The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Welcome to the first half of the semifinals in Las Vegas, the night when Dan Naturman gets the shaft for a second time on Last Comic Standing — spoiler alert!!! — where we see if Bill Bellamy tell jokes, and because he has had a career as an MTV VJ, …
From the finals last night of the inaugural Great American Comedy Festival contest… Deacon Gray from Denver (and originally Oklahoma City) wins $5,000!Second place to Erin Jackson from D.C., and $3,000.Third-place prize of $2,000 split between Drake Witham (Seattle) and Jim McDonald (Los Angeles). The local paper in Norfolk, Neb., …
Eight finalists have made it to tonight to compete for nice prize money and who knows what other rewards at the inaugural Great American Comedy Festival. And they are… Erin Jackson, Shane Mauss, Deacon Gray, Marianne Sierk, Chris Coccia, Drake Witham, Jim McDonald and Chuck Bartell. Really a cross-section of …
If you knew nothing about comedy and turned on NBC tonight, the first few minutes of Last Comic Standing would not help you discern whether Americans actually have a sense of humor. And the celebrity judges from The Office, Kate Flannery and Brian Baumgartner are not helping matters. First up …