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fromIndependent
18 hours ago

Comedian Jason Byrne: 'When you divorce, it's really hard, and it's like constantly being punched in the face and you don't want to do anything'

Jason Byrne remained a resilient, outspoken stand-up comedian despite divorce, parenting pressures, a failed sitcom, and unpredictable public encounters.
Humor
fromBustle
1 day ago

Sarah Sherman's Camera Roll Is Full Of Adam Sandler Candids

Sarah Sherman blends grotesque physical humor and absurdist storytelling with deliberate restraint to diversify her stand-up and preserve stamina.
fromConsequence
1 day ago

Sarah Sherman Is Having Fun Faking It

"I'm not proud of the fact that one time in Chicago, I had a bucket full of hundreds of live worms that perished. But I did that. I did it and I regret it," she says. "I think that's why I love practical effects and props and stuff - it's been an adventure on how not everything has to be real."
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fromThe New Yorker
1 day ago

The Lovably Fragile Exes of "Is This Thing On?"

Bradley Cooper's Is This Thing On? adapts a real comedian's rise into a scaled-down, upbeat marriage story exploring fame's effects on relationship power dynamics.
Humor
fromLos Angeles Times
1 day ago

How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Aparna Nancherla

Aparna Nancherla seeks low-stress Sundays and routines after moving to Los Angeles, balancing a nocturnal stand-up career with rituals and new projects.
Television
fromVulture
3 days ago

Jeff Garcia, Voice of Sheen on Jimmy Neutron, Dead at 50

Jeff Garcia, voice actor and stand-up comedian best known as Sheen Estevez, died December 10 after suffering a brain aneurysm and stroke earlier in the year.
#comedy-tour
fromFuncheap
2 weeks ago
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Stand-Up Comedian Nataly Aukar Live at SF Punch Line (Dec. 4-6)

Nataly Aukar, a Lebanese-born NYC comedian and performer, is touring her hour-long stand-up show "My Turn To Talk" and performing at Punchline Comedy Club in SF.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago
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San Jose: Global comedy sensation Gauri B heading to Bay Area stages

Gauri B, a 29-year-old Indian comedian, debuts in California with the Love, Money, Shame tour, known for edgy humor and 100 million social media views.
#interactiveheckling
Television
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 week ago

Kumail Nanjiani reveals his 'Night Thoughts' in his new Hulu comedy special

Kumail Nanjiani’s Hulu comedy special Night Thoughts comedically examines nighttime anxiety, apologies, pre-legal drug buying, and cat medication, filmed in Chicago and streaming December 19.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
1 week ago

Alan Carr announces mammoth UK tour after Celebrity Traitors victory

Alan Carr has announced a huge 93-date tour of the UK with a brand new show, Have I Said Too Much? The announcement on Wednesday (3 December) follows Carr's victory on the first series of The Celebrity Traitors, in which he claimed £87,500 ($115,000) for Neuroblastoma UK as a Traitor. Posting on Instagram on Wednesday (3 December), Carr shared the tour's poster as well as information about the stops and tour dates.
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fromVulture
1 week ago

The Best Comedy Specials of 2025

Prominent 2025 comedy specials center on mid-career reflection, existential dread, shifting comedic identities, and varied approaches to mortality and craft.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Comedian Judi Love: I'm a big girl, the boss, and you love it'

Judi Love survived a 48-hour kidnapping at 17 and transforms the trauma into comedic material while touring a new show.
Writing
fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

Joan Silber on Friendship in a Fractured World

Two childhood friends' diverging lives intersect around historical displacement, comedy as contrast, and a narrator's deliberate cultural distance.
#mike-e-winfield
#dating
#dating-disasters
fromFuncheap
2 weeks ago

10th Annual HellaFunNYE Comedy Explosion and Free After Party

What's the best way to end your year? With laughter duh! Come to Mayes on Polk Street to end your year with a high note of laughter from San Francisco's BEST COMEDIANS! Comedians on this showcase have been featured on NBC, ABC, VICELAND, Comedy Central, SF Sketchfest, Comedy Day and More! Line Up Includes... Honotan Ortiz (The Comedy Cellar NYC) Shivaan Nadan (Opened for Hannibal Buress) Brian Babylon (NPR) Karen Braswell (Punchline/Cobbs) Plus Special Guests....
San Francisco
#brad-williams
Education
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks ago

