Review: Eddie Griffin, “E-NIGGMA” on Showtime
by Eddie Griffin held down a Las Vegas residency before the pandemic hit, and filmed his most recent stand-up special there for Showtime. The looseness of …
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The Comedy Cellar opening a Vegas club inside the Rio resort and casino
After expanding from one to three rooms in the spaces it already owned in Greenwich Village, the iconic Comedy Cellar is heading west, opening its …
Review: Eddie Griffin, “Undeniable,” on Showtime
One of my friends says Eddie Griffin is his favorite comedian. He doesn’t put Griffin in his all-time top five, but still, cites Griffin as …
Review: Def Comedy Jam 25, on Netflix
What does it mean to be black in America? I cannot pretend to truly know myself, but I can turn to my friends with empathy …
Netflix celebrating 25th anniversary of Def Comedy Jam with all-star tribute special
The 25th anniversary of Def Comedy Jam is not going unnoticed by Netflix. Sure, Russell Simmons has revived the brand for HBO, where it debuted …
The late Charlie Murphy will still co-star in BET’s The Comedy Get Down, coming Fall 2017
Charlie Murphy (“Charlie Murphy!”) may have died in April, but his comic legacy lives on, not only in the fourth season of Power on Starz, …
The Comedy Get Down coming to BET
Comedy Get Down, the all-star comedy tour that has been hitting up cities near you for the past year, is poised to join BET, The …
Cedric the Entertainer, Mike Epps, Eddie Griffin, D.L. Hughley, George Lopez and Charlie Murphy mount “Black & Brown Comedy Get Down” tour
Back in November, George Lopez got Cedric the Entertainer, Mike Epps, Eddie Griffin and D.L. Hughley together for a fund-raiser in Peoria, Ill., to erect …
George Lopez organizes all-star comedy benefit to support Richard Pryor statue in hometown of Peoria
An all-star lineup of stand-up comedians will play in Peoria so that a comedic legend’s statue can stand tall in that town for generations to …
Sing in the holidays with “Carol of the Comedians”
New York City-based comedy rock band Fortress of Attitude is halfway through a “12 Christmas Songs in 12 Days of Christmas” project called “Bigger Than …