Petition to Declare a National Jonathan Winters Day
by From the makers of the documentary Certifiably Jonathan comes this petition, asking President Barack Obama to declare a National Jonathan Winters Day. It reads, in …
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Amy Schumer’s monologue for Gloria Steinem’s 80th birthday, at the 2014 Gloria Awards
It already has been a great 2014 for Amy Schumer. The 32-year-old comedian is enjoying her second season of the critically-acclaimed and popular Comedy Central …
Bill Cosby to receive Receive Johnny Carson Award for Comedic Excellence at 2014 “American Comedy Awards”
The American Comedy Awards will return to network TV in May with one more big name to be feted, announcing late Monday the ceremony would …
Where are they now? Where will they be someday? New York City improvisers captured in The Mug Shot Journals
Keith Huang studied improvisation at The People’s Improv Theater and trained at New York City’s other two primary theatrical homes for improv comedy in the …
RIP Otto Petersen, ventriloquist of Otto & George (1960-2014)
Otto Petersen, whose foul-mouthed ventriloquist dummy George made his act “Otto & George” a popular friend of the Opie & Anthony radio program, reportedly died …
Have you seen Jiwon Lee? Columbia dental student, co-founder of 50 First Jokes goes missing
Have you seen Jiwon Lee? Do you know where she is? UPDATED May 4, 2014: Sad news, everybody. Jiwon Lee has died. She was 29. …
RIP John Pinette (1964-2014)
Say it nay nay. Sad but true: Stand-up comedian John Pinette died Saturday from a pulmonary embolism. Pinette was 50. On Friday, Pinette was on …
Not Fooling Around. A PSA for Comedians: How to Read Contracts
by I’m either a comedian who moonlights as a union organizer or a union organizer who moonlights as a comedian; I kind of can’t tell anymore. …
Attention Comedians: Apply for health insurance. It’s the law! And it’s good for you!
For far too long, I’ve heard about the plight of comedians who don’t have health insurance because they’re not in a union such as SAG …
Dave Chappelle playing Radio City Music Hall, first announced NYC gig in almost a decade
Dave Chappelle set ticket-sales records last July at Just For Laughs in Montreal, then crossed the United States in a rollercoaster of an outdoor arena …