Episode #234: Anthony Cumia
by Anthony Cumia was installing heaters and air conditioners at 33 when a song parody he wrote about OJ Simpson caught the attention of a Long …
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Episode #217: Paul Mecurio
Paul Mecurio is seen every night by audiences of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, as he warms them up before the CBS cameras turn on for …
End of an era: Opie Radio out at SiriusXM
After 13 years, there’s no more Opie or Anthony on SiriusXM satellite radio. Almost three years to the day after firing Anthony Cumia, SiriusXM fired …
Episode #144: Jim Norton
Jim Norton is a best-selling author and comedian you’ve seen in multiple stand-up specials on HBO and EPIX and in recurring roles on Louie and …
Jim Norton’s Keynote Address at Montreal’s Just For Laughs 2014: “I Insincerely Apologize”
Always outspoken but perhaps never quite as sincerely forthright without needing a hard laugh until now, Jim Norton provided the timeliest keynote address yet at …
Doug Stanhope on Opie and Anthony: On Dr. Drew, suicide, and debating alcoholism with Jim Norton
Doug Stanhope brought his latest stand-up comedy tour into New York City, with gigs Sunday and Monday night at B.B. King’s in Times Square, and …
Review: “Women Aren’t Funny,” a documentary
Are women funny? Are you funny? That’s a fairer, more legitimate question. In a new documentary by stand-up comedian Bonnie McFarlane, shot with her husband, …
Want to “Cheat”? Bill Burr, Robert Kelly and Joe DeRosa tell you how, humorously, in a new book
A couple of years ago, comedians Bill Burr, Robert Kelly and Joe DeRosa grew tired of waiting for the phone to ring with news of …
Patrice O’Neal, 41, suffers stroke: status unknown
In a just world, the Comedy Gods weed out the no-talent hacks and leave the true voices to prosper. Alas, alack, we do not always …