The first week of Comedy Central's new stand-up showcase show The Half Hour is behind us. Did you check out Rory Scovel and Michael Palascak on Friday? What did you think? Well, the second week is upon us. And as we'll be doing every Monday morning, it's time to gift you guys...
More and more comedians are heading to relatively new cable network Epix to premiere their stand-up specials-- and Jim Norton is the latest. His newest offering Please Be Offended, recorded at the Ohio Theatre in Cleveland, will debut June 30. Norton joins the likes of Lewis...
Some comedians gauge success by television appearances or stand-up specials, album sales or the ability to sell out theaters. And Mike Birbiglia has done all these things and more. But somehow I get the feeling he's pretty proud of his latest accomplishment: The Birbig...
Come on out to laugh for the EveryMan… well, at least if you're going to be in the Beverly Hills area this Sunday. The consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen is holding its annual 'Stand Up For Main Street' benefit. According to its website, "the Washington D.C.-based...
This one time, comedian Dana Gould was onstage at the intimate Laughing Skull Lounge in Atlanta. This woman began heckling. And then Gould responded. This is how that...
Though he's in the midst of a career arc, Laughspin can confirm that cult comedian Rick Shapiro has suffered a “mild cardiac event” exacerbated by a hypersensitivity to prescribed medication. He's currently resting in a Los Angeles-area hospital, Shapiro’s manager Tracy...
Today's the day, folks! Jim Gaffigan's newest stand-up special Mr. Universe has finally arrived in stores exclusively online at JimGaffigan.com and it can be all yours for a measly $5-- $1, of which goes to the Bob Woodruff Foundation, which helps wounded veterans and their...
On Tuesday, we posted a video of a comedian getting mercilessly heckled onstage in New York City during an open mic. In short, she was disrupting many comedians' sets that night and then she took the stage. The video has since been removed from YouTube. However, the comedian...
With about one million YouTube views, an official website, 12,000+ Twitter followers and nearly 12,000 Facebook fans, 5-year-old comedian Zay Zay has a Web presence most working comedians would kill for. But does he have jokes? Sure, he has jokes, and they're all laid out in...
