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A comedy boom has to start somewhere, and that’s with comedians — comedians have to start somewhere, and that’s with the first jokes, show, or stand-up special they saw that left an ...
Being funny is easy. Telling a funny joke is hard as hell. Don’t believe me? Ask a group of people who the resident comedian is, and ask him or her to tell you a joke.
Rather than putting global warming front and center, these comedians are telling jokes about universal topics and then layering in climate and clean energy, once audiences are already laughing.
15 Comedians Who Were Under Fire Over Jokes: Stephen Colbert, Amy Schumer and Trevor Noah Comics who have pushed the envelope, from George Carlin’s “Seven Dirty Words” to Louis C.K.’s ...
'Like an alien's version of comedy.' 'The sense of humor of a horny dentist.' Nikki Glaser, Hari Kondabolu and other comedians on Elon Musk's desperate quest to be funny.
Latinx comedians with non-English routines have largely been relegated to restaurants, bars and other spaces where Spanish already dominates. But a new generation is changing that, one show at a time.
Comedian Nate Jackson, whose Netflix special "Super Funny" hit the top three, said he believes cancel culture in comedy is ...
In a cancel culture environment, are comedians pulling their punches? Are subjects like race and sex — staples of stand-up — now off-topic? Those are the questions posed to a group of ...