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Comedy

  • ‘Raygun the Musical’ Premiere Cancelled Following Legal Threats
    ‘Raygun the Musical’ Premiere Cancelled Following Legal Threats
    The Saturday night trial show for Raygun the musical was cancelled after Rachael Gunn's lawyers threatened legal action.
    December 7, 2024BY Lily Kelly
  • Heartfelt Musical Comedy Act Explores an Asian American Father-Son Relationship
    Heartfelt Musical Comedy Act Explores an Asian American Father-Son Relationship
    Chinese American writer and filmmaker Kuang Lee from Oakland, California, broke from Chinese cultural norms and wrote a ...
    July 18, 2024BY Helen Billings
  • Make Comedy Great Again
    Make Comedy Great Again
    'In art, the only valid form of censorship is your right not to listen," said English comedian Ricky ...
    May 20, 2024BY Nicole James
  • Is Cancel Culture Killing Comedy? Comedian Jeff Dye Weighs In
    Is Cancel Culture Killing Comedy? Comedian Jeff Dye Weighs In
    Mr. Dye told The Epoch Times that political correctness 'is insane and poison to comedy.'
    March 6, 2024BY Audrey Simons
  • Cancelled Graham Linehan Says Comedy Should Always Question the ‘Prevailing Narrative’
    Cancelled Graham Linehan Says Comedy Should Always Question the ‘Prevailing Narrative’
    Graham Linehan, who co-wrote 'Father Ted,' but has been cancelled for his views on trans rights, says comedy ...
    November 14, 2023BY Chris Summers
  • Graham Linehan: My Views Are Not Controversial But I Lost Everything After Speaking Out | British Thought Leaders
    Graham Linehan: My Views Are Not Controversial But I Lost Everything After Speaking Out | British Thought Leaders
    NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Graham Linehan, one of Britain's most successful sitcom writers and creator of ...
    November 2, 2023BY Lee Hall
  • When America’s Comedy Duo Met the Universal Monsters
    When America’s Comedy Duo Met the Universal Monsters
    75 years later, this genre mashup remains a cinematic influence.
    October 30, 2023BY Dustin Bass
  • Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Announce Rib-Tickling Finalists: Vote for Your Favorite, Win Cash Prize
    Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Announce Rib-Tickling Finalists: Vote for Your Favorite, Win Cash Prize
    A kangaroo rocking the air guitar, ballroom-dancing horses, a pair of grizzlies sharing a great belly laugh, and ...
    October 23, 2023BY Anna Mason
  • Dave Chappelle Is Still One of the All-Time Greats
    Dave Chappelle Is Still One of the All-Time Greats
    Commentary I recently saw Dave Chappelle perform his newest show, which evidently will be his next Netflix special, ...
    July 4, 2023BY Michael Bromberg
  • JP Sears: Is Idiocracy the Gateway Drug That Leads to Communism? Can Comedy Be the Antidote? | ATL:NOW
    JP Sears: Is Idiocracy the Gateway Drug That Leads to Communism? Can Comedy Be the Antidote? | ATL:NOW
    “Idiocracy is the gateway drug that leads to communism,” says comedian JP Sears. Before the spring of 2020, ...
    June 9, 2023BY Jan Jekielek
  • Andy Shaw: ‘There’s a Huge Disjoint Between the Cultural Curators Who Think They Know What’s Best for People, and What People Really Want’ | British Thought Leaders
    Andy Shaw: ‘There’s a Huge Disjoint Between the Cultural Curators Who Think They Know What’s Best for People, and What People Really Want’ | British Thought Leaders
    NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Andy Shaw, writer and co-founder and organiser of Comedy Unleashed. The London ...
    April 27, 2023BY Lee Hall
  • Cancer—Catastrophe or Opportunity? Changing Your Mindset Helps You Fight It
    Cancer—Catastrophe or Opportunity? Changing Your Mindset Helps You Fight It
    In her book “Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds,” Kelly Turner, a researcher and lecturer in the ...
    January 4, 2023BY Mercura Wang
  • UK Comedy Club Founder Criticises ‘Cultural Curators’ Who Block Politically Incorrect Laughs
    UK Comedy Club Founder Criticises ‘Cultural Curators’ Who Block Politically Incorrect Laughs
    The co-founder of a new comedy club in London has criticised the cultural "gatekeepers" who prevent the public ...
    January 4, 2023BY Chris Summers
  • Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards 2022 Shortlist Revealed: Kung Fu Squirrels, Monkeys ‘Doing CPR,’ and More
    Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards 2022 Shortlist Revealed: Kung Fu Squirrels, Monkeys ‘Doing CPR,’ and More
    There’s nothing like the wild antics of animals to make us crack a smile and laugh. Featured here ...
    November 1, 2022BY Anna Mason
  • Dry Bar Comedy: Stand-Up Comedian Keith Stubbs’s Family-Friendly Platform is Working to Keep America’s Humor Clean
    Dry Bar Comedy: Stand-Up Comedian Keith Stubbs’s Family-Friendly Platform is Working to Keep America’s Humor Clean
    Today’s stand-up comedy is filled with F-bombs and N-words. The monologues in late-night shows have turned into profanity-laced ...
    August 12, 2022BY Dave Paone
  • Stand-up Comedy Clashes With ‘Woke’ Culture
    Stand-up Comedy Clashes With ‘Woke’ Culture
    Stand-up comedy—historically known for pushing boundaries—faces a clash in cultural taboos around subjects such as COVID vaccines, gender ...
