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Treva Silverman, Joke Whisperer
Treva Silverman, who wrote for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and other hits, is adored and admired by fellow comedy writers and actors alike.
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Penn Jillette Wants to Talk It All Out
The outspoken magician/comedian/writer talks to Cracked about leaving behind Libertarianism, why he’s worried about the future and how Trump is even worse than you think
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George Carlin Estate Sues Creators of AI-Generated Comedy Special in Key Lawsuit Over Stars’ Likenesses
"We have to draw a line in the sand," says daughter Kelly Carlin, who sued creators of an hourlong special titled 'George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead.'
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Word games, wit and the pleasure of annoying people: a daughter's memoir sheds new light on the notoriously private John Clarke
Lorin Clarke’s account of growing up with her famous father is a loving, often funny portrait.
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Upper Canada Playhouse premieres new Norm Foster comedy, Moving In
After a winter and spring season of the live concerts Glory Days, Across the Pond and Honky Tonk Angels, Morrisburg, Ontario’s Upper Canada Playhouse is moving on to Moving In, the world premiere of a brand new comedy by Norm Foster, running June 8 to 25.
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Dave Chappelle rails on San Francisco at surprise live show
A half-hour into the Dave Chappelle show Thursday night at the Masonic, the crowd started yelling. They yelled that they loved him. They yelled to ask him to repeat lines from his old Comedy Central show. They yelled because they wanted to know what he thought of the homeless person who got sprayed with a hose in San Francisco earlier this year.
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Tom Brady Threatens to Sue Comedians Who Impersonated Him in AI Comedy Special
Tom Brady wasn't laughing during this comedy special. According to comedians Will Sasso and Chad Kultgen of the Dudesy podcast, the retired NFL star's company TB12 sent a cease and desist letter after an hour-long animated comedy special showing an AI imagination of the athlete was uploaded to their Patreon.
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Humor Writing: Not Just Something to Laugh at
Humor allows us to understand complex emotions and the human experience, further allowing humans to connect to one another on a deeper level. Humor can be funny and can make important statements through a comedic medium, but additionally it brings people together.
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Comedy suffering because 'you have to be careful' now says Aniston
Jennifer Aniston said she wishes we could laugh more at ourselves, rather than having to police every word in comedies. "Comedy has evolved, movies have evolved," the "Friends" star, 54, told AFP in Paris, where her new film "Murder Mystery 2" with Adam Sandler, is set. "Now it's a little tricky because you have to be very careful, which makes it really hard for comedians, because the beauty of comedy is that we make fun of ourselves, make fun of life," she said.
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Dave Chappelle Wins Grammy for Netflix Special Condemned for Being Transphobic
Following its release in October 2021, 'The Closer' was criticized for the comedian's material focused on the transgender community.
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Seth Rogen Wouldn’t Do a Freaks and Geeks Reboot
Seth Rogen has a message to anyone thinking about trying to reboot or revive Freaks and Geeks: GET A JOB. STAY AWAY FROM HER. “I know enough now not to fuck with that, to just let it be good and not try to go revisit it,” he told People. “And just let it exist.” Created by Mr. Suits himself, Paul Feig, and EP’d by Judd Apatow, Freaks and Geeks was the cocoon from which 2000s comedy emerged.
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John Krasinski Reveals 'The Office' Scene That Made Him Laugh More Than Any Other
As one can imagine, working as a cast member on the ultra-popular hit comedy The Office often lead to some uncontrollable laughter on set. With a cast that included Steve Carrell, Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, Craig Robinson, Mindy Kaling, Brian Baumgartner, Ed Helms, and a slew of other comedic geniuses, what happened off camera was often funnier than what ended up on TV.
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Monty Python’s Eric Idle says he hates conservatives: ‘they’re horrible people’
Tech journalist Kara Swisher interviewed legendary British comedian Eric Idle on Monday, where he spoke extensively about the state of comedy in his heyday and said he hated conservatives.
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Bill Maher Just Described Being Straight and White In America As A Disadvantage
Bill Maher—the same man who thought that referring to himself as a “house n*gger” on his eponymous HBO show Real Time With Bill Maher would be a funny joke—decided to share even more of his unfunny antics in a new episode. During a guest appearance featuring newly re-elected Colorado governor Jared Polis, he chastised Democrats for concentrating on “checking the boxes” when it comes to nominating candidates.
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Take your first look at Pete Davidson and Joe Pesci in the new comedy series 'Bupkis'
The Oscar-winner plays Davidson's grandfather while Emmy-winner Edie Falco plays his mother in this fictionalized version of the SNL alum's life.
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Trevor Noah to Exit ‘Daily Show’ After Seven Years
Trevor Noah is nearing his last laugh on “The Daily Show.” The comedian, who came out of near anonymity to take over the program from Jon Stewart in 2015, plans to exit the flagship Com…
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Bob Odenkirk Is Still Training at the Gym to Kickstart Jackie Chan-Style Action Career
Bob Odenkirk better call his trainer because the “Better Call Saul” star is dead-set on becoming the action movie hero. The Emmy winner revealed during the 2022 Venice Film Festival while promoting Cecilia Miniucchi’s “Worlds Apart” that his turn as attorney Saul in the “Breaking Bad” prequel series inspired his hitman role in “Nobody.”
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This Fool Is What Streaming Comedies Should Be
And a just world would give us several more years of it.
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Mock The Week axed after 17 years: Host Dara O'Briain says comedians 'couldn't be more silly than the news was already' as stars pay tribute
Launched in 2005, Mock The Week has been a comedy platform for regular panellists including Frankie Boyle, Chris Addison, Russell Howard, Ed Byrne, Zoe Lyons and Andy Parsons over the years, as well as Hugh Dennis, who has starred from the beginning.
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‘Ted Lasso’ Matches Record-Breaking 2021 Emmy Nomination Haul With 20 Nods
Ted Lasso matched its record-breaking nominations haul from 2021 by scoring another 20 nods this year. Having last year picked up 20 nominations, the most ever for a freshman comedy in TV history, the warm-hearted Apple TV+ series will now battle it out for a clutch of awards at this year’s event.
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