Appreciating Harris Wittels, Without Getting Too Much Into A #Humblebrag #RIP
by The first time I met Harris Wittels, he was all of 21, and baring it all onstage at a naked comedy show. The next time …
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R.I.P. Taylor Negron (1957-2015)
Taylor Negron — stand-up comedian, actor, painter, poet and muse — died Saturday from cancer. Negron was 57. Born Brad Stephen Negron on Aug. 1, …
R.I.P. Jason R. Chin, iO Chicago instructor and former artistic director
Longtime Chicago improv actor and teacher Jason R. Chin died suddenly Thursday night. Chin was 46. Improv Olympic founder Charna Halpern passed along the devastating …
RIP Jan Hooks (1957-2014)
Sudden, sad news. Jan Hooks, who starred alongside one of Saturday Night Live‘s best casts ever from 1986-1991, has died. Hooks was 57. Her reps …
Margaret Cho on Joan Rivers: “Putting the fun back in funeral”
An excerpt from Margaret Cho’s experience at the memorial service for Joan Rivers, held Sunday in New York City: The temple was huge and packed …
Late-night TV talk show hosts, comedians and critics remember Joan Rivers
Almost every comedian I know shared a photo and/or an anecdote about Joan Rivers tonight in the wake of her death at 81, a week …
RIP Joan Rivers, dead at 81 (1933-2014)
The Kathy Griffin we all know today would not have existed as such without her. Same goes for hundreds of other comedians, male and female, …
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Remembering Robin Williams
You want to be able to quote his inspirational movie lines back to him, to step on a desk and shout to him, “O Captain! …
R.I.P. Don Pardo, 1918-2014
Don Pardo was such a fixture of Saturday Night Live that it’ll even take creating executive producer Lorne Michaels a few years still to catch …
R.I.P. Rich Ceisler
Stand-up comedian Rich Ceisler died this morning, two weeks after contracting a rare illness while performing on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. Ceisler was 58. …