Episode #251: Yakov Smirnoff
Yakov Smirnoff got his big break in America thanks to Mitzi Shore, who not only put up the Soviet...
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Tag: Sam Kinison
Episode #172: Jimmy Shubert
Jimmy Shubert was just a kid from Philly who wanted to be a magician. That’s how he started in...
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SiriusXM to broadcast rare final recording of the late Sam Kinison
A rare recording from one of Sam Kinison’s final stand-up performances, just days before his...
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Steve Martin reflects on stand-up comedy now versus the 1970s, and great opening lines
Steve Martin remains a great showman after all these years, and whether you want to nitpick about...
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Episode #65: Jackie Kashian
Jackie Kashian is one of my favorite stand-up comedians to watch live because she knows who she is...
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Last Things First, Episode #4: Ralphie May and Lahna Turner
I met Ralphie May at the Tempe Improv, shortly before all of you saw him competing in the...
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Emile Hirsch to star as John Belushi in big-screen biopic
Emile Hirsch has been tapped to star as the late John Belushi in a planned biopic on the comedian...
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Josh Gad to play Sam Kinison in big-screen biopic
After a few years of trying to make an HBO movie happen about the late Sam Kinison with Dan Fogler...
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Sing in the holidays with “Carol of the Comedians”
New York City-based comedy rock band Fortress of Attitude is halfway through a “12 Christmas...
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