Steven Wright

WATCH: Highlights From Hot New Comedy Festival

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 05.01.2012

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

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

Posted 05.22.2012

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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...

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

Posted 03.25.2012

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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...

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35 Classic One-liners About Aging

John Blumenthal | Posted 02.03.2012

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John Blumenthal

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

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Steven Wright's Longest Joke

Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Funny, Lotd, Joke, Steven Wright, Women News

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...

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Early Steven Wright

Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Video, Lotd, Steven Wright, Funny Videos, Women News

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...

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Memories of a Great Friend

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011

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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...

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

Ruth Gerson | Posted 11.17.2011

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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.

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

J. Pittman McGehee | Posted 05.25.2011

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J. Pittman McGehee

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

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

Rip Empson | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.'

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Steven Wright Offers Pony Rides

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jon Chattman

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

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