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July 2010

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If you're in NYC, you could find out tonight when Patrick Carlin, the older brother of George Carlin, performs stand-up for the first time at the Comical Live show. At the Habibi Hookah Lounge @ 8 PM. Full details here.

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Daniel Tosh's "Tosh.0" makes him the highest-rated host on Comedy Central, ahead of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Sure Stew-Beef appreciates the lead in. Come for the nut shots, stay for the fake news.

May 2010

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April 2010

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March 2010

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In a recent note to Facebook fans, David Cross mentions the new special filmed during his tour for I Drink for a Reason will air on the new pay cable network Epix. No mention of airdate as of yet. Epix previously premiered Lewis Black's special "Stark Raving Black."

December 2009

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Louis C.K.'s next special "Louis C.K.: Hilarious" will premiere as a film at the next Sundance Festival, marking the first time a stand-up comedy concert film has ever been presented at the fest. Sundance begins January 21st and runs to the 31st in Park City, Utah.

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In February, Jake Johannsen shot a new hour special that was to be titled "Overnight Comeback." Eleven months late, it has both a new title "Jake Johannsen: I Love You" and an airdate - New Year Day 2010 at 9:30 PM on Showtime (which has really picking up it's stand-up offerings as of late).

November 2009

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October 2009

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Steve Martin: "It’s strange, I just don’t have a reason to do standup... It would always be a blend of banjo at this point, I think." (Rooftop Comedy) If you want to see Steve Martin perform mostly banjo, you can check out his tour dates here.

August 2009

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During last night's Daily Show, David Cross announced a stand-up comedy tour to support his upcoming book "I Drink for a Reason." It gives me as good as reason as any to pull back the veil on a project I'm working on for the Stand-Up Comedy Database that will aggregate comedians live performance dates. Check out David Cross' Upcoming Tour Schedule, as of today. More to come.

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The producers of The Goode Family are resolved to find a new network after ABC aired their last episode this weekend. It took a while for them (or me) to get the show's voice. The characters stopped being targets along the way and it's finding that right balance of sympathy/send-up that marked King of the Hill. I'm glad they're not letting this one go. Onward to Adult Swim hopefully, where Comedy Central can poach it a year later. (via TV Squad)

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July 2009

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Comedy Death Ray's Scott Aukerman will bring stand-ups together for a Comedy Death-Ray anthology comic book under the brand new American Original imprint. Among the writers: Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Silverman, Patton Oswalt, B.J. Novak, David Cross, Zach Galifianakis (finally succumbing after riding around with "nerds" during Comedians of Comedy). Premises with promise may get produced as movies/TV for the less nerdy (but probably, considering the talent, culty).

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A new CD from Doug Stanhope is coming this Autumn from Stand-Up Records. Tentative title: "Live from Cape Fear" He's recording it August 11 in Wilmington, NC at Level 5 at City Stage. Tickets available here.

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If you're going to San Diego for Comic Con, here's a couple of panel if you're looking to explore the other meaning of the word "comic." Here's some of the Humor and Satire Panels of Comic Con.

  • Friday:
    The most unlikely pilot preview in Comic-Con history: Patricia Heaton's family sitcom "The Middle."
    Plus: Two Funny Frebergs - featuring satirist Stan Freberg and partner in crime (and life) Hunter Freberg
  • Saturday:
    Panels on Family Guy and a "first look" at the spinoff "The Cleveland Show." Seth MacFarlane will be a part of both.
  • Sunday:
    Seth MacFarlane finishes his hat trick with nerds with a panel on American Dad.
    More promising are panels on Indie comedies "Paper Heart" (with Charlyne Yi) and "Mystery Team."

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Ayman Abu Aita, who was interviewed and labelled a terrorist in the Brüno movie, is considering legal action. Some of his complaints seems to be more pulled from comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's description of meeting him on Letterman, particularly about him carrying a weapon or having a bodyguard. If he does sue, he'll join Richelle Olson, who just

 09

Comedy Central's not dipping, but diving into traditional three camera sitcoms by ordering a untitled effort from Will Ferrell and Adam McKay that will star Jon Heder. The setup sounds a little standard: Heder is an IT guy who returns home to his small town, moving in with his parents and younger brother. The prove will be in the execution of the 10 episodes order. And if it's executed well, like the brilliant "Eastbound and Down", Comedy Central has committed to order 90 more episodes, setting it up for syndication. It's the kind of deal Tyler Perry has made twice with TBS. That's borrowing from Black artists in the age of Obama.

Robin Williams will shoot his 5th HBO Special in Washington in November. It'll share the title of his current tour - "Weapons of Self Destruction." HBO has got a quick turnaround on this one - it should air in December of this year. The tour itself is set to resume in September, making up for lost dates after Williams' emergency bypass in March. It'll be interesting to see what new material will spring from that obviously scary event. (Variety)

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Kathy Griffin has been tapped to be the roastmaster for the upcoming Comedy Central roast of Joan Rivers. Here's hoping this is the beginning of a mostly female dais. Not for equality sake, but because Roasts are celebratory. Rivers should be hailed/destroyed by those she blazed a trail for. The Roast will tape June 26 and air on Sunday, August 9th.

June 2009

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Ricky Gervais, along with Tracy Morgan and Bill Maher, will be among the headliners for this years New York Comedy Festival. Comedy Central will also shoot their 2010 season of Comedy Central Presents during the event as well. The fest will run for November 4th to the 8th and tickets begin going on sale August 5th.

To celebrate its 35th year, New York comedy club The Comic Strip will be the subject of a documentary entitled "Eat, Drink, Laugh" from Letterbox Pictures. Besides interviews with the comics who've performed there, there's promise of never-before-seen footage of the club. The doc will see release next summer.

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Judah Friedlander writing a book about being the World Champion. Of what? Of everything. In fact, the unpublished book is already a bestseller. It's coming from IT Books in Spring 2010.

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