Why USC students who want to be doctors and engineers are minoring in comedy

USC offers a comedy performance minor teaching stand-up, improv, magic, and practical communication and leadership skills used across careers including medicine and engineering.
fromThe Mercury News
2 weeks ago

Bay Area events calendar for Nov. 28 through Dec. 4 weekly editions

Hammer Presents Merry-Achi Christmas 2025: The Mariachi Sol de Mexico returns to the Hammer Theatre Center for a musical tribute to Mexico's Christmas traditions. Be mesmerized by a multicultural celebration featuring holiday favorites from America and Mexico. Performances will also have Mexican Sign Language. 2:30 p.m., Hammer Theater Center, 101 Paseo De San Antonio, San Jose. bit.ly/4icAGUb "Kinky Boots": The boots are back!
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Music
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 weeks ago

Bay Area events calendar for Nov. 28 through Dec. 4 weekly editions

San Jose features a series of live performing-arts and holiday events including multicultural music, Broadway shows, stand-up comedy, unique markets, and candlelit concerts.
Humor
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

If laughter is the best medicine, Sauna Comedy is a miracle worker for New Yorkers | amNewYork

A sauna-and-cold-plunge comedy experience combines intense heat, short comedy sets, and cold plunges to create sober, communal wellness entertainment.
Humor
fromFuncheap
2 weeks ago

Stand-Up Comedian Nataly Aukar Live at SF Punch Line (Dec. 4-6)

Nataly Aukar, Lebanese-born comedian and performer, is touring her hour-long set "My Turn To Talk" with performances December 4–6, 2025 at Punchline Comedy Club, SF.
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fromFuncheap
2 weeks ago

Stand-Up Comedian Greg Fitzsimmons Live at SF Punch Line (Dec. 11-13)

Greg Fitzsimmons' special You Know Me blends 35 years of stand-up with reflections on 34 years sober, midlife relationships, parenting, road loneliness, and contentment.
fromFuncheap
2 weeks ago

Stand-Up Comedian Greg Fitzsimmons Live at SF Punch Line (Dec. 11-13)

Greg's new stand-up special, Greg Fitzsimmons: You Know Me, was recorded on November 18, 2023 at The Comedy Mothership in Austin, TX. After 35 years performing stand-up, You Know Me, finds Greg hilariously reflecting on 34 years of sobriety, sex with a 57-year-old woman, convincing your children that you're cool, and combating loneliness on the road. And he realizes, he's happy where he is.
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#live-event
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fromFuncheap
3 weeks ago

Coit Comedy: Stand Up Comedy & Free Golden Boy Pizza | SF

Coit Comedy monthly at Columbus Cafe basement features Bay Area comics, full bar, free Golden Boy pizza, $10 tickets or 50% 'Funcheap' discount, one-drink minimum.
Humor
fromSFGATE
3 weeks ago

John Mulaney has been making the same SF joke since '07. It still hits.

John Mulaney returned to San Francisco with a warmer tone, winning the crowd with recurring city jokes and humor aimed at tech elites and stereotypes.
fromwww.amny.com
3 weeks ago

Louis C.K. kicks off NYC leg of new Ridiculous' tour | amNewYork

In his typical style, C.K. opened with a gut-puncher to a sold-out house of nearly 3,000 seats and had the audience roaring into the night. I got an AIDS test today, he said as the crowd murmured. I haven't had sex in years. I just wanted some good news. The audience burst into laughter. As they quieted, C.K. took a beat and said, Turns out I have AIDS.
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fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

How much are Sarah Millican tickets? Here's where to get seats for her final 2025 shows.

