Comedy and Humor
Leslie Jordan, ‘Will & Grace’ Actor and Instagram Star, Dies at 67
“I decided I was going to make a real effort to ‘butch it up’ and hide any signs that I was a Big Homo,” he wrote. “The funny thing is, I am, without a doubt, the gayest man I know.” Once he began landing roles, they came quickly, but Mr. Jordan also had substance abuse […]
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Jak Knight, Known for the Netflix Series ‘Big Mouth,’ Dies at 28
Jak Knight, a stand-up comedian, writer and actor who first attracted wide attention as a voice actor and writer on the animated Netflix series “Big Mouth,” died on Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 28. His family confirmed his death on Saturday in a statement. The statement did not cite a cause. Mr. Knight had […]
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Janeane Garofalo Never Sold Out. What a Relief.
On a rainy Wednesday night in Brooklyn, after an introduction with a minimum of fanfare, Janeane Garofalo walked onstage at the Eastville Comedy Club and looked out at a dozen people so scattered that calling them a crowd seems like a stretch. She spotted one man by himself who had attended a show of hers […]
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‘Late Show’ Producers Arrested at U.S. Capitol While Filming
The police at the United States Capitol have arrested members of a production team for the CBS show “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” who were filming a segment featuring a salty canine puppet voiced by the comedian Robert Smigel. The Capitol Police said on Friday that they had arrested seven people in a hallway […]
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The Kids in the Hall Have Gotten Old. Their Comedy Hasn’t.
There are some reprises and call-outs: The head crusher returns, as does the self-styled squash-playing menace the Eradicator. Buddy Cole makes particular sense aged into a regal elder-gay — the way, Thompson has said, he envisioned the character decades ago — and both of Thompson’s signature queens reappear in a sketch in which Her Majesty […]
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In Comedy, Timing Is Everything, Especially at Netflix’s Festival
Comics were sympathetic to Chappelle, but the backlash toward his jokes about the trans community started make its way into sets. After saying that people have been asking her about the assault, Robin Tran, a trans comic who was headlining a show, quipped: “I just want to say, for the record, I only told him […]
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Jokes, Glamour and a Try for Normalcy as Correspondents’ Dinner Returns
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, opted against going to the dinner because of the obvious danger. Organizers required all guests to be vaccinated, boosted and test negative before attending, although few wore masks besides the serving staff. As a concession to the potential peril, Mr. Biden, who at 79 is […]
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Gilbert Gottfried, Comedian With a Distinctive Voice, Dies at 67
Gilbert Gottfried, the comedian who gave voice to the parrot in the hit Disney animated feature “Aladdin” and the duck in commercials for Aflac insurance — and whose manic, loudmouthed and highly original stand-up routines mixed old-fashioned borscht-belt shtick with cringeworthy vulgarity — died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 67. His friend and publicist […]
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The Brilliance of Charo
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Charo was on. As soon as the gate to her Spanish colonial compound swung open, she was buzzing around the property, a gaggle of staff trailing somewhat helplessly behind as she delivered a running monologue studded with self-deprecating jokes. “This is my most conservative outfit,” she said, gesturing to her low-cut […]
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