Steven Wright

WATCH: Highlights From Hot New Comedy Festival

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 05.01.2012

Was the Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival, whose inaugural run took place last weekend in Austin, Texas, "important for comedy"? Who knows. Probabl...

Kathy Griffin Pokes Fun At Oprah Winfrey On 'Inside Comedy'

Posted 05.22.2012

David Steinberg sat down to talk with Kathy Griffin on "Inside Comedy" (Thu., 11 p.m. ET on Showtime) about her comedic influences and the evolution o...

Steven Wright's Longest Joke - "I was on a bus and I started talking to this blond Chinese girl..."

Posted 03.25.2012

When I interviewed the brilliant Steven Wright for my book, Growing Up Laughing, I asked him to tell me his longest joke on record. Here's what he tol...

35 Classic One-liners About Aging

John Blumenthal | Posted 02.03.2012

John Blumenthal

"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work," said Woody Allen, "I want to achieve it through not dying."

Steven Wright's Longest Joke

Posted 06.25.2011

When I interviewed the brilliant Steven Wright for my book, "Growing Up Laughing," I asked him to tell me his longest joke on record. Her...

Early Steven Wright

Posted 06.25.2011

When I interviewed Steven Wright for my book, "Growing Up Laughing," he told me about the early days of his career. As you can see from this...

Memories of a Great Friend

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011

Michael Sigman

Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events. --Albert Einstein Barry S. Sapolsky, 61, passed away on November 28, 2010 after a long a...

'Dance, Monkey, Dance!': How to Deal With Stage Fright

Ruth Gerson | Posted 11.17.2011

Ruth Gerson

It isn't that I'm afraid of being judged, laughed at or forgetting the words. It is a physical response for me that seems to happen at random.

The Spiritual Journey from Biography To Autobiography - changing one's mind...

J. Pittman McGehee | Posted 05.25.2011

J. Pittman McGehee

Of all the spiritual and psychological tasks toward individuation or wholeness, changing one's mind may be the most difficult.

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

Rip Empson | Posted 05.25.2011

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.'

Steven Wright Offers Pony Rides

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Jon Chattman

The comedian talks about comedy, American Idol and Roger Moore.