R.I.P. Budd Friedman (1932-2022)
by Budd Friedman didn’t intend to set the standard for stand-up comedy clubs across America (and the world). You might say it only happened thanks to …
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R.I.P. Gallagher (1946-2022)
Gallagher, a joke-teller, showman and prop comic born Leo Anthony Gallagher, Jr., died Nov. 11, 2022, in hospice care in Palm Desert, Calif. He was …
R.I.P. Judy Tenuta (1949-2022)
Pigs. Stud puppets. Love buckets. We are gathered here together to mourn the passing of Judy Tenuta, the love goddess, the petite flower of stand-up …
R.I.P. Jak Knight (1993-2022)
Jak Knight had to wait outside The Comedy Store for his big break. Not yet 21, Knight had sprinted down Sunset Boulevard from an early …
On Second Thought: Gilbert Gottfried on how “The Aristocrats” changed his career
Gilbert Gottfried invited me into his home in 2017 so he could remind us what kind of comedian he was before 2001, why he decided to …
RIP Louie Anderson (1953-2022)
Stand-up comedian and actor Louie Anderson died Jan. 21, 2022, after being hospitalized in Las Vegas for DLBCL Diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Anderson was …
R.I.P. Bob Saget (1956-2022)
Robert Lane Saget, known around the world as comedian and TV star Bob Saget, died Sunday after the first weekend of his 2022 stand-up comedy …
R.I.P. Ricarlo Flanagan, 1981-2021
Ricarlo Flanagan was supposed to drop a new album today. But yesterday, friends and family mourned the comedian, actor and rapper, who died from COVID-19. …
Multiple Comedians Die From COVID After Attending ‘Clean Comedy Challenge’ In Indiana
At least three comedians have died from COVID-19 in August after attending The Clean Comedy Challenge at Gutty’s Comedy Club in Indiana. Rest in peace …
R.I.P. Trevor Moore (1980-2021)
Trevor Moore, the affable frontman of The Whitest Kids U’ Know who went on to make multiple solo comedy specials, co-create two Disney comedy series, …