2018’s highest-earning comedians, according to Forbes
by As long as nobody else actually digs into the numbers or knows the tax returns for comedians, Forbes will continue to garner the shares and …
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Patton Oswalt, Jim Gaffigan, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle and Fred Armisen vie for Grammy’s Best Comedy Album of 2018
Three former Grammy-winning comedians are vying for another Grammy Award for the Best Comedy Album of 2018. Best Comedy Album: “Annihilation” — Patton Oswalt “Equanimity …
Review: Jim Gaffigan, “Noble Ape”
“What a beard!” “He looks like an out-of-shape Civil War general.” Those comments about Jim Gaffigan come, of course, from the comedian himself, in his …
Kathleen Madigan hosting Holiday Happy Hours on SiriusXM
Kathleen Madigan is hosting a special holiday-themed series for SiriusXM Comedy Greats channel 94. “Kathleen Madigan’s Holiday Happy Hour” will air for six weeks, beginning last …
Watch Sarah Silverman and Jim Gaffigan send video messages of hope to their younger selves
May may have been mental health awareness month, but if the first half of June has reminded us, even celebrities need to be reminded they …
Jim Gaffigan will release his 2018 stand-up special everywhere but Netflix
Netflix owned comedy in 2017. In 2018 and beyond, who knows? Jim Gaffigan, whose first five hours of stand-up comedy stream exclusively on Netflix, has …
Dave Chappelle wins the Grammy Award for Comedy Album of the Year
To the surprise of perhaps nobody outside of Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Chappelle won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for the audio double-album of …
Grammy nominations for 2017 Comedy Album of the Year
For perhaps the first time ever (?), all of the Grammy nominees for Comedy Album of the Year are audio recordings from Netflix specials and/or …
Jerry Seinfeld tops Forbes highest-paid comedians list for 2017
The Netflix effect is affecting the list of highest-paid comedians for 2017. That’s the unmistakeable takeaway from the annual assessment by Forbes, which each year …
2017 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival includes all-star shows, preview of National Comedy Center’s George Carlin Archives
This year’s edition of the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, traditionally held the week following Montreal’s Just For Laughs in upstate New York, will feature a …