TBS will broadcast Tournament Of Laughs in Summer 2020
by Who’s got jokes? TBS has given the green light to a seven-episode Tournament of Laughs featuring 32 comedians in head-to-head competition, hosted by SNL alum …
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Episode #231: Satire under Trump
When real life becomes even more ridiculous than satire, then what role is there for comedians to play? And how should comedians talk about serious …
Here are your comedians nominated for 59th Annual Grammy Awards in 2017
Amy Schumer scored big with Grammy nominations in two categories this morning — not only for Best Comedy Album for the audio version of her …
Toronto’s JFL42 2016 includes Jim Gaffigan, Tig Notaro, Trevor Noah, Jim Jefferies, Roseanne Barr, Anthony Jeselnik, Demetri Martin and Chris D’Elia
Just For Laughs has announced the lineup for its fifth annual edition of JFL42, a 42-show headliner stand-up comedy festival held at the end of September …
Episode #84: Greg Behrendt
Greg Behrendt gets introduced to the stage these days as a best-selling author, which is true, but there’s more to Behrendt than meets the eye …
Jerry Seinfeld and Margaret Cho to de-stress Stress Factory audience, ride in Cars Getting Coffee
Jerry Seinfeld booked two new comedy dates with Margaret Cho today. One for all of us with Internet access, and one just for the crowd …
Retta is pitching her own late-night TV talk show
Did you know that Retta currently is pitching networks on her own late-night TV talk show? Or that at least one network is interested in …
Margaret Cho on her mother’s Korean accent, father’s lack of one, and their acceptance of her
Margaret Cho famously has impersonated her mother in her stand-up routines. In this outtake from the new PBS documentary, American Masters: The Women’s List, premiering …
Margaret Cho’s women-only writers room: “If Women Ran Hollywood”
Classic role reversal going on here, as Margaret Cho stars in a brand-new Funny or Die video that imagines “if women ran the writers room …
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Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Mike Myers, Patton Oswalt, Ellie Kemper to be honored at Montreal’s 2015 Just For Laughs
The 33rd edition of Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival will continue to cement its position as the world’s biggest congregation and celebration of comedy this …