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This just in. YouTube user kdlmd243, who previously has uploaded NBC promotional content for our mutual enjoyment, now provides us with five "unaired" and "uncensored" looks at the upcoming season of Last Comic Standing 6 (a tip of the hat to my friend Todd at Dead-Frog for finding this). It’s …
Hey, readers! I’ve been on the road — literally — so I haven’t been able to update much in the past day. To make it up to you while I get my bearings back, I’d like to offer you some free tickets to see Matt Kirshen next week at Ars …
Matt Kirshen was in New York City last week (turns out he was supposed to tape Live At Gotham, but something happened with his paperwork?). Kirshen helped out fellow Last Comic Standing finalist Amy Schumer on a benefit show at Gotham, and also dropped in at Rififi on Friday night. …
NBC announced that the sixth season of Last Comic Standing will broadcast 90-minute episodes, beginning May 22. (Source: The Hollywood Reporter) Related: The summer slate also includes the return of America’s Got Talent, which viewers will recall showcasing more than a few comedians over the first two seasons.
All of this talk of Barack Obama impersonators and no one has mentioned Lavell Crawford? Oh. Right. I can imagine Crawford has a "No, We Can’t" joke somewhere in his arsenal, though. This Friday, Comedy Central only debuts one new Comedy Central Presents half-hour, and it’s Crawford’s, taped last August …
Though they taped their half-hour specials on different nights in August, Comedy Central just couldn’t keep the married-with-child comedy sweethearts (if anything but sweet onstage) of Bonnie McFarlane and Rich Vos apart on the night after Valentine’s Day. And so it is that their Comedy Central Presents will make two …
Brian McKim, aka The Male Half of Shecky Magazine, reveals he took part in a "secret" showcase last week for NBC’s Last Comic Standing. Interesting stuff. Apparently, neither of the two stand-ups who got invited to New York City from that Atlanta showcase made it any further in the contest. …
I may have boycotted the open-call line last Thursday for the New York City auditions for season six of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, but that didn’t mean I’d miss the boat completely on this opportunity to report from the belly of the beast. Especially when I learned on Friday that …
Is season six set up to be the year for the duo? Both God’s Pottery and Stone & Stone advanced last night out of New York City’s Last Comic Standing auditions and performance showcase. I’ll have much more to say on this, but wanted to get the main news out …
Callbacks continue today in New York City for NBC’s Last Comic Standing, with stand-ups getting interviewed and getting seen multiple times before tonight’s final performances at Gotham Comedy Club. There’s another round set for 2 p.m. In the meantime, last year’s fourth-place finisher, Amy Schumer, took a few moments last …