On March 23, 2013, a funny thing happened in the sky above Los Angeles.
A skywriting plane wrote letters in cloud form amid the blue sky. An "H," followed by an "O," then a "W," eventually spelling out: "HOW DO I LAND?"
The joke culminated the effor...
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This essay is republished with permission from the author. Jim Tews wrote "An Open Letter From a Decent, White Male Comic" in response to several recent blog posts, Twitter fights and Facebook comment threads about comedy, gender and the appropriaten...
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Erin Judge is a stand-up comedian who appeared on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham. Judge tours everywhere with her Pink Collar Comedy Tour and also co-produces The Afterlife, a monthly comedy showcase in New York City.
This is republished from her bl...
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Comedians used to complain about performing in any comedy club that put comment cards on the tables for audience members to fill out after the show.
How many comedians long for those days now, now that the Internet and social media allows every audie...
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We've seen Twitter feeds mined for quick-and-easy book deals before, but how about a board game?
Miami-based All Things Equal is banking on Rob Delaney and his 836,000+ followers @RobDelaney to put the party in its "Family and Party Games" site with ...
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Leah Bonnema, a NYC-based stand-up comedian seen in clubs, on radio/podcasts or TV via WeTV, Logo and VH1, offers this list of things people say to comedians but really shouldn't ever say.
In general I believe people mean well. And I should be so luc...
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So you want to win a comedy contest?
Sounds like fun, right? Maybe if you win. But first, you have to enter the competition. Submit a tape (wait, what's a tape? A tape is what we used to record video on, and keep separately from the camera, make phys...
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The Friars Club Roast of Jack Black brought down the grand ballroom Friday afternoon at the New York Hilton, as upward of 3,000 of New York Friars Club members, dignitaries, celebrities and friends gathered to pay tribute to the actor/musician throug...
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Are you or have you ever been a stand-up comedian who has put in your time, paid your dues and continues to work in clubs, colleges and anywhere else you can get gigs?
Would you consider yourself a "veteran comic"?
Here's one new way to find out. Rea...
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And now, for some words of wisdom about comedy from comedians. In their own words.
In contemplating a possible return of The Tonight Show to New York City and 30 Rockefeller from Los Angeles and Burbank, Dick Cavett reflects on Johnny Carson's tenure...
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