By Dave Emrich | July 21, 2011 at 11:38 am | No comments
Mary Tyler Moore is set to host a PBS tribute to The Ed Sullivan Show entitled Ed Sullivan’s Comedy Legends. The retrospective airs on Aug. 6 and will feature Ed Sullivan veterans such as Carol Burnett, Rich Little, Jackie Mason, Anne Meara, Carl Reiner, Joan Rivers and Jerry...
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By Punchline Magazine | July 11, 2011 at 1:36 pm | 3 comments
Comedian Lisa Lampanelli has been a busy gal. Not only has she been touring the country doing stand-up, but she's also been working on her one-woman Broadway show, which was announced last week. Today, however, we get the news that the "Queen of Mean" is also developing a new...
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By Punchline Magazine | May 20, 2011 at 5:49 pm | 2 comments
Simply brilliant.
Lisa Lampanelli is scheduled to perform tonight in Topeka, KS, which is where the Westboro Baptist Church is located.
Quick review: the WBC is led by Fred Phelps who routinely organizes protests against gays, Jews, Catholics, Lutherans—basically anyone who...
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By Punchline Magazine | May 13, 2011 at 5:54 pm | No comments
Tickets for the first few shows of The New Majority Comedy Tour, arguably the biggest comedy tour of the year, are now on sale. In each town the tour hits, Russell Peters, Gabriel Iglesias, Lisa Lampanelli and Steve Byrne will perform.
You can snag your tickets...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | March 4, 2011 at 1:12 pm | One comment
Two days ago, Comedy Central announced the list of folks who would be hurling insults toward Donald Trump during the taping of the network's roast of the man, premiering March 15 at 10:30 pm EST. Whitney Cummings, Anthony Jeselnik, Lisa Lampanelli, and Jeffrey Ross as well as...
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By John Delery | March 3, 2011 at 12:16 pm | 103 comments
Like Jim Norton and Patrice O’Neal, Sarah Silverman and Lisa Lampanelli, Daniel Tosh clearly belongs to Comics Without Borders, a cadre of comedians that fearlessly (some scolds may say tastelessly) crosses boundaries to deliver jokes to those in need…of convulsive...
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By Carrie Andersen | March 2, 2011 at 2:36 pm | 2 comments
Donald Trump is one of the most lampoonable guys around – which is why he’ll be the subject of a Comedy Central roast, taping next week and airing on March 15.
Today, the network announced the lineup of roasters who will be wittily tearing Trump a new one, and it looks to...
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By Punchline Magazine | January 21, 2011 at 12:53 pm | 16 comments
On the heels of the controversy-filled Ricky Gervais performance at the Golden Globes on Sunday, it seems just maybe we're about to spin out into another comedian-related discussion about whether said comic has "crossed the line."
This time, hugely popular insult comic Lisa...
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By Jeffrey Gurian | November 13, 2009 at 10:21 am | No comments
TRIBUTE TO MARJORIE GURIAN
This column will be kind of a double column due to the sudden passing of my beloved Mom, Marjorie Gurian, right at the time my last column was due. It just kind of rocked me, and brought home the concept that all we have is today.
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