How does the push for more diversity in late-night comedy square with a declining viewership?
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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 ‘WEDGIE’ COMEDIAN: Crossing the Line Between Comedy and the Jailhouse
Though he’s still pretty young, aspiring comedian Charles Ross not long ago learned a simple lesson he should have known all along: that comedy is only about jokes as long as everyone understands what is happening as a joke even if they may not like the joke. And of course, as long as any funnyman…
South Park: Funny Lessons from a Court Battle
Not long ago, South Park, one of Comedy Central’s better-liked shows and one that is pretty big on spoofs, got the station and its parent company Viacom in what seemed like a bit of trouble. Some courtroom trouble, that is. And by the time the dust settled on the entire controversy, Viacom found itself not…
A lesson from Dave Chapelle
In August 2004 Comedy Central’s parent, Viacom, and the comedian Dave Chapelle inked an unprecedented $50 million deal (which included a share of DVD sales) to extend “The Chapelle Show” for two more years. The show had become a ratings bonanza for the network and its DVD sales were the highest of any TV show…