D.C. Benny – The Comic's Comic

D.C. Benny: Bill Cosby abused me, too (but not in that way)

August 13, 2015August 17, 2015

Comedian D.C. Benny made a new splash last summer competing on NBC’s Last Comic Standing. But back in the day, Benny thought he was getting a huge break with a small part on the CBS sitcom, Cosby. As in Bill Cosby. We have hindsight in 2015. Two decades ago, Benny …

Nightline explores “The Economy of Comedy”

January 29, 2009

Just as ABC is refuting a report in today's New York Times that it may move Jimmy Kimmel a half-hour earlier into Nightline's spot, the late-night ABC news program just happened to devote a segment to stand-up comedy. What a delightful coincidence! Nightline stopped by the Comedy Cellar, talked to …