Script pages from the upcoming film "You Don’t Mess With the Zohan" by Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel and Judd Apatow. The films plot: a Mossad agent makes a new life for himself in NY as a hairstylist.
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After some criticism, Jay Leno will pay the salaries of his laid off Tonight show staff this week. But apparently, Jimmy Kimmel has been quietly paying some of his staff all along.
The new version of Comical Radio has launched. You can listen to the show live on the web every Friday from 1 to 3:30 PM.
Andy Borowitz, Laurie Kilmartin, Brian Stack and other comedy writers will perform at Write-Aid, an upcoming benefit for Writers Guild's strike fund. Details: Comix, Tues, Dec. 11 at 9PM. Advance tickets are $20.
Don Imus returns to air with, not just one, but two stand-up comics: Karith Foster and Tony Powell, both of whom are African-American.
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will tape an HBO special in March of 2008 at the Wells Fargo Center in Santa Rosa. Tickets go on sale December 7. The theater will also host George Carlin for his next special earlier in the month.
In 5 years, Comedy Central made $40 million from stand-up comedy tours. The highest grossing act was Carlos Mencia, who made the network $10 million.
Katherine Heigl calls Knocked Up "a little sexist" in the next Vanity Fair. Clarification on that quote coming in 3... 2... 1...
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British Newspaper bemoans the loss of the art of joke-telling. With email becoming the preferred way to tell jokes, are the nuances of timing and delivery becoming lost? Look to current comics for hope.
Chevy Chase's appearance on SNL was supposed to be a recurring role. But he says there was two problems: 1) Bad writing, 2) He's Chevy Chase and Poehler and Myers aren't.
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After some criticism, Jay Leno will pay the salaries of his laid off Tonight show staff this week. But apparently, Jimmy Kimmel has been quietly paying some of his staff all along. Script pages from the upcoming film "You Don’t Mess With the Zohan" by Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel and Judd Apatow. The films plot: a Mossad agent makes a new life for himself in NY as a hairstylist. The new version of Comical Radio has launched. You can listen to the show live on the web every Frid...
