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Fans Flee Tracy Morgan's Raunchy Carnegie Hall Performance

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 11.10.2009 | Comedy

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"Barack probably had Michelle in the window doggy-style. 'Yes, Mr. President, yes Mr. President,'" said Tracy Morgan Friday at Carnegie Hall, speculat...

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Fifty-Sixth Millionth Couple

Annabelle Gurwitch | Posted 11.05.2009 | Comedy

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Annabelle Gurwitch

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.

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Fifty-Sixth Millionth Couple

Annabelle Gurwitch | Posted 11.04.2009 | Comedy

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Annabelle Gurwitch

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.

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No Women Featured in NY Comedy Festival! No Joke!

Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment

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Beverly Wettenstein

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.

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Top Nine Reasons to See Bill Maher Perform at the 2009 NYCF

New York Comedy Festival | Posted 11.16.2009 | Comedy

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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?

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Top Nine Reasons NYC Is the Capital of Comedy

New York Comedy Festival | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York

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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."

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Improv Fans Flock by the Hundreds to See a 72-Hour Comedy Binge

Max Fox | Posted 09.19.2009 | Comedy

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Max Fox

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.

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Ricky Gervais: How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall? (VIDEO)

Posted 09.18.2009 | New York

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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...

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The Top Nine Reasons to Attend the New York Comedy Festival

New York Comedy Festival | Posted 09.12.2009 | Comedy

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8. You've always heard that Tracy Morgan is a lunatic on stage, but you've never experienced it for yourself.

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New York Comedy Festival Announces Line-Up: Andy Samberg, Artie Lange, Bill Maher, And Tracy Morgan To Perform

Posted 09.12.2009 | Comedy

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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...

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Gervais, Morgan, Maher To Headline New York Comedy Festival

AP | Posted 07.18.2009 | Comedy

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NEW YORK -- Ricky Gervais (Ger-VASE') Tracy Morgan and Bill Maher (MAR') will headline the sixth annual New York Comedy Festival. Organizers announce...

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"Daily Show" Writer: "It's Going To Be Fun Watching Fox News Rapidly Lose Their Balance"

New York Times | Dave Itzkoff | Posted 12.08.2008 | Media

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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...

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Recycled Gossip: Tara Reid Has Smelled Like Booze And Cigarettes For Weeks

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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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...

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Roseanne And Rosie's Raunchy Joint Routine

Us Weekly | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Rosie O'Donnell and Roseanne Barr opened the New York Comedy Festival Tuesday night at the Lincoln Center -- and nothing was off limits. Controversia...

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