The Friars Club looks to rebound from series of financial miscues
by For more than a century, The Friars Club stood as a testament to the power of the press and of comedy to do good. The …
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R.I.P. Jack Carter (1922-2015)
Before anyone else could claim to be “the pit bull of comedy,” before anyone else turned anger directly into laughs, Jack Carter stood tall amongst …
ESPN will televise sports-themed Friars Roasts, starting with a Super Bowl special
Last year’s Super Bowl week Friars Club Roast of Boomer Esiason in New York City never aired on TV, so if you weren’t there, you …
Friars Club renames its clubhouse building the Jerry Lewis Monastery
The historic Friars Club building, a five-story house constructed in 1909 in midtown Manhattan that became the clubhouse and “Friars Club Monastery” in 1957 with …
That time Jerry Lewis wished Joan Rivers were dead, speaking on a SiriusXM Town Hall at the Friars Club
Jerry Lewis sat down this week with Maria Menounos at The Friars Club for a SiriusXM Town Hall that airs today, and wouldn’t you know …