Adam Newman’s debut album Not for Horses (Rooftop Comedy Productions) is a diverse collection of observations from the mind of an intelligent, young comedian. Need proof? Newman spans everything from embarrassing public exploits while dog-sitting, the obvious lack of...
UPDATE: 7:30 pm EST Dave Chappelle performed last night -- this time, it was a 10-minute spot at Hard Rock Live (same venue) in Hollywood, FL and apologized for his "bad attitude" at Friday night's show. For the full story, read the original account below. It seems Dave...
Love him or hate him, comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham will return to Comedy Central on Sept. 25 with a brand new hour special, Controlled Chaos. And although the below teaser doesn't give us too much in the way of, um, teases, it does have some pretty sweet...
Listen, I'm not one to say, "We told you so," but when we (then, Punchline Magazine) said in 2009, that Myq Kaplan was a "comic to watch" we were pretty sure we'd end up being right. Since that time, Kaplan has finished in the top five of Last Comic Standing, released a...
When Larry David appeared on The Joy Behar Show on July 11, he more than hinted that he'd be up for returning to his roots-- stand-up comedy. You can see the video here. But in a new cover story for Rolling Stone, out July 22, it looks like he gets a little deeper into the...
On his new album for Comedy Central Records, Kurt Metzger Talks To Young People About Sex, the titular comedian takes the tradition of a relentless, rough-around-the-edges East Coast comic to the next level. Metzger – he also voices the character zombie Randall...
As iconic as he is, Jerry Seinfeld did not have an official presence online until he launched his site JerrySeinfeld.com on May 6. Well, before this past weekend even started, Jerry made another technological leap to the delight of his many fans: he joined Twitter. As of this...
Editor's note: When Punchline Magazine became Laughspin.com, we also became a little something more-- and that is, purveyors, of sort, of comedy. In short, Laughspin Records is now a thing. And we're putting out albums from comedians and comedic performers we believe in. Our...
Old and busted: corporate sponsorship. New hotness: Kickstarter-funded ventures. So that means Eugene Mirman’s on the cutting edge of hot. The comedian announced that the next installment -- the fourth, as some might call it -- of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival will be...
