Punching the Clown is neither a documentary nor a concert film, although it does star musical comedian Henry Phillips as Henry Phillips, a satirical folksinger, and it does incorporate much of his live act into a 91-minute narrative that manages to b...
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The Last Comic Standing 7 tour rolled through a rainy New York City last week, and the fellas were kind enough to invite me over to hang out with them backstage at the Best Buy Theater (formerly Nokia) in Times Square.
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The New York Comedy Festival is growing outside of New York City a little more this year with the addition of live online shows, through the partnership between Carolines on Broadway and Comedy Central's Jokes.com.
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As you may have gathered from the headline, Village Voice's 2010 "Best of NYC" issue is out this week, and managed to have room for two comedy categories this year.
Is that good news?
It is if you're Kristen Schaal, whom the VV na...
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I don't know if you can ever have too many stars on a benefit show, but Comedy Central certainly tries every two years on behalf of autism research with its Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education, which airs again to...
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What? More Conan O'Brien news? You'd think the guy was relaunching his late-night TV brand or something.
TBS and Conaco announced the first week's guest list for Conan. Please get ready to welcome to the little big show...
Monday, Nov...
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Conan O'Brien and Team Coco briefly took over the front page of YouTube with a 24-hour event that has streamed live over the Internet.
In the latest promotional stunt to remind and alert viewers of Conan's return to late-night TV with Conan...
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The Upright Citizens Brigade recently celebrated its fifth anniversary of going Hollywood with a big night of comedy at its Los Angeles theater in September.
Three of the UCB founders have moved from NYC to LA, and over the years, many popular Harold...
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Ben Stiller and Paramount announced a deal today that'll bring back Stiller's Zoolander character, last seen on the big screen in 2001.
A Zoolander sequel has been in the works and/or rumored for the past few years, but this isn't goin...
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If you want to know what bowled over the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August, then you can see and/or listen for yourself as Bo Burnham's Words, Words, Words is out now in separate CD and DVD formats.
I was at Burnham's CD recording in Ju...
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