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A Sex Trafficking Story – My Night On The Streets of South Africa

“And though she be but little, she is fierce”.  William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a far cry from where I found myself this night, but I couldn’t help […]

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    The NFL, Fox, Roseanne Barr and the stand-up comedian’s Cancel This!

    A funny thing happened on the way to Sunday afternoon’s NFL NFC Championship game between the (losing) San Francisco 49ers and the (way victorious, on their way to the Super […]

    • Jan 30, 2023
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    Stand-up comedian Donnell Rawlings from “Chappelle’s Show” is still rich, biaaaaatch

    The last time that stand-up GOAT, Dave Chappelle, returned to Saturday Night Live as its host on November 12 – Chappelle’s third time hosting NBC’s SNL – he brought with […]

    • Jan 23, 2023
  • dave attell
    Stand-up comedian Dave Attell suffers no fools

    The phrase “comedian’s comedian” usually leaves me cold. The tired tag usually implicates a smart aleck-y brand of inside jokiness that never spreads its joy, outwards, to mere mortals. That […]

    • Jan 23, 2023
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    Hey, Hey, Hey, it’s Bill Cosby saying he’s going to tour again in 2023

    One of the most surprising things to come from the post-Christmas holiday week was the announcement that stand-up comedian, actor and storyteller Bill Cosby – the one-time dad-to-America-turned-convicted-rapist – would […]

    • Jan 3, 2023
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    Stand-up comedian and Amy Schumer collaborator Rachel Feinstein on how to make a New Year’s Eve party

    From the sound of things – be it her first stand-up comedy special, “Amy Schumer Presents Rachel Feinstein: Only Whores Wear Purple” or this conversation right before Christmas – comedian […]

    • Dec 28, 2022
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    Selective Outrage: The Year in Chris Rock

    Two weeks ago, I interviewed stand-up comedian and actor Jay Pharoah for Philadelphia Weekly. One of the things that Pharoah brought up, when discussing the concept of influence was the […]

    • Dec 27, 2022
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    Stand-up comedian Steve Hofstetter has a secret “Recipe” beyond trolling Conservatives and ruining Republican hecklers’ lives

    The first thing you should know about stand-up comedian Steve Hofstetter is that he was born on September 11, and that, as a self-proclaimed gallows humorist, that tragic date is […]

    • Dec 22, 2022
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    A year of comedian Amy Schumer in stand-up and beyond

    Currently touring in New Zealand before making her return to the United States, stand-up comedian, actor and author Amy Schumer has left America with a parting gift for the holidays, […]

    • Dec 19, 2022
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    Who Is Bad Bunny?

    This year’s Apple Music Artist of the Year and newly-minted multiple 2023 Grammy nominee, Bad Bunny, is way more than the sum of his parts. Which is why we are […]

    • Dec 1, 2022
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    Dave Chapelle, Louis CK and the Controversy of the Grammys’ Best Comedy Albums

    Last week, when the National Academy for the Recording Ars and Sciences dropped it annual noms for Best Comedy Album for its Grammy Awards, there was a handful of safely […]

    • Nov 22, 2022
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