By Jeffrey Gurian | December 7, 2011 at 11:28 am | 5 comments
The comedy world is still in shock from the passing of the great Patrice O'Neal. I attended the services for Patrice Monday at the Park Avenue Christian Church, on 85th Street and Park Avenue in New York City. I purposely did not use the word "funeral" because the program for...
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By Laughspin Staff | December 2, 2011 at 5:59 pm | No comments
As we've reported earlier this week, a new Patrice O'Neal album, Mr. P. will be released Feb. 7, 2012. We learned today that all the proceeds will go to his family. You can pre-order it now. You can listen to a sample and check out the full track list here.
O'Neal suffered...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | December 1, 2011 at 5:48 pm | 3 comments
Yesterday, we gave you the great news that Patrice O'Neal recorded an album months before his death this week and that it will be released next year on Feb. 7. As you probably know, O'Neal passed away at 41 after suffering a stroke last month.
Today we're happy to let you all...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | November 30, 2011 at 1:50 pm | 21 comments
While the comedy world is reeling from the loss of Patrice O'Neal, who died this week after suffering a stroke in October, there's at least a small glimmer of positive news. A new Patrice O'Neal album, Mr. P, is set to be released Feb. 7, 2012 through BSeen Media, the same...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | October 26, 2011 at 7:01 am | 29 comments
After 30 minutes of ribbing amongst friends, the Opie and Anthony Show on SiriusXM this morning got serious. Veteran comedian and longtime O&A regular Patrice Oneal, recently seen on Comedy Central's Roast of Charlie Sheen, suffered a stroke last Wednesday.
Show co-host,...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | September 8, 2011 at 4:27 pm | No comments
Joining the already-stellar roster of roasters announced for the upcoming Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen, will be comedians Patrice Oneal, Amy Schumer and Jon Lovitz. In addition to those comedian types, actors William Shatner and Kate Walsh will also try their hand at...
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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 Dylan P. Gadino | February 17, 2011 at 6:15 pm | 2 comments
There are few comedians more divisive than Patrice O'Neal. In fact, the only reason he hasn't ruffled more liberal feathers than he already has, is due to his lack of widespread mainstream exposure. But that's about to change with his first hour-long special Elephant in the...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | February 17, 2011 at 11:54 am | No comments
This is a long-time coming, comedy fans. Patrice O'Neal will finally debut his own one-hour comedy special on Comedy Central this Saturday at 10 pm EST.
I've already seen it and it doesn't disappoint-- unless you hate Patrice O'Neal or any comic who talks about incredibly...
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