An inconspicuous comedian, Millican appears to be someone that you might see at a Sunday church service or a person you might pass at a grocery store. However, don't let this "ordinary" appearance fool you. Millican is a pistol on the stage. After sampling her previous shows via YouTube, I'm happy to report her sets filled with wild talk of intimacy, genitalia, and dating apps, all with a softness and smile about her that genuinely caught me a bit off guard.
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#live-events
#bill-maher
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

I drove a tank and went to Bratislava with my hairdresser': how Ian Smith turbocharged his ailing standup

Ian Smith achieved gradual recognition after years of gimmicky, theatrical standup by switching to candid, non-gimmicky shows that address personal anxieties and life events.
#danny-dechi
San Francisco
fromFuncheap
3 weeks ago

SF's Late Night Stand-Up Comedy Olympics (SF vs. Oakland)

HellaFunny Olympics pits San Francisco and Oakland comedians in a weekly Saturday 10pm joke-off at The Function; winner earns a championship belt and residency opportunity.
#cannabis-lounge
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fromFuncheap
3 weeks ago

"The Stoner Comedy Jam" Friday Nights (SF)

HellaFunny hosts Stoner Comedy Jam every Friday at Moe Greens in San Francisco, where 21+ attendees can legally consume cannabis during live stand-up.
#san-francisco
fromwww.esquire.com
4 weeks ago

Is Lewis Black Actually Saying Goodbye to Comedy?

Is Lewis Black okay? That's the natural fear many fans had when the comedian who has been mad-as-hell-and-not-going-to-take-it-anymore for decades announced that he actually wasn't going to do it anymore. The now 77-year-old stand-up legend has retired from touring, and his recent Goodbye Yeller Brick Road performances were his last. But Black, the longest-serving contributor to The Daily Show, whose appearances started back in 1996 when Craig Kilborn (remember him?) was still the host, is not finished with comedy.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Being Eddie review reverential Netflix doc paints limited portrait of Eddie Murphy

Being Eddie, a new Netflix documentary on Eddie Murphy, isn't his best movie. It isn't his worst. It's something to justify signing the 64-year-old to a $70m production deal in hopes that he might finally be moved to return to his standup comedy roots and deliver the long-anticipated follow-up to his seminal 1987 special Raw. With access to the subject and his archival material bought and paid for, Being Eddie is free to focus on other aspects of Murphy's life,
Film
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Monday Night Free Comedy Show at SF's Newest Comedy Club (The Function)

Every Sunday and Monday nights 1414 Market Street @ 10th St/Fell - 7pm + 8:45pm Sundays - 7pm + 8:45pm Mondays - Enjoy a 70+ minute show with 4-5 comics on the bill with credits like Cobbs, Punchline, SF Sketchfest, Clusterfest and Outside Lands. - Limited to 60 people per show - Arrive early for happy hour before 7pm Limited Free Tickets - RSVP asap (Limited to first 25 people)
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fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Charles McBee: You Had To Be There Comedy Tour (SF)

Charles McBee headlines a nostalgic stand-up comedy show celebrating growing-up humor; doors 7:30pm, show 8:15–10:00pm, 18+ preferred.
#career-change
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 month ago

Sebastian Maniscalco jokes about Jeff Bezos, aging, family and more in new Hulu special

Filmed in Maniscalco's hometown of Chicago at the iconic United Center arena, the hour-long show pokes fun at all things like his sleeping habits. "I have a mild case of sleep apnea. This is where I'm at. I'm going to duct tape my mouth shut so I don't pass away in my sleep. If someone came to rob my house, they would look at me and go, 'Someone was already here. Let's go,'" Maniscalco jokes in the show's trailer.
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fromSFGATE
1 month ago

Fired 'SNL' comic jokes about the Warriors and Nancy Pelosi at San Francisco set

Shane Gillis turned a 2019 SNL firing into major stand-up success, selling out arenas while maintaining provocative, controversial comedy that many audiences tolerate.
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Hometown Free Comedy Night & Happy Hour | Emeryville

Come for the comedy and stay to take a picture with the legendary "What's My Favorite Word?"
Humor
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Hometown Free Comedy Night & Happy Hour | Emeryville

Come for the comedy and stay to take a picture with the legendary "What's My Favorite Word?" Hometown Comedy is a free monthly stand up comedy show. It's the only show in the Bay Area in a venue with artwork dedicated to Too Short and Mac Dre. Every first Wednesday of the month, comedians Dauood Naimyar and Rahul Pandya bring you the best stand-up comedians at Hometown Heroes bar in Emeryville.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Why don't you believe Palestinians?': the Israeli comedian putting the conflict on stage

