America’s largest comedy festival, TBS’s Just for Laughs Chicago, will give comedy fans every where an all access pass. There will be a digital comedy hub @ Stage 773 that fans will be able to access any time for free! The hub will be on several platforms, such as Team Coco, Dailymotion, Yahoo!, Twi...
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Jen Kirkman has no interest in having a child, to the tune writing an entire book about her lack of desire to procreate. I Can Barely Take Care Of Myself: Tales From A Happy Life Without Kids isn’t simply 224 pages of the phrase “Nope, not interested” repeated over and over, though, because...
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The raunchy, hilarious, down to earth comedian Amy Schumer just released her latest stand-up special, Mostly Sex Stuff on DVD (via Comedy Central). Just a few weeks before the premiere of her new TV show, Inside Amy Schumer which premieres on April 30th. It’s a laugh-your-ass-off type of speci...
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I’ve been a fan of Anthony Jeselnik ever since I saw him in person as the opening act for Brian Posehn at Laughs Unlimited in Sacramento. At the time, I failed to realize how hilarious he really was because I thought his monotone style was unispired ...
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If you caught David Letterman's sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey last weekend, then you might have noticed ads promoting a special "sneak peek" at a series called My Life is a Joke.
Well, it's not a series just yet. But it is something special -...
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A really polarizing story was recently published by The Chicago Tribune that basically was a defense of the heckling of a comedian. If you aren’t familiar with the term, “heckling” is when someone in the audience becomes disruptive during the time a comedian is on stage performing....
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Dan Telfer is a comedian currently hanging out in the Midwest riding a wave of some very successful Youtube videos that have allowed him to record shows for BBC and the Science Channel. He’s been named a best comedian of the year and earned a best album of the year recognition by The Onion A.V...
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To record her debut stand-up album, Beth Stelling wanted to go back to Chicago, where she got her comedy chops and became a local favorite. The trip was somewhat of a homecoming, after moving to Los Angeles and having a very busy and exciting year. C...
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New comedy albums from Chicago stand-ups: Beth Stelling, Adam Burke and Dan Telfer talk about recording their debut albums.
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It’s impossible to not laugh when talking to Julia Solomon, both with her and at her, at least a little – and she knows and relishes it. When we met, the 21-year-old stand-up comedian was brutally honest about her desire for fame, relative fortune and just getting people to like her. Well, not like her, but at least like her work.
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