Who’s on the hook for the assault on SNL comedian Chris Redd outside a New York City comedy club?
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Attacked Onstage: When a Comedian Can Win But Won’t Sue
So, comedians, as we all know, set out to make people laugh when they’re at work. But the funny thing is, they sometimes also make people angry and mad as hell. In fact, so mad that sometimes some of these people actually do attack them. As in, (gasp!) attack them physically, that is. Cut to…
When Comedy Met Hypnosis in Court
As life goes, the chance of witnessing something weird at a show goes with the territory in comedy. And when weird things do happen, it’s fair to say that an audience member taking matters to court may well find himself in plenty new territory when it comes to pulling out a win, whether they’re suing…
GEORGE WALLACE’s Lawsuit: A Million-Dollar Lesson at the Bellagio
This past April, something really nice happened to George Wallace: A friendly nod from a Las Vegas jury made the funnyman more than a million dollars richer and sent him smiling to his bank. And for working comics everywhere who either travel for gigs around the country or do their gigs locally, Wallace’s win is…
EDDIE GRIFFIN: Comedy and Homophobia Collide in Court
Doing stand-up comedy is no easy thing: for starters, it’s hard enough being heckled by someone in the audience because of something the comedian said. And then, things could get even more complicated when someone in the audience chooses instead to throw something at the comedian onstage because of something that the comedian had said….
JON FAVREAU’s ‘CHEF’: Rough Times Hit As Comedy Financiers Brawl In Court
Thanks to a nasty backroom fight among its financiers and now a court order, Jon Favreau’s upcoming comedy Chef has hit a rough patch and no one is in a laughing mood anymore. The star-studded comedy which includes such Hollywood heavies as Dustin Hoffman and Iron Man star Robert Downey, Jr. is about a chef,…
ANDY DICK the defendant: When a Comedian Goes off the Deep End
Comedian Andy Dick is in trouble again. Only this time, he is not being arrested by the cops but is being sued by someone who won’t take his antics lying down. In early May, a Dallas man named Robert Tucker filed a lawsuit against Dick, his agent the United Talent Agency (UTA) and a Dallas…