Emma Willmann to host new SiriusXM spotlight show for comedians: “The Check Spot”
by The “check spot” at a comedy club often presents a catch-22 for hungry stand-up comedians: You get a chance to perform for the big crowd, …
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Episode #56: Roy Wood, Jr.
When Roy Wood Jr. started interning in morning radio and working in his native Birmingham, Ala., he initially thought he might be the next Ricky …
Episode #46: Artie Lange
You’ve heard the gravelly voice of Artie Lange for two decades now, as he’s climbed the comedy ranks from MADtv to Dirty Work, The Norm Show …
Going Hollywood: Meet Dan Cummins
People were going Hollywood long before Bing Crosby starred in the 1933 film musical Going Hollywood. Certainly, though, countless unknowns have packed their bags and …
SiriusXM to launch new Insight channel for serious comedy talk
SiriusXM is replacing and rebranding its current “Public Radio” station (the satellite radio giant also carries NPR) as Insight, which will debut next Monday — …
Cipha Sounds like a DJ, thinks like a comedian: Don’t Get Gassed; Take It Personal!
It’s never too late to get bit by the comedy bug. Cipha Sounds could have jumped headfirst into stand-up comedy a decade before he did. …
Rekindling his love affair with stand-up, Judd Apatow tells SiriusXM about his summer sets at The Comedy Cellar
For the first half of this summer, one of the most regular fixtures of The Comedy Cellar‘s stand-up showcases also was one of the most …
DirecTV cancels The Artie Lange Show
Less than two weeks after Artie Lange‘s diabetes hospitalized him on the road in Detroit, Lange had returned to New York City in good enough …
Judd Apatow and Jay Leno reminisce about their first interview together in 1983
Judd Apatow appeared on Thursday’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno to promote Anchorman 2, but host and guest also took a couple of minutes to …
Mike Wysocki on The Arsenio Hall Show
Mike Wysocki is a stand-up comedian from Pittsburgh who usually spends his mornings sharing his opinions on the local radio around the Three Rivers airwaves on …