Comedy Central’s Roasts as a Stand-Up Springboard to Stardom
Is comedy’s Roast Era over? Or just in time-out like much everything else thanks to the...
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Tag: Greg Giraldo
Episode #97: Greg Giraldo biographer Matt Balaker
Matt Balaker is writing a book about Greg Giraldo; scratch that, he’s writing THE book on Greg...
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Facing Addiction: Maureen Wittels’s letter for her late son, Harris
Harris Wittels died a year ago today. The comedian and writer was only 30. He’s one of far...
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Real talk from comedians about depression and mental illness
The suicide of Robin Williams, devastating as it was not just for his family and closest friends...
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Inside the resurrection of Last Comic Standing, talking to executive producers (present) Page Hurwitz and (past) Barry Katz
A lot can happen in four years. Just look up at that photo, from the last time we gathered to...
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Doug Stanhope on Opie and Anthony: On Dr. Drew, suicide, and debating alcoholism with Jim Norton
Doug Stanhope brought his latest stand-up comedy tour into New York City, with gigs Sunday and...
Read MoreThey saw the Larry the Cable Guy Roast so that you could live
Comedy Central's Roast of Larry the Cable Guy taped its raucous proceedings last night in the greater Los Angeles area, and through the power of the Internets, we already know the best parts. Thanks go to The Laugh Track,...
Read MoreCheech & Chong: Reunited & Roasted
Before I get to my review of Cheech & Chong: Roasted, the TV show that'll air on TBS at 10 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30 — and the TV taping over the weekend at Caesars Palace was a mess from start to finish thanks to...
Read MoreRoot of All Evil, season two begins tonight
Comedy Central’s Root of All Evil starts its second season tonight, with host Lewis Black and a rotating duo of comedian prosecutors arguing that (blank) is, in fact, the root of all evil. Tonight’s show features...
Read MoreMontreal 2008: News, notes, highlights, quotes
It’s time for one last look around the 2008 Montreal Just For Laughs festival, which Variety reports raked in $10 million (which is about the same in Canadian as it is in U.S. dollars these days!) this July. Which means...
Read MoreMontreal 2008: New Faces 1
The judge’s rulings are final. So I’m going to withhold final judgments on some of the New Faces until further review. At Montreal’s Just For Laughs, the New Faces have to deal not only with the pressure of a...
Read MoreMontreal rolls out initial fest schedule; final auditions for New Faces this weekend
The folks at Just For Laughs announced part of its 2008 slate for Montreal yesterday (proving once again, that a blogger cannot take a day off!)… This year, Montreal introduces its first "industry conference"...
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