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Diversity in Late-Night Comedy: Confronting the tough reality of a changing market
How does the push for more diversity in late-night comedy square with a declining viewership?
Confronting Trump and Nixon: Comedy’s Changing Perspectives
Why did the comedy community treat Trump and Nixon differently even though both men were so similar in the way that they were quite divisive and controversial presidents?
THE HAPPY DAYS’ ROYALTY LAWSUIT: Grabbing the Gravy After the Party Ends
Sometimes in show business, especially when you’re dealing with a successful TV comedy, such as CBS’ Happy Days, just because the party is over (and as some folks like to say, ‘Elvis has left the building’) doesn’t mean that the gravy from the show’s success may not continue to flow. Yet, the lucky folks who…
MARC MARON Plus ADAM CAROLLA: When Patent Trolls Rain on Comedy’s Podcasting Parade
In the comedy industry these days, it seems like more and more people are talking about podcasting. In the new book Comedy Under Attack: the Golden Age and the Headwinds (http://comedyunderattack.com), podcasting was portrayed as one of the hot new things in modern comedy and thanks to his WTF podcast Marc Maron was toasted as…
The ‘HOME IMPROVEMENT’ Lawsuit: A Messy Feud over a Billion-Dollar Comedy
Judging by the numbers, the Tim Allen’s 1990s sitcom Home Improvement is a highly successful show which has brought in well over a billion dollars and tons of laughter to boot. But from the look of things, the laughter stopped a rather long time ago for the creators of the show, who claim they have been…
ADAM CAROLLA- Juggling Comedy, Business and Friendship in Court
Funnyman Adam Carolla has quite a situation on his hands these days. And he does have some court dates coming up where he’ll be sorting out a few money matters with some old friends. It all comes back to the whole idea that doing business with other folks is never an easy thing and there…
ABC’s ‘FAMILY TOOLS’: the Money Fight on the Sidelines of a TV Comedy
When money and comedy mix, sometimes things can get way too funny. Like at ABC, where even though the station’s comedy Family Tools is still months away from its debut, one of its stars Leah Remini is already locked in a messy squabble with her handlers over her fat pay check from the show. And…
SACHA BARON COHEN BLINKS: How Not to Make a Comedy Movie
Sacha Baron Cohen is a gifted comedy actor whose wacky sense of humor and the way he pushes the envelope in his movies often cracks up his audience big time. Except that his shenanigans can sometimes seriously rub people the wrong way, even some of the folks in his hit movies. And when that happens,…
Conan’s NBC: No laughing matter for a funnyman
On Sunday, January 10, NBC made it official that it will cancel the 10 p.m. “Jay Leno Show” effective February 12, and move Leno over to an 11:35 p.m. time slot. For Conan O’Brien, NBC said it would offer the funnyman from Harvard the chance to move his “Tonight Show” back just a half hour…