadcast its Larry King Live interview with the surviving members of the Original Kings of Comedy crew multiple times last week, that trio (D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer and Steve Harvey) and thousands more,...
Read MoreBernie Mac, dead at 50 (1957-2008)
Bernie Mac, one of the "Original Kings of Comedy," has died from complications of pneumonia. Mac was only 50. Mac appeared in the groundbreaking documentary film, The Original Kings of Comedy, which rebooted stand-up...
Read MoreDef Comedy Jam returns
While everyone was talking about Leno and Kimmel agreeing to go on each other’s shows to break the strike, or wondering how Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert would come back on the air, or buzzing about the return of The L...
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