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Japanese TV Show Featuring Blackface Actor Sparks Controversy

Editorial note: This appeared on TV while I happened to be watching, here in Japan, and I was able to capture a few screen shots, as seen here. I didn’t get that he was portraying Eddie Murphy, but knew it would hit a nerve. Sure enough, only [...]

Πόνος και γέλιο: Greece Finds Stand-Up Comedy Amid Economic Tragedy

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AFP-Jiji) — The crammed basement bar heaves with laughter as the young comedians take to the microphone, riffing on daily life in austerity-slammed Greece. This is one of a growing number of open mic nights to have sprung up [...]

Jerry Lewis Dies: Comedy Legend, Classic Filmmaker Was 91

Bruce Haring reports: Jerry Lewis, one of Hollywood’s greatest slapstick comedians, a filmmaker of exceptional popularity and novelty, and a humanitarian who transformed the celebrity telethon into a massive fundraising tool, has died. He was [...]

Season 1 of ‘I’m Dying Up Here’ Favors Fiction Over History

Harry Waksberg writes: Showtime’s I’m Dying Up Here, which ended its first season last night, is the newest unfunny drama about the world of comedy. Based in part on the book by the same name by William Knoedelseder, it’s a fairly unambitious [...]

[VIDEO] Series Premiere Full Episode: ‘I’m Dying Up Here’

The stand-ups at L.A.’s primo comedy club, run by the formidable Goldie, react in unexpected ways when one of their own books an appearance on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.’ Don’t miss new episodes of I’m [...]

The Day Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Teamed Up

Eddie Deezen writes: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were introduced on a New York street in March of 1945. Dean was born Dino Paul Crocetti in Steubenville, Ohio, on June 7, 1917. Jerry was born Jerome Levitch in Newark, New Jersey, on March 16, [...]

[VIDEO] OH YES THEY DID: Louis C.K. & Leslie Jones’s SNL Sketch ‘This Is How I Talk’

After getting caught imitating his boss (Leslie Jones), a new employee (Louis C.K.) must play off the impression as his real talking voice in order to not get fired. Jeremy Gerard writes: In the Department Of So-How-Was-The-Play-Mrs. [...]

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