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Mark Normand think comedy is finally getting a little bit of the respect it deserves.

Comedy Audiences Are “Night and Day” From Before The Pandemic Says Stand-Up Mark Normand

By Vic Shuttee

Jul 20, 2021

Look at Hamiliton! Imagine Hamilton in a Funny Bone in Des Moines, you know? It wouldn’t work. But it works on Broadway... So you put comedy in there and people go: ‘Hey, this is pretty good.’”

To borrow a phrase, Nicole Byer is nailing it

Between Baking and Wipeouts, Comic-Host Nicole Byer is Too Busy To Slow Down

By Vic Shuttee

Jul 14, 2021

"...I didn’t get to watch the Rugrats because I didn’t have cable growing up because my parents were fucking cheap and wanted to deprive me of fun and good times!"

Ms Pat is breaking out and not shy about wring laughs out of her wild life

Ms. Pat Finding Her New Groove by Playing Clubs and Prepping Her New BET+ Sitcom

By Vic Shuttee

Jun 21, 2021

"The really good thing about BET+ is they let me be me... They didn’t try to hush me up and I’ll tell you this: I’m NOT Claire Huxtable!”

If you've missed Bob Saget, he's missed you too - a lot.

Bob Saget Hasn't Been More Excited About Stand-Up Comedy "Since 1995"

By Vic Shuttee

Jun 2, 2021

"I don’t touch politics, I touch things that are… I don’t touch anything! That’s going to read well. I don’t touch anything anymore."

Doc Farrow is shedding weight and diving into life

Young Sheldon Co-Star Doc Farrow Came To Texas For The Skydiving (and the Stand-Up Too)

By Vic Shuttee

May 10, 2021

"The first couple of years I did stand up, I compared it to carrying a 80 pound pack in Iraq - It’s the scariest thing I’ve done, still is."

Matt Griffo is getting off the couch - and back on the stage

Musical Comic Matt Griffo Leads a Night of Tunes, Visual Art and Humor at Studio Regina

By Vic Shuttee

Apr 7, 2021

Whether it’s Second City or other groups... seeing how people persevere in improv, where they’re still saying ‘we’re gonna make stuff!’ To see them persevering, I think has been really great.

“Romanticized” Satirists Won’t Stop The Next Fascists, Warns Daily Show Vet Bassem Youssef

By Vic Shuttee

Feb 15, 2021

Even the "Jon Stewart of Egypt" admits that's America's Jon Stewart joining Twitter is exciting, saying: "That’s the best thing of 2021. Jon Stewart can lead us anywhere!"

The Rat Pack's cinematic adventure "Ocean's 11". Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop.

Joey Bishop: The Lost Rat in the Pack

By Bob Ruggiero

Dec 30, 2020

Deconstructing the Rat Pack: Joey, the Mob, and the Summit By Richard A. Lertzman with Lon Davis 367 pp. $24.98 Prestige Books For a brief time in the early ‘60s, they were the Connoisseurs of Cool and the Sultans of Swinging Swagger, taking Las Vegas by storm with a base...

Dave Chappelle is making notes, taking names.

Hot Off An SNL All-Timer, Chappelle Gives House of Blues Houston Three Nights

By Vic Shuttee

Nov 19, 2020

No stand-up comic in America offers a less predictable show than Dave Chappelle. The lion of stand-up has proven to be one of the fastest writers in the business, and show no qualms about releasing his quality material feverishly, often capturing the zeitgeist in sets that range from 15 minutes...

Outside and far away, Steve Trevino's comedy finds a way

Steve Trevino Doesn’t Agree That Comedy is “Unessential Work”

By Vic Shuttee

Oct 28, 2020

"Captain Evil is my wife! ...I’m very lucky to have a wife who is in on the joke, and she’s got thick skin"

Chingo Bling has always kept his foot in two worlds: comedy and music.

Rapper Turned Comic Chingo Bling Brings A More Mature Act to Houston Improv

By Vic Shuttee

Sep 9, 2020

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Dave is set to return for a second season in 2021.

FX Renews Dave for Second Season After Overwhelming First Season Success

By Carlos Brandon

May 19, 2020

These days, cable networks have their work cut out for them in the perpetual content battle against the big streaming giants. With Netflix, Prime and HBO dominating the original content conversation, it seems the days of network dominance are a distant memory. And yet, in this cord-cutting dystopia, FX and...

With nowhere to go at the moment, Alan Zweibel puts his whole life on paper

Comedy Writer Alan Zweibel Curates Memoirs With Help From Funny Friends He’s Made Funnier

By Vic Shuttee

May 15, 2020

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Antennae up! ComedySportz Houston is going online.

At ComedySportz Houston, The Show Will Go Online on April Fools Day – Really!

By Vic Shuttee

Apr 1, 2020

"We’re going to actually have players broadcasting from their home, in their living rooms or whatever rooms they have in their house, and we’re going to be playing ComedySportz games right there."

Robert Price feels like a superhero with his Barbie bari-tenor guitar

With Live Gigs Scarce, Comic-Songwriter Robert Price Goes Digital with “Heartbreak” Album

By Vic Shuttee

Mar 25, 2020

“Every song is like a little play you don’t have to go to. Which is really convenient, because now we can’t!"

Maysoon Zayid’s First Rule As A Stand-Up Comic: DO NO HARM

By Vic Shuttee

Feb 4, 2020

"I was up against the wall of not seeing people on TV who looked like me, whether it was being a woman of color, or being disabled, or being of fluffy size."

Adult Swim Stars Tim and Eric Fight “Relatable Safe Comedy” with Absurdity and Silliness

By Vic Shuttee

Jan 28, 2020

“It’s ’95 so – yeah, it’s 25 years! In the fall it will be 25 years. That’s the Jubilee, no? The semi-Jubilee."

Kathleen Madigan will keep doing comedy, as long as it keeps being fun

If Comedy Ever Stops Being Fun, Stand-Up Kathleen Madigan Can Always Bartend

By Vic Shuttee

Jan 16, 2020

“The comedians that I’m friends with are great to drink with, and the ones that are not great to drink with are not my friends”

Lewis Black is ranting for his health, and yours!

Legendary Satirist Lewis Black Returns To The City That Drove Him To Comedy

By Vic Shuttee

Jan 15, 2020

"Most people, what’s really being missed in all this, is there is this great middle, and it’s the middle that’s important. That’s what counts."

Yvonne Orji doesn't know the meaning of the word "Hiatus" - she's working year-round!

Far From Insecure, Nigerian-American Comic Yvonne Orji is Thriving

By Vic Shuttee

Jan 9, 2020

"You know when you get that biggest laugh, you’ve told a truth that resonates beyond just that circle of friends"

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