Happy 20th anniversary to the U.S. edition of Whose Line Is It Anyway
by When people talk about the longest-running TV shows in American history, will they remember to mention Whose Line Is It Anyway? Before August 1998, improvisational …
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The Whoopi Goldberg ugly Christmas sweater collection
And Hanukkah, too! Now for something completely different, there’s a Whoopi Goldberg collection of ugly holiday sweaters. Eight of them — seven Christmas and one …
Your guide to the 2016 New York Comedy Festival
Everybody loves a comedy festival. And in this year of 2016, it doesn’t just feel as though every city has its own comedy festival, because …
Episode #41: Jermaine Fowler
Today’s guest is Jermaine Fowler, who was supposed to get his big break in 2012 as part of a much-ballyhooed reboot of FOX’s seminal sketch …
Review: Chris Rock’s “Top Five” easily one of the top movies ever about stand-up comedians
Chris Rock said he came up with the idea and started writing the screenplay for Top Five during idle time on the set of Grown …
“Why We Laugh: Funny Women,” narrated and executive produced by Joan Rivers
In 2012, after her acclaimed documentary had wowed film festivals and she surged back into our consciousness even more with a “win” on NBC’s Celebrity …
Watch “Robin Williams Remembered:” A PBS Pioneers of Television special
The PBS documentary series, Pioneers of Television, had interviewed Robin Williams extensively just recently for its portraits of him and other groundbreaking comedians of the …
Chris Rock’s “Top Five,” Jon Stewart’s “Rosewater” both will premiere at 2014 TIFF
The Toronto International Film Festival announced its slate of world premieres, gala screenings and more this morning, and both Jon Stewart’s directorial debut as well …
The View’s “A Day of Comedy” 2014 with guest co-host Judy Gold and George Wallace, Tammy Pescatelli, Carlos Oscar, Karen Bergreen
ABC’s The View dedicated its Tuesday program to “A Day of Comedy.” Take that, Hot Topics! Everybody else take the day off. For an hour, …
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Kickstarting generations, genders of stand-up comedy: Moms Mabley, in a new HBO documentary by Whoopi Goldberg
She had played Carnegie Hall, headlined the Apollo with Cab Calloway for decades, but in 1967, Dick Smothers introduced her to a whole new audience, …