No matter how quick the wit, no stand-up comic starts out a success. Forget the top: on the way to the bottom rung, comics need to endure endless open-mic tryouts, log thousands of miles for little or ...

Bradley Cooper's Is This Thing On? is the latest fictional film to mine humor and pathos from life on the stand-up stage—but ...

Comedy Central has been producing absolute gems since the '90s. Here, we rank the 15 greatest shows the network has produced over the years.

There’s a quote that is often used to describe comedy: “We must laugh to keep us from crying.” Napoleon Bonaparte first said it, but over time, the words evolved, but the meaning remained the same: ...

Stand-up comedy has long been a boy's club, but thankfully, that's starting to change. I'm not saying you still can't enjoy classics like Jerry Seinfeld, laugh at observational comedians such as John ...

This month her Netflix special Wake Up, which was directed by John Mulaney, was added onto the streaming service. Since then, ...

Williams was the first person Rock ever saw "being as funny as Bugs Bunny." — -- Legendary stand-up comedians and actors continue to pour in with stories about how Robin Williams either ...

“I think this will go down in history — and it may be ending as we speak — but like, this is the best time that standup comedy has ever had,” he says. “When I started — versus even in the time of ...

Nikki Glaser is a kind person. It might sound ironic, considering Variety’s 2025 Creative Impact in Comedy Award recipient is infamous for her savagely funny takedowns, such as her star-making turn on ...

No other comedy special this year accomplishes quite the same mixture of emotion that Jordan Jensen’s does. It is so closely written, so thoroughly and carefully conceived as a window into Jensen’s ...

Comedian Gabriel Iglesias is bringing his tour to Louisville this year.The 1976 Tour: A Fluffy Celebration will be coming to the KFC Yum! Center on Friday, Nov. 21.Iglesias is one of the ...