By Billy Procida | February 6, 2013 at 12:21 pm | No comments
Here is part deux of my interview with stand-up comedian and former Fear Factor host, Joe Rogan. The first part is here. If you’re just joining us, Joe self-released his own special on his website for $5 (go to joerogan.net and watch that now if you haven’t already!)....
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By Billy D. Washington | February 6, 2013 at 11:15 am | 15 comments
Periodically stand-up comedians will go through the rigors of the newspaper interview in which the writer will ask the inevitable question about our comedy influences to complete the article. Citing people like Pryor, Carlin and Hicks is a lot more sexy than Captain Rowdy, Danny...
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By Laughspin Staff | January 22, 2013 at 1:11 pm | No comments
Hardcore comedy nerds already know the story of how Eddie Murphy basically discovered Chris Rock, while the young comedian was working at the Comic Strip on Manhattan's Upper East Side. But this stellar animation from TWIRI Sports brings new life to the tale-- and exposes those...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | January 16, 2013 at 4:38 pm | 2 comments
Quickly rising comedians Kurt Braunohler and Erik Griffin just signed deals to release their first live comedy albums, and both are doing so as two indie music record labels' first comedians. Braunohler, the host of IFC's absurd game show Bunk!, will record his debut album for...
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By Billy Procida | January 15, 2013 at 10:06 am | 3 comments
Joe Rogan is known from a variety of places: host of Fear Factor, commentator for the UFC; former co-host of The Man Show, his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience and for the older crowd, his role on the NBC sitcom, News Radio. But if you don’t already, the one place you should...
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By Laughspin Staff | January 11, 2013 at 1:51 pm | 7 comments
Although we're not huge fans of beauty contests, we'd be remiss if we didn't mention this cool little tidbit about Miss Montana's role in tomorrow night's Miss America pageant. It turns out that Alexis Wineman, 18, is the youngest contestant ever competing this year and she's...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | January 9, 2013 at 11:53 am | No comments
Update, 5:15 pm ET: This morning, Williams didn't show up to his Yolo County court appointment (mentioned in the story below). As a result, a $10,000 bench warrant for his arrest was issued, according to CBS in Sacramento.
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Troubled comedian Katt...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | December 20, 2012 at 12:36 pm | No comments
On the heels of the release of his stellar second album and DVD Whiskey Icarus, comedian Kyle Kinane stopped by Conan last night. During his five minutes onstage, the Chicago native was able to rewrite the story of the Three Wisemen, opine on an enraging bar patron, examine the...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | December 13, 2012 at 3:34 pm | 2 comments
Although Andrew 'Dice' Clay's popularity waned after his reign as one of the world's most popular comedians of the 1980s, the veteran performer has never really left the stage, as he's continued to tour clubs and theaters for years.
And that's about to become clear as his...
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