Up-and-coming stand-ups from across the country perform at the New York Comedy Festival....
Posted 01.11.2012
Just in time for Veterans Day, Jim Gaffigan told us what he would be like if he were forced to join the military today. Gaffigan performed on an al...
HuffingtonPost.com | Katla McGlynn | Posted 01.08.2012
President Obama punches a Wall Street Banker in the face. Terrorists plant Decoy Muslims on U.S. soil. New diet suggests imagining food as horrific ni...
Matt Wilstein | Posted 01.06.2012
This week, the New York Comedy Festival takes over NYC with everything from small shows in the back of Brooklyn bars to headlining double-header sets at large theaters.
New York Comedy Festival | Posted 10.10.2011
If, for no other reason, it will be fun to read all of the picket signs outside of Tracy Morgan's show
The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 05.25.2011
Maz Jobrani may be America's most high-profile Iranian-American comedian. Boosted by his appearances in "Friday After Next," "Better Off Ted" and "The...
The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 05.25.2011
Two nights ago at the Beacon Theater in New York City, music and comedy all-stars appeared to entertain for charity at the fourth annual Stand Up for ...
New York Comedy Festival | Posted 05.25.2011
You can watch it in your underwear and not get arrested for it.
AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — Aziz Ansari and Louis CK will be among the more than 150 comedians descending on New York for the city's annual comedy festival. An ...
New York Comedy Festival | Posted 05.25.2011
Margaret Cho hates Canal Street too, but she can tell people to get out of her way in two languages.
Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 05.25.2011
Today, The New York Comedy Festival (NYCF) in association with Comedy Central announced its stellar lineup for this year's festival to occur November ...
Annabelle Gurwitch | Posted 05.25.2011
Seeing her husband in the Oval Office cracks Michelle up ... " What are you doing here, get up from there!" she'll say. I'm so there, lady.
Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011
"Barack probably had Michelle in the window doggy-style. 'Yes, Mr. President, yes Mr. President,'" said Tracy Morgan Friday at Carnegie Hall, speculat...
Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 05.25.2011
The Primetime Emmy Awards showed that women writers on a comedy or variety series are a rare and endangered species. Only seven of the 81 writers were women.
Annabelle Gurwitch | Posted 05.25.2011
The first couple has tried to preserve their "date night tradition." We have too -- maybe we can double? On our most recent date night, we couldn't actually afford to leave our bedroom.
New York Comedy Festival | Posted 05.25.2011
5. The Daily Show and The Colbert Report don't tape on Sunday. What are you supposed to debate with your co-workers on Monday?
New York Comedy Festival | Posted 05.25.2011
7. There's a reason why all comedies are set in New York, while nearly every drama takes place on the countryside, by a lake, or in some kind of "nature."
Max Fox | Posted 05.25.2011
The Del Close Marathon brings a great blend of seasoned veterans, well-known comedians, and up-and-coming improv teams to one underground black box theatre.
Posted 05.25.2011
In a promo for the upcoming New York Comedy Festival, Ricky Gervais takes a profanity-laced stab at the age-old question: How do you get to Carnegie H...
Posted 05.25.2011
The New York Comedy Festival announced a tentative line-up today that adds Dane Cook, Mike Birbiglia and more to an already venerable list of stand-up...
New York Comedy Festival | Posted 05.25.2011
8. You've always heard that Tracy Morgan is a lunatic on stage, but you've never experienced it for yourself.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK -- Ricky Gervais (Ger-VASE') Tracy Morgan and Bill Maher (MAR') will headline the sixth annual New York Comedy Festival. Organizers announce...
New York Times | Dave Itzkoff | Posted 05.25.2011
Here's what four other participants in coming festival events had to say about the state of comedy and politics. J. R. Havlan Writer, "The Daily Sho...
Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011
The New York Daily News' Rush & Molloy mentioned the eau de Tara Reid in their column today with the following item: Don't look for Tara Reid on anot...
Us Weekly | Posted 05.25.2011
Rosie O'Donnell and Roseanne Barr opened the New York Comedy Festival Tuesday night at the Lincoln Center -- and nothing was off limits. Controversia...
www.comedycentral.com | Posted 01.13.2012