Stand-up comedy is that glorious art form where one person, one mic and an avalanche of punchlines can light up a whole room.

After the 2007 dinner, New York Times columnist Frank Rich wrote that the dinner had become “a crystallization of the press’s ...

Dirt for Thursday, May 1, 2025 I’m pretty confident it would be impossible to watch/listen to any of today’s comedians and ...

In terms of stand-up comedy, Proops said early on he was inspired by the likes of George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Lily Tomlin Jonathan Winters and Robin Williams. Regarding the latter, with whom he ...

“And that’s how it happened. I came up funny.” She grew up listening to comedy albums from greats such as George Carlin, Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx. With a mother who was “deeply Catholic ...

Patrick Strait may be local comedy’s biggest cheerleader. The author of “Funny Thing About Minnesota ... The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the Twin Cities Comedy Scene” recently put out “Home Club: ...

Structured by a drive through the desert, David L. Bushell’s documentary is an entertaining, revealing tribute to the two ...

Hinchcliffe was raised in Youngstown, Ohio, and looked up to comedians like Jim Carrey and Don Rickles. Like many comedians, ...

George Carlin and Richard Pryor, though very funny, were still a few years away from their final artistic breakthroughs. Lenny Bruce had died several years earlier, fighting both the system and ...

Don Rickles' 1968 album Hello Dummy! earlier today became the 14th comedy album to be inducted into the National Recording Registry (NRR). The album – even the very title – exemplifies the brash ...