If you spend any amount of time on this here site, you may know that Mike Birbiglia is coming out with his first book, a collection of stories, bound in a hardcover with this fancy title: Sleepwalk wi... [Read More]

Samantha Bee is the Daily Show's longest-tenured correspondent, having joined the program in 2003. She's also the author of a new memoir, I Know I Am But What Are You? Bee grew up in an unusual tripartite family, splitting time between a matronly grandmother, a conservative, re-married father and a bohemian, Wiccan mother. She met her husband, the Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones, while working in a Sailor Moon-themed stage show at the Canadian National Exposition. [Read More]

Mike Birbiglia is coming back to Boston to play the Comedy Connection Wilbur Theatre on October 13 on his Painfully True Stories Tour. He'll be promoting his new book, Sleepwalk With Me and Other Pai... [Read More]

Her willingness to lay all her cards on the table—to be vulnerable—elevates these already-remarkable stories to hysterical heights. [Read More]

"Bee has thoroughly enjoyed the whole writing-a-book experience. She had no problems coming up with entertaining tales about her Wiccan mother, the time spent working at an erectile dysfunction clinic and her crush on Jesus." [Read More]

In his new biography, Sullivan manages to skillfully show us the drama of Carlin’s performing career and how it blended with the larger cultural landscape. But he gives us the outline of a life, one that fails to live and breathe. Sullivan never quite gets us inside the man’s head and heart, the dark places that fueled this unique comedic genius. [Read More]

Jim Breuer guested on the Howard Stern Show this morning and announced his upcoming book, titled: I’m Not High (But I Do Have a Lot of Crazy Stories About Life as a Goat Boy, a Dad, and a spiritual Warrior). During the show, Breuer talks with Stern about a few of the stories included in the funny tome. [Read More]

Someone call in a domestic disturbance, because Samantha Bee's new book I Know I Am, But What Are You? has HIT the shelves! JK! Don't call the cops. I was just taking a common phrase very li... [Read More]

Satiristas, a collection of interviews with comedians by Paul Provenza and photography by Dan Dion, is the type of book that people visiting comedy blogs (that’s you) would want to take note of. [Read More]

Facebook can be a great place to catch up with old friends, share a funny link or two. But for comedian Paul F. Tompkins, Facebook can be a crucial business tool. Last year, some fans of Paul’s contacted him and asked him to do a comedy show in Toronto. Paul said that if they got 300 fans to commit to coming to see him in Toronto, he would arrange a show there. So they did, Paul booked a venue, and had a terrific night performing for dedicated fans. Paul soon realized the idea had legs and enc... [Read More]