By Laughspin Staff | March 8, 2013 at 3:48 pm | 3 comments
Louis C.K.’s newest stand-up special is going down Saturday, April 13th at 10 pm ET on HBO. It’s called Oh My God (as was previously announced) and now it has an official trailer, which you should watch. Now!
In September, Oh My God will be available for $5 as a...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 8, 2013 at 12:24 pm | No comments
The legendary and dare we say, the better-than-ever, Andrew ‘Dice’ Clay will kick off a three-month residency in Las Vegas beginning March 14 at the club Vinyl at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. To celebrate the start of his “Indestructible" stand-up shows, there will be a...
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By Michael Q. Bullerdick | March 2, 2013 at 9:43 am | No comments
Two minutes into a conversation with legendary stand up comedian George Wallace and it’s clear that even after thirty-six years the man still loves his job. Lucky for us he does. Not just because we still get to enjoy his rapid-fire brand of observational humor, but because...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 1, 2013 at 12:42 pm | 4 comments
Long before Marc Maron made the Internet his bitch by launching one of the most successful podcasts of all time, he was a wirey, long-haired, blazer-wearing comic talking about booze and drugs onstage. The folks at Official Comedy unearthed this vintage clip from the late 1980s...
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By Laughspin Staff | February 28, 2013 at 2:59 pm | One comment
We already knew Louis C.K.’s latest stand-up comedy special would debut on HBO. But now we know the name and its premiere date: Oh My God -- his fourth special for HBO -- will debut April 13 at 10 pm EST on the cable giant.
Filmed at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, C.K....
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By Dylan P. Gadino | February 26, 2013 at 3:48 pm | No comments
The Supreme Court of New Jersey today delayed a ruling that would have established whether Vince August could keep his part-time job as a municipal judge while simultaneously working as a stand-up comedian. This morning's hearing came as August (real name: Vince A. Sicari) was...
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By Alf LaMont | February 21, 2013 at 9:34 am | 23 comments
I remember sitting in my office in 2010 and reading Doug Stanhope's evisceration of stand-up comedy classes. I remember it very clearly, in fact, because at the time I was deep into strategizing how a "traditional" comedy club could become the next Upright Citizen's Brigade...
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By Laughspin Staff | February 14, 2013 at 6:16 pm | 2 comments
Comedy Central will kick off its second year of filming its new half-hour comedy special series, plainly titled The Half Hour, which replaced the network’s original 30-minute stand-up series Comedy Central Presents. All shows will tape in Boston Feb. 26 through March 1 at the...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | February 14, 2013 at 4:22 pm | 10 comments
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s post, in which we relate the story of a heckler who ended his night with a wrought iron fence inside of his body, comes this delectable, exquisite and wholly satisfying interaction between one amazingly moronic audience member and one amazingly...
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