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Michael Palascak has been in a long-term relationship for six years, which makes him a little wistful for some alone time every once in a while. Which is difficult to describe to your partner? Palascak explores that, and jokes about going back to Illinois to perform on a police benefit, …
Michael Palascak performed on Wednesday’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and got seven minutes to joke about money management, and how parenting must feel like a horrible unpaid internship. Roll the clip!
Michael Palascak’s mother may have been more excited than he was to perform on Thursday’s Late Late Show with James Corden. But as he has to explain to her, you don’t need to be famous to have famous-people problems. Such as going to the wedding of your girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend. Roll …
Congratulations to Atlanta’s Clayton English, who officially won the ninth season of Last Comic Standing, which aired its finale Wednesday night on NBC. English takes home $250,000 and a development deal with NBC to pitch his own show. He also performed later Wednesday night on Late Night with Seth Meyers, …
Why was 6 afraid of 7? You know the joke: Because 7 8 9! Say it aloud. Spell it if you have to. But here we are, in episode seven of a short-order of eight episodes for season nine of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, and we’re cutting the field of …
We’re in the homestretch of episodes that don’t have nearly enough time to showcase 21 stand-up comedians in 44 minutes, as this is the second and final semifinal of season nine of NBC’s Last Comic Standing. A quick pan across the green room and there’s Andi Smith revealing to us …
“It’s the rip-roaring conclusion of the Invitationals.” Slow down, voiceover man. “So quit your incessant yapping…” You said it! Now stop saying it! Quit your yapping and let’s hear some joke-telling! But not before we hear that primal yelp from Roseanne Barr, one of our judges on Last Comic Standing. Here’s …
So who received invites to the televised comedy competition that is Last Comic Standing in 2014? Here are your Top 100 who auditioned for Season 8 of Last Comic. The season premieres Thursday on NBC. Not listed in order of finish or preference. Not yet, anyhow. How many of these …
Michael Palascak returned to Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Monday night, and wondered about how people fall in and out of love, and what that means about marriage and ’til death do you part. How do you make that work? As Palascak learned, “you just know.” Really? You …
Comedy Central Presents is dead. Long live Comedy Central Presents! In its place, starting in 2012, is The Half Hour. As in past seasons, the half-hour stand-up showcases debut lat on Friday nights. This season opens with back-to-back episodes at 11 p.m. Eastern/Pacific, 10 p.m. Central/Mountain, on Friday, May 11, …
