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‘Jerry Before Seinfeld’ Trailer: The Comedian Tells His Earliest Jokes on Netflix
Jerry Seinfeld is a stand-up comedy legend. The comedian’s self-titled sitcom that he created with Curb Your Enthusiasm mastermind Larry David is one of the most successful network comedies of all time, which is impressive for a show that is famously about nothing. Plus, it’s kind of the inspiration for all the sitcoms following stand-up […]
Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father trailer – Watch comedian almost CRASH into a bus
The show, entitled Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father, will see the comedian head off on an adventure with 77-year-old theatrical agent Michael. The first look trailer sees the pair enjoying a “special” massage and trying the local cuisine, with Jack noting his dad is “very bad with foreign people”. One tense moment shows the […]
Civil-right activist and pioneering comedian Dick Gregory dies aged 84
Published time: 20 Aug, 2017 12:22 The first African-American comedian to achieve success with white audiences, activist Dick Gregory, has died aged 84, his family announced on Saturday. The St Louis native died in hospital in Washington, DC, as a result of heart failure. “It is with enormous sadness that the Gregory family confirms that […]
Brexit jokes BANNED on Britain’s Got Talent as ITV censor comedian contestant
The 37-year-old finished fifth on the talent show after repeatedly winning over all the judges with his “non-PC jokes”, particularly Amanda Holden who slammed her golden buzzer on his first Britain’s Got Talent audition. But the Malawi-born son of a politician has now explained that every one of his auditions received intense scrutiny from the […]
From TED Talk to OZY Fest: How This Comedian Keeps the Laughter Alive
If there were an “Oppression Olympics,” Maysoon Zayid would be a gold medalist, she says in her hugely popular TED Talk. After all, she’s a disabled Palestinian Muslim woman … from New Jersey. Appearing at OZY Fest 2017 in New York City’s Central Park to discuss disability and inclusion on a panel hosted by the […]
Lorraine BACKLASH after comedian jokes about her baby dying: 'This cannot be serious'
The comedian discovered that her unborn baby was carrying a condition that meant she would not survive and Lou made the difficult decision to end her daughter’s life and delivered her stillborn. However, she has since returned to the stage and her latest show has attracted some controversy as it attempts to joke about the […]
Female, Muslim, Disabled: How This Comedian Keeps the Laughter Alive
If there were an “Oppression Olympics,” Maysoon Zayid would be a gold medalist, she says in her hugely popular TED Talk. After all, she’s a disabled Palestinian Muslim woman … from New Jersey. Appearing at OZY Fest 2017 in New York City’s Central Park to discuss disability and inclusion on a panel hosted by the […]
Roy Hudd weight loss: Comedian reveals gastric band and THIS helped him shed the pounds
Pictures from 2003 show Roy, best known for the BBC Radio 2 series The News Huddlines, sporting a much bigger frame and fuller face. But 11 years later, in 2014, the 81-year-old was snapped already looking much slimmer. Fast forward to this year and Roy is half the man he used to be. So how […]
Comedian John Bishop on switching to ‘dramatic’ acting: ‘It’s a challenge’ (EXCLUSIVE)
“Because I think it’s a bit of a leap then for the audience, and it’s a bit of a challenge for me.” He added: “As a comedian people expect you to say something funny, so it’s nice to have something that goes against that.” Fearless – which he called “so tightly written” – was a […]
