Laugh Factory Chicago reopening Aug. 1, 2020
by The Laugh Factory’s Chicago club has announced it will reopen this Saturday (Aug. 1), in accordance with the city of Chicago’s reopening guidelines during the …
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Malaysia’s Harith Iskander wins Laugh Factory’s “Funniest Person in the World 2016” contest
Harith Iskander calls himself “the godfather of stand-up comedy in Malaysia.” Now Iskander has an even grander moniker to go by: “Funniest Person in the …
Episode #78: Bill Dawes
Bill Dawes has played Paul Hornung and Mickey Mantle in separate Broadway productions, and recently wrapped a run as famed Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev. …
Dane Cook on making a new comedy BFF in Jerry Lewis and advice in a post-Troublemaker career
Dane Cook has a new manager now but a very old iconic mentor in his comedy life, although Cook has never been known as quite …
The Laugh Factory hosting first Funniest Person in the World contest
It may be impossible to determine who is the funniest person in the world, but leave it to Jamie Masada to try to name a …
“My Life Is A Joke”: Five comedians talk about getting a boost of their OWN from Oprah
If you caught David Letterman’s sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey last weekend, then you might have noticed ads promoting a special “sneak peek” at a …
Dane Cook makes light of the Aurora “Dark Knight Rises” massacre: Too soon?
Another week, another somebody’s-got-issues-with-a-joke-at-The-Laugh-Factory. Sigh. Jamie Masada has maintained genius-level status for decades in terms of drumming up publicity for his Laugh Factory comedy club …
Jamie Masada’s views on “The Future of Comedy”
Want to know what the future of entertainment will look like? Intel’s Brian David Johnson does, so he recently paid a visit to the Laugh …