10 great places where comedy is king - USA TODAY

10 great places where comedy is king - USA TODAY

10 great places where comedy is kingUSA TODAYSchumer shares some favorites withLarry Bleibergfor USA TODAY. Gotham Comedy Club. New York. Schumer has a weak spot for this Manhattan club, where she became established as a comedian. "Gotham actually grew me. It's the first place I ever got on ...Comedy Central to 'certify' comedy clubs: Selected clubs will be promoted on ...Chicago Tribuneall 3 news articles »

NY groups support access to gun owners' info - Asbury Park Press

NY groups support access to gun owners' infoAsbury Park PressEnd a busy work week with comedy from Stress Factory Comedy Club in New Brunswick, NJ! Save now a... OCEAN BEST BUYS · Hair Friends and Company: $25 Gift Certificate On Sale For $12.50. Not only does Hair Friends and Company feature a full line ...and more »

Amy Winehouse Watched YouTube Videos Of Herself The Night Before She Died: Report

Coroner Shirley Radcliffe ruled that Winehouse did not die under suspicious circumstances and lost her life due to accidental alcohol poisoning , the Associated Press reports.

Comedy Listings for Jan. 11-17 - New York Times

Comedy Listings for Jan. 11-17New York TimesMo Rocca, the writer and comedian; David Sax, author of “Save the Deli”; Carla Hall, a former “Top Chef” contestant and co-host of “The Chew”; Joan Nathan, a cookbook author and contributor to The New York Times; and Alan Richman, GQ's restaurant ...

TV: HBO's "Girls" still reinventing the twentysomething feminine experience

When a young man locks a young woman inside his art installation, a claustrophobic box made of TV screens blaring loud footage of death and decay, the viewer can't help but root for the woman to burst out screaming.

'Steve Harvey' Talk Show Renewed For Second Season - Huffington Post

'Steve Harvey' Talk Show Renewed For Second SeasonHuffington Post<b>Started Out</b>: Doing stand-up comedy in 1985 in New York City's Catch a Rising Star Comedy Club. <br><b>Big Break</b>: Was a cast member of the popular sketch comedy series 'Saturday Night Live.' <br><b>Factoid</b>: Born in 1965, Rock won a ...and more »

Make room for comedy: Can Destiny USA's new Funny Bone comedy club ... - Syracuse.com

Make room for comedy: Can Destiny USA's new Funny Bone comedy club ...Syracuse.comPerhaps a lot more as the newest addition to the funny side of night life arrives in Central New York this weekend. The Funny Bone Comedy Club and Restaurant opens its 19th location Saturday, in Destiny USA, and it will be cutting it up with touring ...

Big Apple Comedy Club brings laughs to Newton - The Sparta Independent

Big Apple Comedy Club brings laughs to NewtonThe Sparta IndependentJohnny Lampert is a regular at New York City's and Los Angeles' best comedy clubs including The Comic Strip, Caroline's Comedy Club and The Improv. Lampert has also made numerous television appearances on MTV, A&E, Comedy Central, NBC's Friday ...

NBCU Announces 2012 Stand-Up for Diversity Winners - Back Stage

Back StageNBCU Announces 2012 Stand-Up for Diversity WinnersBack StageBronx-born Brillon is a comedian, actor, and writer who has been featured on Comedy Central's “Live at Gotham” and performs regularly at New York comedy clubs including Carolines on Broadway, the Laugh Factory, Stand Up NY, Comic Strip Live, and ...

Chicago Sketchfest | Comedy reviews

Chicago Sketchfest Our reviews from this year's festival.

Episodes: Seasons 1 & 2

Highly Recommended The TV Series: The second season of Showtime's acclaimed comedy series Episodes has arrived on DVD - packaged with the first season , which came out on disc a scant seven months ago. Although one has good reason to quibble with Showtime's marketing practices (and, pray tell, where's the blu-ray?), this double-disc set serve as a good, concise helping of one of the funnier ...

TCA Press Tour: What Looks Interesting So Far - 15 Shows That Are Noteworthy

Boy, that looks bad. read more

TV highlights for Tue, Jan 8

National TV highlights for Tuesday, January 8.

Todd Barry playing multiple NYC shows at Eastville Comedy Club before 'The ... - Brooklyn Vegan (blog)

Brooklyn Vegan (blog)Todd Barry playing multiple NYC shows at Eastville Comedy Club before 'The ...Brooklyn Vegan (blog)Todd Barry has been one of my favorite comedians for the past 10 years and the only reason he didn't make it onto my Top 10 Mostly Local Comedians Who I Really Enjoyed in 2012 list is because he is a seasoned 25-year veteran of the biz and as close to ...

Funny Bone Comedy Club ready to open at Destiny USA with plenty of laughs ... - Syracuse.com

Syracuse.comFunny Bone Comedy Club ready to open at Destiny USA with plenty of laughs ...Syracuse.comCentral New York's newest comedy club is set to open this month, and plenty of acts are already lined up for the entertainment venue in the expansion area of Destiny USA, the mall formerly known as the Carousel Center. Syracuse's Funny Bone Comedy ...

Ray Collins dies; singer with the Mothers of Invention was 75

Collins, who was steeped in doo-wop and pachuco, was critical to the band's early sound. He fired the group's first guitarist and replaced him with Frank Zappa. Collins left the band in 1968. The Soul Giants were a struggling R&B cover band in Pomona in the mid-1960s when lead singer Ray Collins fired the group's guitarist and invited a musical collaborator from Rancho Cucamonga to take his ...

Ray Pugh, inspiration to children and adults, dies at 83

RAYMOND PUGH: Pugh had a simple motto: "It's all about the kids." He lived those words in front of classrooms, football teams, elementary school assemblies and even on a backyard stage as a boy.

5 best comedy albums of 2012

Kyle Anderson: Tig Notaro, Paul F. Tompkins, John Mulaney, Hannibal Buress, Jonah Ray at top of game

Gramercy Comedy Club Offers Brunch Without the Laughs - DNAinfo

Gramercy Comedy Club Offers Brunch Without the LaughsDNAinfoGRAMERCY — At a new comedy club in Gramercy, brunch is no laughing matter. The Stand, which opened in September on Third Avenue near East 20th Street, has decided to serve weekend brunches, offering a new menu that includes Peking duck and ...

New on DVD and Blu-ray, Dec. 14

New on DVD and Blu-ray, Dec. 14 The Bourne Legacy This death-rattle addendum to the Bourne trilogy features a new secret agent (Jeremy Renner) running from his own government, this time accompanied by a scientist, played by Rachel Weisz. [...] just getting to that point in the story takes a long, long hour, filled with pointless and confusing exposition, and the movie resolves inconclusively, as ...