No matter how quick the wit, no stand-up comic starts out a success. Forget the top: on the way to the bottom rung, comics need to endure endless open-mic tryouts, log thousands of miles for little or ...

Despite film and TV jobs not being what they once were and some comedians leaving Los Angeles, these stand-ups say LA is ...

However, stand-up comedy specials are the perfect antidote when nothing else appeals. Generally clocking in at about an hour, ...

After everything that happened in 2024, and heading into the five-year anniversary of the pandemic, you might have expected comedians to either reckon with the wreckage of the recent past and their ...

But as TV evolved, stand-up was along for the ride. HBO became the destination for the best comedy specials after George Carlin's infamous "Seven Words You Cannot Say on Television" aired on the the ...

No other comedy special this year accomplishes quite the same mixture of emotion that Jordan Jensen’s does. It is so closely written, so thoroughly and carefully conceived as a window into Jensen’s ...

What is it that has made Nate Bargatze one of the most popular comedians of his time? Some might argue it is the Tennessee native and family man's likable everyman quality, while others might say it ...

Get ready to laugh your way through March with Hammer & Nigel’s Stand-Up Comedy Madness on 93.1 WIBC Starting Monday March 16th! We’ve got 16 of the funniest comedians going head-to-head, and YOU get ...

Netflix has become a premier platform for streaming modern comedy specials, with some of the biggest names in the business launching their shows on the service. This includes a growing number of ...

Blair Socci grew up surrounded by older boys in her San Juan Capistrano neighborhood, and she quickly learned that if she didn’t figure out how to deliver a joke, she’d end up being the punchline. “I ...

Eddie Murphy is arguably one of the biggest comedians ever. Before making an impact on Saturday Night Live, he was building a reputation for himself with an early stand-up career, and continued to do ...