Jerry Seinfeld tops Forbes highest-paid comedians list for 2017
by 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 …
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Rolling Stone presents an updated “50 Best Stand-Ups of All Time,” as of 2017
My friend Matthew Love just delivered unto us a new list/ranking worth debating over at Rolling Stone, sponsored by HBO’s new series about stand-up comedians, …
Timeline: 100 Game-Changing Moments in Modern American Comedy
In a time when comedians and comedy fans argue about who stole jokes from whom and what’s parallel thinking and are there any original jokes …
Not in on the joke? Rich Vos, Legion of Skanks hoodwinked by Zach Broussard’s “Top 1000 Comics of 2014” list
All lists ranking or otherwise grouping the funniest and/or hottest comedians are inherently biased — subject to the whims of the list-maker. And yet, online …
Decoding the Funniest Cities in America
Are these the funniest cities in America? What does that question even mean? Ay, there’s the rub. The fellas behind the new book, The Humor …
Are these the “10 People You Meet In Every Improv Class”?
Dan Hopper at CollegeHumor posted an amusing look at some of the clowns you may run into should you take a class in improv comedy. …
10 Things Not to Say to a Comic, by Leah Bonnema
Leah Bonnema, a NYC-based stand-up comedian seen in clubs, on radio/podcasts or TV via WeTV, Logo and VH1, offers this list of things people say …