by Matt on September 29, 2010
Comedian, writer, TV personality, and former lawyer Greg Giraldo died today, he was 44. Giraldo died at Robert Wood Johnson hospital in New Brunswick, NJ with his family present. This past weekend, Giraldo was found by a friend after missing a scheduled show at The Stress Factory. He was then rushed to the hospital where he was in critical ...
by Ilya on September 27, 2010
Greetings comedy fans, unfortunately we have had to start out the week with some bad news about one of our favorite comedians Greg Giraldo being hospitalized. We know you will get better soon and to quote John from your Facebook fan page "Don't be so fucking hip, Greg. Just because Lindsay and Paris are doing it... Get help, get ...
by Matt on September 26, 2010
If you are following anyone comedy-related on the Twitter feed you'll learn the current big news is that comedian Greg Giraldo has been hospitalized after what's being called an accidental and mistaken prescription pill overdose last night. He was found by a friend and taken to Robert Wood Johnson hospital in New Brunswick, NJ where he's in critical but stable ...
by Matt on September 13, 2010
Too many books about stand-up comedy fall into one of two categories; the obviously phoned-in autobiography of some famous comedian used to pad bank accounts, or a hackneyed "how to" manual about telling jokes that is about as funny as a trainwreck (and not the hilarious kind). ¡Sataristas! doesn't fall in either of those categories, it's the kind of book that ...
by Matt on August 24, 2010
Damn! We have to get them that cake before we forget. We don't want to be bad comedy bloggers.
Punchline Magazine will celebrate its 5 year anniversary on October 5th at Comix nightclub in NYC.
This year they wrangled some really awesome talent. So far Christian Finnegan, Todd Barry, and Hannibal Buress are all scheduled to perform. ...
by Ilya on August 16, 2010
Between you and me, the last few years the Comedy Central Roasts have been pretty meh. Sure they were funny, but they weren't that level of balls out laugh out loud hilarity that a roast should be. Unfortunately this had a lot to do with who the roastee was. Let's be honest a guy as squeaky clean as Jeff Foxworthy ...
by Matt on August 10, 2010
Last night's 2 hour season finale of Last Comic Standing attempted to avoid the hurdles of most competition finales when producers double the length of time and fill nearly all of that extra time with filagree and pageantry that isn't needed. For the most part, the season 7 finale of LCS avoided a lot of these pitfalls (but still got ...
Last Comic Standing was chock full of drama the last few seasons - mid-season network switches, multi-year hiatuses, accusations of audition fixes, world travels, and even Ant serving as a judge. But has it had enough funny? All topics it appears the show's producers are trying hard to rectify on Season 7, which made its debut this week.
The show has ...
