Patton Oswalt on how essential comedy is for society in 2015
by “I think it is the responsibility of comedians to remain as irresponsible as we can, in terms of mockery and language. Comedians, we’re not the …
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This Is Stand-Up: Jim Gaffigan on tending to his crops of jokes
Jim Gaffigan is enjoying a stellar year: Performed for an audience awaiting Pope Francis, will perform at Madison Square Garden, too, and in between he …
Hasan Minhaj on “This is Stand-Up”
Hasan Minhaj describes and reflects upon his winning audition for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in a scene from his one-man show, Homecoming King, …
Comedy can never be cool, according to Colin Quinn
“Comedy is not cool. It shouldn’t be cool, in my opinion. Every time it gets cool, that’s bad…it should never be cool. Comedy is not …