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Sebastian Maniscalco is feeling like the king of comedy this weekend, performing four shows at Madison Square Garden. But all was not always hunky-dory on his way up the comedy ladder. As Maniscalco revealed on Friday’s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the comedian actually drew a blank onstage during his …
As long as nobody else actually digs into the numbers or knows the tax returns for comedians, Forbes will continue to garner the shares and notoriety for ranking comedians each year based on how much income they earned. What’s the news for 2018? No women on the list (Amy Schumer …
A favorite of New York City who previously packed the Beacon Theatre for multiple nights, Sebastian Maniscalco is now arena-bound, booking Madison Square Garden for his next tour stop through the Big Apple. He’ll play MSG on Saturday, January 19, 2019. “I told my Father that I was going to …
Sebastian Maniscalco has seen his profile and his income raise in the past year, hitting the annual Forbes magazine list of the world’s highest-paid comedians in 2017 and “Stand Up Comedian of the Year” at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival. In 2018, Maniscalco is hitting the road with a new …
The Netflix effect is affecting the list of highest-paid comedians for 2017. That’s the unmistakeable takeaway from the annual assessment by Forbes, which each year tries to make an educated guess at how much comedians have made in the previous fiscal year. Unsurprisingly, Jerry Seinfeld, who’s still raking in residuals …
Sebastian Maniscalco wonders why it’s now such a big trend for weddings to include choreographed dances, because he couldn’t imagine figuring that out with his buddies for his own wedding. On Thursday’s Conan, Maniscalco also joked that too many people use Facebook to share too much information, when he can …
The sharing economy amuses and amazes Sebastian Maniscalco. The comedian joked about using AirBnB and the increasing number of options for Uber these days, when Maniscalco performed on Friday’s Late Show. Did you know there’s something called Uber Kitten now? Roll the clip. Maniscalco also got a bonus panel session …
For a time, Sebastian Maniscalco went by just his first name. Not his best look, really. Sebastian doesn’t make you think stand-up comedy. Magician, maybe. Hairstylist? Model? Despite your ability to compliment him on his looks or his stage presence, he’s a Maniscalco by name and by heritage, and in …
We may be a month into summer (and two months from Memorial Day already), but it’s never too late for news of a fourth consecutive Oddball Fest by Funny or Die. Especially when they announced today that this late summer’s tour of North American amphitheaters will include headliners Brian Regan, …
Wait, is the president of the United States a comedian? We’ll get to that soon enough. In the meantime, though, President Barack Obama will open the seventh season of Jerry Seinfeld’s Crackle webseries, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, which debuts Dec. 30, 2105. Here’s the trailer, which also features season …
