The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Bill Dawson is a graphic designer by trade. Corporate logos, fonts and brand design communications are his game, as creative director of XK9. But earlier this month, Dawson set his mind to a more personal project that allows him to have fun. He calls it “Comics of Comedy.” His computer illustrations of …
This year’s annual Record Store Day will feature the CD debut of a rare and out-of-print 1968 stand-up album from the late Joan Rivers — The Next To Last Joan Rivers Album — thanks to Stand Up! Records. The Next To Last Joan Rivers Album will be released April 18, …
After only seven episodes in two months, Kathy Griffin announced Thursday night that she had left her newest gig — replacing the late Joan Rivers as host of E!’s Fashion Police — because the show’s conceit of mocking celebrities for their red-carpet outfits was even meaner than she was willing …
A lot of Oscars viewers were upset Sunday night by who the Academy Awards had snubbed and otherwise ignored during its annual “In Memoriam” montage segment, and most of those snubs just happened to be comedic actors and actresses: Joan Rivers, Elaine Stritch and Taylor Negron. Truth is, 2014 was …
The Grammy Awards rolled out their nominations throughout the day on Twitter, but once they did, looks like they found some great picks out of the hundreds of stand-up comedy CDs released during the past eligibility period (which differs from the calendar year, remember). As you can see, in comedy, …
When Amy Schumer recorded her first stand-up special for Comedy Central in 2007, she said she had to fight with the cable network’s censors over a joke that implied her friend had had an abortion. Only afterward did she realize Joan Rivers had managed to tell a similar joke about …
Kathy Griffin may have been the only choice to replace the late Joan Rivers as host of E!’s Fashion Police, but reportedly it’s now a done deal. TMZ reported Tuesday that E! and Melissa Rivers had reached an agreement with Griffin to take over as host when Fashion Police returns …
We need another documentary about women in comedy like we need another Holocaust movie. Distressingly, still necessary. So long as there are people who challenge genders, races, religions and varied upbringings, we’ll need to keep presenting evidence to contradict and convince them that anyone is capable of anything. Just because …
Over the weekend, E! broadcast a special “Joan Day” to celebrate the life and work of the late Joan Rivers, and her daughter, Melissa, announced that Fashion Police would return in 2015. The full statement from E! on Friday read: “We are deeply saddened by the loss of Joan Rivers …
In 2012, after her acclaimed documentary had wowed film festivals and she surged back into our consciousness even more with a “win” on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice, Joan Rivers put together a new one-hour special for Showtime, Joan Rivers: Don’t Start With Me (it’s airing again tonight, as well as On …
