Episode #347: Julia Scotti
by Julia Scotti is a comedian who has enjoyed a career resurgence in her 60s, performing on America’s Got Talent in 2016, and in 2020 as …
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Just For Laughs revises plans for SiriusXM radio channel to showcase only Canadians
Your voices were heard loud and clear, comedians of Canada. Just For Laughs announced Wednesday that their impending takeover of the Canada Laughs channel of …
SAG-AFTRA approves new animation contract through 2020
As animation and voiceover work becomes ever more commonplace among mainstream TV and movie fare, it’s more necessary to work out fair labor contracts. SAG-AFTRA …
Episode #229: Ted Alexandro
Ted Alexandro has made multiple appearances on David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Craig Ferguson and The View, had two half-hour specials on Comedy Central, and spent the …
Toward A More Perfect Comedian Union
If you had told me 10 years ago, when I launched The Comic’s Comic from a hotel room in Las Vegas during the HBO Comedy …
SAG-AFTRA rescinds “Do Not Work” order, allows comedians to work on “Comedians of LA” and “Living with Funny”
SAG-AFTRA posted this notice over the weekend: Attention all members: SAG-AFTRA has rescinded its “no contract/no work” order regarding the series Comedians of LA and Living with …
E! and Melissa Rivers announce “Fashion Police” will return in 2015; WGA writers on strike since 2013
Over the weekend, E! broadcast a special “Joan Day” to celebrate the life and work of the late Joan Rivers, and her daughter, Melissa, announced …
Steve Hofstetter promotes non-union work for his FOX stand-up comedy series, “Laughs”
Hot off the heels of SAG-AFTRA’s “Do Not Work” notice telling its union member actors not to perform on the new FOX stand-up comedy series, …
SAG-AFTRA posts “Do Not Work” notice to performers seeking “Laughs” TV credit
If you were hoping to use Laughs as a TV credit and as a path to SAG-AFTRA membership, well, let the actors union stop you …
Work stoppage threatens Last Comic Standing’s post-production editing (editors receive union contract!)
Producers of NBC’s Last Comic Standing hope to resolve a work stoppage that left them without their editing crew Monday when they walked off the job, …