Comedians

12 Comics Who Aren't Funny? Or, Let Us Now Bash Robin Williams Part. 1

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 11.28.2009 | Comedy


Jonathan Leigh Solomon

Who is Sarah Ball and why is she saying awful things about Emo Phillips? And, why is she not saying awful things about Robin Williams?

George Carlin: The Last Words of America's Greatest Comedian

Tony Hendra | Posted 11.16.2009 | Comedy


Tony Hendra

Calling George Carlin a "comedian" describes his work as inadequately as "painter" describes Francis Bacon or "guitarist" BB King. No one understood better that comedy at its best is a dark and beautiful art.

Top 10 Reasons This Woman Can't Write for Late Night Comedy Shows

Catie Lazarus | Posted 11.18.2009 | Comedy


Catie Lazarus

My lady sensibility is limited to menstruation (hilarious), babies (adorable), and unicorns mating (adorably hilarious).

Bob Saget Means Well: A Huffington Post Interview

Jon Chattman | Posted 11.07.2009 | Entertainment


Jon Chattman

Bob Saget is probably the only man alive who could pull off a fundraiser for a debilitating disease one night, and sing a tune like "My dog licked my balls" the next. In both capacities, he kills.

Comedian Lenny Bruce Memorabilia at Auction

Reyne Haines | Posted 10.10.2009 | Style


Reyne Haines

The auction is being held to raise funds for Lenny's House, a non-profit recovery house for women healing from addiction. This is the first time the Estate has ever auctioned off any of its items.

Alter-Egos: 10 Comedy Characters Who Have Had A Life Of Their Own

The Comic's Comic | Posted 09.28.2009 | Comedy


Comedians have created and pulled off countless characters over the years (just think of your favorite sketch groups or shows, such as Saturday Night ...

Why Am I Following You On Twitter?

Sean L. McCarthy | Posted 09.28.2009 | Comedy


Sean L. McCarthy

My friends here at HuffPost recently posted a list of 50 funny people to follow on Twitter, and hearing all the thank-yous and hey-what-about-mes that followed, I wondered why I follow 436 people.

Mike Birbiglia Talks Red Carpets, His Awkwardness, And Dust-Bustering In His Sleep

Rip Empson | Posted 09.25.2009 | Home


Rip Empson

Whenever people say, 'wait, how come you're not funny?' Or something like that, I'm always like, 'if I said to you casually the stuff that I say on stage, it would get really uncomfortable.'

14 Reasons I'm Looking Forward To Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival

Sean L. McCarthy | Posted 08.22.2009 | Comedy


Sean L. McCarthy

This year, Apatow is holding a red-carpet premiere of his new movie about comedians, Funny People, at the fest. Will it live up to its often-brilliant online promotional campaign?

Comedians Mourn Palin's Resignation

Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.03.2009 | Comedy


Andy Borowitz

Moments after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced her resignation from office, comedians from coast to coast held candlelight vigils to mourn what one comic called "a devastating loss."

Hey Zach, Your Galifianakis Is Showing

Danny Groner | Posted 07.02.2009 | Comedy


Danny Groner

It's only once you accept that Galifianakis intends to challenge the rubric and common tradition by which comedians abide and oblige that you can appreciate this humor and style.

Funny & Fine: Who's America's Sexiest Comedian? You Decide! (SLIDESHOW) (POLL)

Huffington Post | Posted 06.27.2009 | Comedy


We've selected 15 of the sexiest funnymen we know for a HuffPost poll of ridiculous proportions. They're all hilarious, they're all more comedian than...

Who Is Pressing The Pressmen?

Emily Bracken | Posted 04.29.2009 | Comedy


Emily Bracken

Humorists and comedians are a curious bunch. Quixotic by nature, they want so desperately to live in a world of decency, fairness and goodness, and in Stewart's case, in a world where the media grew some cajones.

"New York Post"'s Jokes Of The Year (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 04.29.2009 | Comedy


The "New York Post" compiled a pretty random list of the year's best jokes by asking comedians to select their favorites. Most of them picked their o...

Jim Gaffigan's "King Baby" Reviewed

Sean L. McCarthy | Posted 04.27.2009 | Comedy


Sean L. McCarthy

On camping, he notes: "Some places you have to pay to sleep outside. That's got to be insulting to homeless people."

The Celebrity Apprentice: Now Officially a Sitcom!

Sean L. McCarthy | Posted 03.29.2009 | Comedy


Sean L. McCarthy

Just when you thought your 2009 was going to be Trump-free...the second edition of The Celebrity Apprentice starts.

Inside the Last Days of Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Sean L. McCarthy | Posted 03.23.2009 | Comedy


Sean L. McCarthy

Most clip packages got debated and selected months ago. On Wednesday, writers huddled in one of the offices trying to select clips for a last-minute addition to the highlight reels.

Dear Sarah Palin: It's Not Comedians' Fault, It's Yours

Jim David | Posted 02.12.2009 | Media


Jim David

I'm sorry, but as a comedian, Sarah Palin is pure comedy gold, a God given treasure trove of instant material, and I hope she sticks around because I need said material.

Taking the Stage for Improvisational Comedy

Danny Groner | Posted 02.06.2009 | Entertainment


Danny Groner

I enrolled in a free introduction to improv course at a local theater this week to spend time working with talented performers.

Ebony and Irony: Think Critically, or Hope?

Kelly Carlin-McCall | Posted 01.10.2009 | Entertainment


Kelly Carlin-McCall

It isn't that hope or irony are wrong, what's wrong is that we think we need to pit them against each other, and that they can't co-exist. The old lines in the sand are being erased on every level.

Free Zarganar

Buddy Winston | Posted 12.22.2008 | Home


Buddy Winston

Popular Burmese comic Zarganar has received a 45 year prison sentence by the Burma government for violating the Electronics Act, which regulates elec...

Thank You, Comedians!

Mike Bonifer | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics


Mike Bonifer

In the Age of Irony, there is no such thing as just a pig. It's what kind of joke you make about the pig that gets your point across. Its your mega-pig that counts.

Barack Obama: No Laughing Matter?

New York Times | Bill Carter | Posted 07.23.2008 | Media


What's so funny about Barack Obama? Apparently not very much, at least not yet. On Monday, The New Yorker magazine tried dipping its toe into broad s...