Many of the year’s best comedy specials share a reflective sense of mid-career reconsideration. The most striking of these is ...

The brilliant and beloved physical comedian, Lenny Schultz has died at the age of 91. The news was confirmed by his son, Mark Schultz, according The Hollywood Reporter. A frequent guest on late night ...

Jenny Slate was among the stellar comics that added to the greater gamut of stand-up excellence this past year, with “Seasoned Professional.” (Rebecca Rotenberg / Flickr) Sometimes I feel like a ...

Some have said that tragedy is an important element to comedy but, for some of stand-up’s most acclaimed stars, tragedy saw the end of their career. Far too many of our favorite comedians passed away ...

After years of being in stand-up comedy, Ronny Chieng’s career is most certainly heating up. These days, the 39-year-old comic can’t even walk through the halls of “The Daily Show” where he’s been a ...

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