While none of this year’s Just For Laughs headliners were women, meaning nary one of their names made it to the iconic Chicago Theater marquee, the best jokes, biggest laughs and most outrageous moments came from the ladies. Am I tooting my own lady-loving horn? Maybe a little, but it seems th... [Read More]

Like any industry, there are leaders and superstars that just seem to burn really friggin’ bright. Comedy is no different, and sometimes in comedy there are those that are so great that they’re beloved. Hell, there are even others we don’t realize how important they are until after... [Read More]

Mike Lawrence is on the rise. The New York based comedian, who has previously done sets on Conan and John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show, recently added a Comedy Central Half Hour special to his credits. In addition, Lawrence released his debut album titled Sadamantium, a seamless blend of se... [Read More]

Bill Maher at the Chicago Theatre Just for Laughs didn’t end with a bang, but with a fiery Town Hall Meeting. The Chicago Theatre hosted what was essentially a two-hour long episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, only there were no guests, nor any panel, and not a new rule in sight. It was [...... [Read More]

Day 5 and the comedy keeps on coming during Just For Laughs Chicago 2013. The comedy was all over the city last night so day 5 kicked off with a taping of the wonderfully terrific Pete Holmes and his podcast, You Made it Weird. You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes – Stage 773 – [...]Just F... [Read More]

A late night plus an early morning can make anyone cranky but there’s not much time to think about an early morning when your set up to kick off the first of a two day press junket when you’re going to interview about a dozen comedians. This was the situation that began day 3 of [...]Jus... [Read More]

Day Two was when JFL really kicked into high gear for us as we ran around the city checking out all the great comedy the city of Chicago had to offer, the Blackhawks had a fierce first Stanley Cup game and that’s all what everyone seemed to talk about. That and the impending storm that [...]Ju... [Read More]

Kevin Meanye has seen and done everything in the world of comedy a 25 veteran in the game and he’s still learning new things from his craft and how to be a better comic. It’s a drive many of the greats have, to keep pushing the edges just to see how far they can take [...]Kevin Meaney is... [Read More]

This week’s episode of Laughing at Last Week host Phil Rothermich brings us the news on a New York morgue putting one of its coolers on eBay, a llama on the loose, a dad who asks ‘who cares about nazis’ and much more. In addition there’s lots of weird news out of Florida. Well, that [...]Laugh... [Read More]

Julian McCullough is a very funny man. He has hosted MTV2′s Guy Code and TBS’s Very Funny News, and co-hosted Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings. He also interviewed many of the acts at this year’s South By Southwest, in a very entertaining fashion. He is quite adept at gaugin... [Read More]