By Dylan P. Gadino | May 17, 2011 at 3:14 pm | 13 comments
The first trailer for Zookeeper, the new comedy flick starring Kevin James, just hit the Web today. And, "wow" is all I have to say. The movie looks amazingly bad. I have a challenge for you. Try to get through the entire trailer. If you do, leave a comment about what you...
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By Punchline Magazine | December 29, 2010 at 8:49 am | 2 comments
If you’re here, you’ve probably seen that a few weeks ago we released our Top 10 Comedy Albums of 2010. Or maybe you were just Googling "year-end lists" and landed here. Or maybe you were searching for porn and got horribly lost. Whatever the case, we're happy to have...
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By Punchline Magazine | August 5, 2010 at 3:17 pm | No comments
Two days ago, Dane Cook appeared on Joe Rogan's UStream podcast. If you have two hours to spare you should surely check it out....
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By Becca Scheuer | July 28, 2010 at 1:48 pm | No comments
What happens when a comedian steals a joke? In most industries, creative material is effectively policed by Intellectual Property (IP) laws, putting a type of copyright on original material. However, in the chapter "Intellectual Property Norms in Stand-Up Comedy,” which will...
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By John Delery | April 29, 2010 at 1:07 pm | No comments
A loopy hour-long lecture with hilarious punch lines describes Talking Monkeys in Space, the latest CD from the always voluble and volcanic Joe Rogan.
Consider this release from Comedy Central Records, Comedy 303, a master class in creative joke writing from Rogan, whose...
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By Punchline Magazine | April 30, 2007 at 7:45 am | One comment
Joke stealing has been getting a lot of attention lately, due to the battle between Joe Rogan and Carlos Mencia. Joke theft is always going to exist, for the simple reason that stealing jokes is a lot easier than writing them.
But there's a brand of purloined punch line that...
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