Bonnaroo’s “Comedy Sweet” for 2009 fest
by Bonnaroo announced its comedy lineup for the 2009 music festival in Tennessee, and this year, it's getting some corporate help from Butterfinger, which is sponsoring …
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Comic Strip Live brings back its Audition Lottery
After a two-year hiatus, the Comic Strip Live is bringing back the Lottery hat that allows just about anyone to have his or her shot …
Tom Arnold hosting free Thursday night comedy at The Laugh Factory for unemployed masses
The Laugh Factory sure knows how to generate publicity. This report appeared last night on Access Hollywood, about Tom Arnold hosting free Thursday night comedy …
What’s the best comedy lineup you’ve ever seen?
Aside from the Comic Relief specials of years past, it's not often that you would have the chance to see an all-star Murderer's Row lineup …
SXSW through Matt Ruby’s eyes
NYC-based stand-up comedian Matt Ruby, writer of comedy blog Sandpaper Suit, just got back from a weekend in Austin performing at SXSW. While all of …
Uncle Eddie hypes his UCBW title defense at WrestleSlamMania IV
I think we all can remember a time in our lives when we not only watched professional rassling on the TV, but also maybe felt …
Debuts: “Party Down” and “Head Case” on Starz
Oh, Starz, the forgotten child of the pay-cable premium movie networks. Everyone knows and many people enjoy watching HBO (and in doing so, also get …
Alicia Levy’s “Red Carpet Ride”
A disco-dancing mermaid. Kim Kardashian. An Eastern European who wants to join the Pussycat Dolls. Victoria "Posh" Beckham. Macy Gray. These are a few of …
In other news…
This week's installment of "In other news…" examines a few mainstream media stories over the past week that took the time to cover comedy, but …
The Best Show on WFMU’s marathon fun-fund-raiser
If you read The Comic's Comic, then you may also listen to The Best Show on WFMU, Tom Scharpling's Tuesday night radio talk/comedy/music spectacular. Tonight …