Comedy Central’s Roasts as a Stand-Up Springboard to Stardom
by Is comedy’s Roast Era over? Or just in time-out like much everything else thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic? We’ll have to wait to find out. …
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James Cannizzaro, aka “Jimmy Big Balls,” recovering from coronavirus
James Cannizzaro, who works security at Gotham Comedy Club, is recovering from the coronavirus, three weeks after he first entered the ER in Brooklyn. The …
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 …
Comedy Album of the Year Grammy nominees for 2014-2015
The 58th annual Grammy Awards announced the full slate of nominations this morning, and somewhere Nikki Cox is telling her husband told you so. Cox …
Beacon Theatre sets big comedy slate in 2016 with Jerry Seinfeld residency and much more
Sebastian Maniscalco joked on Facebook last week that he should move to New York City in 2016 because he’s already sold enough tickets for six …
Impractical Jokers celebrate renewal for season 5 on truTV by kicking off 2016 with guest comedians on an Impractical Jokers Cruise
The Tenderloins — aka Sal, Joe, Murr and Q whom you love to watch torture each other on Impractical Jokers — are celebrating the renewal …
Last Things First, Episode #1: Lisa Lampanelli
Welcome to Last Things First. This is the show that asks comedians about the historic lasts and firsts in their lives as their comedy careers …
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The Friars Club celebrated in PBS “Treasures of New York”
Enjoy this Throwback Thursday with a look back across a century of laughs and comedian-on-comedian ribbing as PBS premieres a new half-hour documentary on The …
The Venetian Las Vegas devotes comedy stage exclusively to female performers with “Lipshtick”
Las Vegas may have countless entertainment options in and around the Vegas Strip of resorts and casinos, but when it comes to comedy, it remains …
Lisa Lampanelli drops 80 pounds following gastric sleeve surgery
Lisa Lampanelli certainly looks different these days! Lampanelli underwent gastric sleeve surgery in April, having much of her stomach removed, and has lost 80 pounds …