    August 6, 2022BY Owen Evans
  • NTD Launches New Comedy Show ‘A Little Sketchy’
    NTD Launches New Comedy Show ‘A Little Sketchy’
    NTD Television, The Epoch Times' sister media, has joined forces with several of Canada’s best comedians to create ...
    June 17, 2022BY Epoch Times Staff
  • Laughter as Medicine: Chonda Pierce Brings Joy Through Clean Humor and Honest Reflections on Her Life Struggles 
    Laughter as Medicine: Chonda Pierce Brings Joy Through Clean Humor and Honest Reflections on Her Life Struggles 
    Spend an hour with Chonda Pierce and you could count on laughing for the rest of the day—maybe ...
    April 19, 2022BY Alice Giordano
  • Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 Winners Released—And They’re Hilarious
    Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 Winners Released—And They’re Hilarious
    Laughter is the best medicine, they say. Humor can build bonds between people, making us feel closer to ...
    December 7, 2021BY Epoch Inspired Staff
  • Anthony ‘A.J.’ Johnson, ‘Friday’ and ‘House Party’ Actor, Dies at 55
    Anthony ‘A.J.’ Johnson, ‘Friday’ and ‘House Party’ Actor, Dies at 55
    Christie D’Zurilla Los Angeles Times Anthony “A.J.” Johnson, a comedian and actor known for performances in the 1990s ...
    September 21, 2021BY Tribune News Service
  • The Virtue of Self-Restraint in Expression
    The Virtue of Self-Restraint in Expression
    Commentary Two or three generations ago, a common parental admonishment was, “Hold your tongue!” There's a lot to ...
    September 15, 2021BY Mark Hendrickson
  • Comedy and the Natural Theater
    Comedy and the Natural Theater
    “Dying is easy.  Comedy is hard.” These lines, attributed to actor Edmund Gwenn (Santa in the original “Miracle ...
    July 22, 2021BY Robert Cooperman
  • Jeremy Nunes: Into the World of Comedy and Small-Town Politics
    Jeremy Nunes: Into the World of Comedy and Small-Town Politics
    This past year has been a tumultuous one, and it's been particularly hard on the performing arts. Audiences ...
    April 26, 2021BY Andrew Thomas
  • Giggles, Smiles, and Belly Laughs: Comedy and Culture
    Giggles, Smiles, and Belly Laughs: Comedy and Culture
    In the film “Mary Poppins,” Ed Wynn, Julie Andrews, and Dick Van Dyke sing “I Love to Laugh,” ...
    March 2, 2021BY Jeff Minick
  • Comedy Is on Display in Chautauqua, New York
    Comedy Is on Display in Chautauqua, New York
    How many places do you walk into laughing? You can't help it at the National Comedy Center in ...
    January 10, 2021BY Fyllis Hockman
  • Dave Chappelle Is the Comedian America Needs
    Dave Chappelle Is the Comedian America Needs
    Commentary The great American writer Mark Twain once said, “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not ...
    January 9, 2020BY Nicole Russell
  • Film Review: ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’: Another adventure through the virtual lands of Jumanji
    Film Review: ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’: Another adventure through the virtual lands of Jumanji
    PG-13 | 2h 3min | Action, adventure, comedy | 13 December 2019 (USA) When “Jumanji: Welcome to the ...
    December 19, 2019BY Ian Kane
TOP NEWS
  • Former Utah Attorney General Fights the Evil That Lurks in Quiet Places
    NEW By Savannah Hulsey Pointer
    Former Utah Attorney General Fights the Evil That Lurks in Quiet Places
  • US Forces Shoot Down 2 Iranian Drones as Pakistani Interior Minister Visits Tehran
    2hr By Jacki Thrapp
    US Forces Shoot Down 2 Iranian Drones as Pakistani Interior Minister Visits Tehran
  • US Won’t Unfreeze Iran’s Assets Before Peace Deal Is Reached, Trump Says
    3hr By Jacki Thrapp
    US Won’t Unfreeze Iran’s Assets Before Peace Deal Is Reached, Trump Says
  • Fascia: The Living, Interconnected Web Behind Movement and Healing–How to Enhance Its Function
    3hr By Mercura Wang
    Fascia: The Living, Interconnected Web Behind Movement and Healing–How to Enhance Its Function
  • Eli Lilly Poised to Suspend Drug Discounts to Large Hospitals
    7hr By Lawrence Wilson
    Eli Lilly Poised to Suspend Drug Discounts to Large Hospitals
  • US Bankruptcy Filings Increase 7 Percent Yearly
    8hr By Naveen Athrappully
    US Bankruptcy Filings Increase 7 Percent Yearly
  • How a Tiny Insect Decimated Florida’s Citrus, and What Orchardists Are Doing About It
    9hr By Jacob Burg
    How a Tiny Insect Decimated Florida’s Citrus, and What Orchardists Are Doing About It
  • Treasury Department Seeks to Redirect Iranian Assets to Gulf Nations for War Damages
    14hr By Melanie Sun
    Treasury Department Seeks to Redirect Iranian Assets to Gulf Nations for War Damages
  • Kentucky Derby Champion Golden Tempo Wins 2026 Belmont Stakes
    16hr By Ross Kelly
    Kentucky Derby Champion Golden Tempo Wins 2026 Belmont Stakes
  • Hegseth Warns Europe of ‘Dangerous Ideologies’
    17hr By Tom Gantert
    Hegseth Warns Europe of ‘Dangerous Ideologies’
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