When it comes to stand-up comedy legends, two names instantly come to mind: George Carlin and Richard Pryor. Pryor’s been delighting audiences since the early 1970’s with his unique blend of storytelling and contemporary issues. In fact, giving his material a play these days shows just how fre... [Read More]

[Note: This review includes tracks that will appear on the album/DVD available for purchase, but were edited out of the May 12 Comedy Central airing.] If you’re depressed and can’t afford therapy or Zoloft, just buy a copy of Pete Holmes’ “Nice Try, ... [Read More]

Hey, comedy fans! Here's a new thing. Actually, a few new things. The Comic's Comic sat down with Erik Griffin this spring before he recorded his first half-hour stand-up comedy special for Comedy Central's The Half Hour -- that debuts tonight at 12:... [Read More]

Andy Kaufman lives! Long live Andy Kaufman! At least on a new CD, or what the grown-ups call music and recorded listening sounds these days, anyhow -- which is something Kaufman never experienced in his lifetime. Andy and His Grandmother is a posthum... [Read More]

“Last Comic Standing” champ Josh Blue’s most recent special “Sticky Change” will be released by New Wave Dynamics on May 21 – digitally and in a CD/DVD combo pack. Blue became a part of the comedy world after he became the winner of NBC’s... [Read More]

The Last Comic Standing champion, Josh Blue, is back with the release of his new special Sticky Change on CD/DVD. Blue has a unique way of presenting himself, bringing tons of jokes that actually poke fun at himself. Now, you may be thinking there are a lot of comics that point jokes at themselves, ... [Read More]

On Friday, April 26, Comedy Central will bring Stand-Up Month to an end with Al Madrigal’s debut stand-up special, “Al Madrigal: Why is The Rabbit Crying?” This will be Madrigal’s first Comedy Central one-hour stand-up special... [Read More]

Gabriel Iglesias doesn’t so much tell jokes as act them out like classic radio plays, inhabiting various characters with a snappy, head-spinning precision that would make most vocal actors jealous. It tends to render the physical side of his shows less essential than his rubbery, high-pitched voice,... [Read More]

For his new stand-up comedy special, Gabriel Iglesias is so big he needs three Sundays to air all of "Aloha Fluffy" on Comedy Central -- April 7 and April 14 -- with the entire stand-up performance airing at once on April 27, 2013. Iglesias also has ... [Read More]

For the last few years, Tom Green has been criss-crossing the country and hitting every major comedy club in an effort to get back to his stand-up comedy roots– and he’s done so like a boss. The culmination of all that hard work (and fun)... [Read More]