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Ernie Kovacs Was the Secret Father of Counterculture Comedy
Meet the guy who inspired ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Monty Python, the ‘National Lampoon’ and Dave Letterman
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4 15 ‘Far Side’ Comics for the Comedy Hall of Fame
These strips from ‘The Far Side’ have been thagomized into our brains
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- By Erik Barnes
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The New Season of 'I Think You Should Leave' Has More Comedic Fury Than Ever — But That Might Not Be A Good Thing
An angry Tim Robinson is a funny Tim Robinson. But he also runs the risk of becoming pretty one-note
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- By Matt Solomon
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Wild (Animal) Tales of the Three Stooges Wrestling a Bear Live on Stage
An excerpt from the new book ‘A Tour De Farce: The Complete History of the Three Stooges on the Road,’ a comedy encyclopedia that would soitenly make for a good Father’s Day gift
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- By Brian VanHooker
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13 of the Best Jokes About Summer
These laughs bring the heat
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- By Erik Barnes
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Like A Comedy Groundhog, Congressman Adam Schiff Steps Onto the Stand-up Stage Once A Year
The Senate candidate and amateur comic annually hijacks a prestigious Hollywood club to test his tight five
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- By Keegan Kelly
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Norm Macdonald’s Network TV Debut on ‘Letterman’ Is Delightfully 1990
Norm earned his late-night stripes with quips about Christie Brinkley and ‘The Dating Game’
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- By Keegan Kelly
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29 Tweets and TikToks That Kept Us Laughing All Week
Apparently, lesbians and the sun have at least one thing in common
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- By Ian Garner
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The Funniest Lines from ‘South Park,’ According to Reddit
Reddit ranks the most quotable quips of ‘South Park’
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- By Keegan Kelly
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Late-Night Guests Who Owned Their Hosts
Lindsay Lohan informed Letterman, ‘This is my show now’
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- By Matt Solomon
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Bobby Lee Calls Bullshit on Podcast Company Dumping Deal Over Morals Clause
Podcast company Wondery terminated their contract with ‘TigerBelly’ in the midst of the controversy over Lee’s Tijuana story
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- By Keegan Kelly
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‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Easter Egg Pays Tribute to Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner’s Friendship
‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s main love story pays tribute to a classic comedy friendship
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- By Matt Solomon
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Amy Schumer's Inclusion on This Viral Best Comedians of All Time List Is Making People Very Angry
Microsoft's chatbot A.I. Bard ranks the all-time great stand-ups -- humans disagree
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- By Keegan Kelly
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What Was Steve Martin Doing in Front of Joe Rogan’s Comedy Club?
Welcome to Unsolved Twitter Mysteries
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- By Matt Solomon
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Howie Mandel Is Ready for A.I. to Write His Jokes
Could Bing be Mandel’s new writer? ‘Well, that would be an honor’
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- By Matt Solomon
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