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With all of the news surrounding other comedians, it’s amazing and sad to remember that it has been almost three years since we lost Patrice O’Neal. O’Neal was only 41 when he died on Nov. 29, 2011, cut down by complications from a stroke he had suffered less than a …
There’s a funny forest of a movie lost within the trees of Nature Calls, an otherwise forgettable 79-minute movie about a lackluster Boy Scout troop that finds its luster out in the woods. Forgettable entirely (and stars Patton Oswalt, Johnny Knoxville, Rob Riggle and Maura Tierney might agree) if not for …
Some of our generation’s greatest stand-up comedians once again will pay tribute to one of their own — the late, great Patrice O’Neal — this coming Feb. 18, 2014, at New York City Center. Tickets for the 2nd Annual Patrice O’Neal Comedy Benefit Concert are $75 and will include performances by …
Today we’re treated to a newly animated bit from the posthumous Patrice O’Neal album, “Mr. P.” This is his stand-up bit, “Black Women Get You Refunds.” Of course it’s not safe for work. What did you expect? The clip arrives with news of a new digipak version of O’Neal’s other …
If you want to buy some solid stand-up comedy from the past couple of years, and have your purchases go to good causes, perhaps you might check out the new Humble Comedy Bundle. From the makers of Humble Bundle, the site is a limited-time-offer that allows you as a consumer …
Kain Carter has 619,615 subscribers to his YouTube channel, which he titled “hotdamnirock.” For much of the past year, however, what Carter was rocking in his vlogs were monologues ripped verbatim from the mouth of late stand-up comedian Patrice O’Neal. Carter acknowledged this only after being called out on his …
Crowd work, in the hands of a lesser comic, is a crutch to kill time while making the audience feel like it’s part of the act. In the hands of an insult comic, the crowd serves a slightly more vital yet just as gimmicky role. Who are you? What do …
Five years ago doesn’t sound like that much, until you realize how much has changed since then. When ReelBlack showed up at Helium Comedy Club in February 2008 to film Patrice O’Neal, Kevin Hart and Keith Robinson backstage after a “Crazy Sexy Comedy” show, Fool’s Gold had opened #1 at …
“Don’t be mad about it. Don’t be mad!” That’s Patrice O’Neal, a few minutes into a bit in which he explains how men are better than women, pleading his case to the women in the comedy club audience. In this case, the audience is at the D.C. Improv on April …
Patrice O’Neal’s posthumous comedy CD, Mr. P, debuted last week at #35 on the Billboard 200 album charts. That’s the best bow for a comedian since last year’s Alpacolypse by “Weird” Al Yankovic, and the highest chart position for a stand-up comedian in several years. It remained the top-selling comedy …
