Comedians climb charts in dreary times
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An awful lot of people think he's the funniest thing this side of the Mason-Dixon line. But offstage, self-professed redneck Larry the Cable Guy is not really Southern and &#151; on this recent afternoon at least &#151; not really interested in being funny.
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How Michael Showalter segued from sketches and films to a slightly askew kind of stand-up.
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Seinfeld star comedian Michael Richards feels he has lost his sense of humour.
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John Kerry can&#39;t do comedy. The world kind of knew that already, but Kerry can do bemused politician. This talent might help him in his television appearances.
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Two stand-up comics accused of making  light of the Holocaust at the Edinburgh Fringe festival hit  back at their critics on Tuesday, igniting a debate about  where, if anywhere, to draw the line in comedy.
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In a revelation that should give late-night comedians two or three days&#39; worth of snark fodder, the headlines this morning startled us with the news that the world&#39;s
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Since the box office hit rock bottom last weekend, there's no place to go but up. And two films targeting very different audiences are looking to take advantage of the usual seasonal slump this weekend.
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NEW YORK  - Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert returned to the airwaves without their striking writers Monday with similarly in-depth but divergent explorations of the walkout that had silenced the comics for more than two months.
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Some of the songs have terrible lyrics.
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Between Billy Bob Thorntonâs wry performance and Tami Reikerâs nuanced photography, you half-expect âMr. Woodcockâ to deliver more than formulaic laughs.
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With Fox Newsâs âThe Â½ Hour News Hour,â sometimes the humor is so heavy-handed that it seems almost like self-parody.
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The performers are not stars, but the price is competitive.
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The writersâ strike forced hosts like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to improvise more than most viewers probably know.
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Like a fading singer, Colin Montgomerie has spent the latter years of his career experiencing long lulls and an occasional high.
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Colin Quinn, Eddie Izzard, Paula Poundstone and Sarah Silverman are just some of the comics who will perform at the annual U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colo. (Feb. 9-13), according to organizers.
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One of America's hottest comics on how he translates sore points into comic relief
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The tone was light, but the dapper comedian&#39;s words were sobering as he outlined his vision for regime change in leftist Venezuela.