How To Audition For Season 8 of Last Comic Standing on NBC, Without Having Your Agent or Manager Hook You Up
by The official NBC Last Comic Standing website is still a few days away from making the leap from 2010 to present-day 2014. But the email …
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Ali Siddiq wins Comedy Central’s “Up Next” contest
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 …
Mike Wysocki on The Arsenio Hall Show
Mike Wysocki is a stand-up comedian from Pittsburgh who usually spends his mornings sharing his opinions on the local radio around the Three Rivers airwaves on …
Samuel J. Comroe wins 2013 San Francisco Comedy Competition
A year after winning a late-night TV credit contest, Samuel J. Comroe has won a slightly bigger and older, if not also more prestigious prize, …
AGT finalist Taylor Williamson reflects on how Taylords already have made his dreams come true on NBC’s America’s Got Talent
Taylor Williamson modified his Twitter bio @TaylorComedy this summer to read: “I’m going to lose on America’s Got Talent.” A few months later, summer ends …
Comedy Central launches “Up Next” talent search with 26 comedy clubs to find 2013 “Comics To Watch”
A decade ago, I recall sending in a VHS tape to Comedy Central HQ for what they called “Laugh Riots.” Oh, VHS. Oh, my own …
Could a comedian ever win America’s Got Talent? (Again?)
The host of NBC’s America’s Got Talent, Nick Cannon, performs stand-up comedy. One of the show’s judges, Howie Mandel, got his big break in show …
So You Want to Win a Comedy Contest? Life lessons from six stand-up champions
So you want to win a comedy contest? Sounds like fun, right? Maybe if you win. But first, you have to enter the competition. Submit …
The Economics of Being a Stand-Up Comedian in the Midwest. Clarification: An Aspiring Comedian
A cautionary tale from Sean Dailey, an aspiring comedian in Grand Rapids, Mich., who began performing stand-up comedy in 2012. About a month ago, I …
Mike E. Winfield wins 2013 Gilda’s LaughFest competition
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. …