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The Las Vegas Sun reports today that Iliza Shlesinger will claim part of her Last Comic Standing prize next week, joining the cast of Donn Arden’s Jubilee! at Bally’s Las Vegas from Aug. 24-27. And no, she won’t be topless, you perverts. She’ll be the stand-up comedian among the showgirls. …
Who really won the sixth season of Last Comic Standing? Hint: It’s not a trick question. First off, anyone who missed the initial broadcast on NBC last week due to football can find it replayed this week on the Fox Reality Channel (check your listings) on Tuesday and Thursday, and …
This is shaping up to be the screwiest finale in Last Comic Standing since the whodunit that ended season three’s "all-star" challenge round. For one thing, will anyone in the New York City area find out who won? NBC says the finale airs tonight from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., …
Looky looky! It’s Bill Bellamy and Brit Lady (Cotton Fearne!), back together for the audience finale vote on Last Comic Standing! This doesn’t look taped at all, except I know it’s taped because finalist Jeff Dye is in Chattanooga, Tenn., right now performing at a comedy club…all I know for …
We’re down to the final 8 comedians on season six of Last Comic Standing, and already, we’re being promised a conclusion that lets us vote — plus hints that the vote moves people into "the final" — so will we speed up to the finish in time for the Summer …
Getting in the mood for tonight’s new episode of Last Comic Standing, let’s relive the fun of last week’s episode (especially since three of the final 10 comedians and myself were in Montreal at the time)…so, let the foolishness begin! Iliza Shlesinger returns triumphant from her showdown with Ku and …
So here we are. These are your 12 finalists, and after watching that hourlong recap from last week, we’re only reminded of a few good stand-ups who got left behind. Let us not mourn for them, but celebrate them, for they will not have to suffer the indignities of Last …
After all of this, we have come to this…the second semifinal round in Las Vegas, where another 16 stand-ups will be cut down to five (make that seven) finalists for the sixth season of Last Comic Standing. Time to deadblog it now! Esther Ku tells the NBC cameras if she …
So we begin the sixth season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, and already it’s clear they’re still playing from the American Idol of Comedy playbook, what with host Bill Bellamy delivering the introduction…wait for it…turn on the lights…to a large audience! Get it? This is big, people. Anyhow. We’re going …