As an Israeli Jew fluent in Hebrew, Arabic and English, Shuster Eliassi could nimbly weave between different audiences, and what started as short comedic videos on social media soon became an invitation from Harvard to develop a full-on stand-up routine skewering the idea of coexistence as it's often used in the Israeli-Palestinian context. The show would riff on her upbringing in one of the only joint Israeli-Palestinian communities in the country, threading a fine needle with self-deprecating humor and an activist's edge.
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fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

San Jose: Global comedy sensation Gauri B heading to Bay Area stages

Comedian Gauri B offers dark, edgy humor and relationship advice on a U.S. tour, debuting in California with shows in Los Angeles and Bay Area.
Humor
fromVulture
1 month ago

Leanne Morgan vs. Leanne Morgan

Leanne Morgan's comedy centers on pragmatic, rural middle‑age life made fresh onstage, while her new special shows an uneasy shift as fame brings Hollywood details.
Psychology
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Legendary Comedian Dana Gould Live in SF (Punch Line)

Dana Gould, acclaimed comedian and former Simpsons writer, performs live at Punchline Comedy Club in San Francisco, November 20–22, 2025.
Humor
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Paul Conyers: Winner Las Vegas "World Series of Comedy" Live in SF (Nov. 21-22)

Paul Conyers headlines The Function, San Francisco's only Black-owned comedy club, for live shows Friday and Saturday, November 21–22, 2025.
Humor
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Hella-ween 2025: Oakland Halloween Comedy Night (FREE)

HellaFunny stages pop-up comedy at Fluid 510 in Oakland showcasing Bay comics and artists of color, 70+ minute shows, full bar, 21+.
San Francisco
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Hecklers Welcome: SF's First Stand-Up Comedy Show That Invites Heckling

Interactive Thursday-night San Francisco stand-up where audience heckling is encouraged, featuring pro comedians, fast-paced shows, first 50 RSVPs free; two-drink minimum.
#heckling
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Boat Baby' author to speak at benefit for San Jose libraries

with Nguyen, who will share her journey as the child of Vietnamese refugees and how her family's story shaped her life and career. The daughter of immigrants, Duong is the first Vietnamese American and the first Asian American woman to serve on the County Board of Supervisors. Proceeds from the event support the San Jose Public Library Foundation, which raises money for the library's programs and resources. Autographed copies of Boat Baby are included with ticket purchases.
Books
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

George W. Bush's trans cousin jokes about how it's hard to date as a "Bush" who "loves bush" - LGBTQ Nation

I'm a trans member of the Bush family, so I don't got that kind of money anymore.
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Parenting
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Janine Harouni: This Is What You Waited For review new mum's return to her own childhood

Janine Harouni's show explores parenthood, extended-family childcare, and gentle comedy with deft jokes and candid, sometimes transgressive, anecdotes.
Humor
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

SF's "Department of Nasty" Free Late-Night Comedy (1st & 3rd Saturdays)

Department of Nasty: uncensored late-night comedy at Question Mark Bar, 1st and 3rd Saturdays through Dec 27; 11:00 PM, 21+, free admission.
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fromIndependent
1 month ago

Joanne McNally: 'I'd love to have three babies - the problem is, I have no partner. I know in my soul I want the experience of being a mother. And if I don't, I'll regret it'

A top Irish comedian resumes touring her record-breaking Prosecco Express show, exploring motherhood, singleness, biological family reunions, male-audience appeal, and US ambitions.
Humor
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Oakland's Free "Town Biz" Comedy Night w/ HellaFunny (Mon + Tue)

TownBiz Comedy Night at Mesa Maguey showcases Oakland comedians in a 70+ minute, 4–5 comedian lineup paired with Oaxacan food and mezcal.
#oakland-temescal
Film
fromRoger Ebert
1 month ago

NYFF 25: The Currents, Gavagai, Is This Thing On? | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert

Is This Thing On? follows a separated couple navigating stand-up comedy and volleyball lives, mixing somber tone with heartfelt vulnerability and strong performances by Will Arnett and Laura Dern.
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fromWIRED
2 months ago

How to Make STEM Funny-and Go Viral Doing It

A chemistry student who failed her dissertation became a comedian, using PowerPoint-driven STEM comedy that went viral and makes science accessible.
Humor
fromFuncheap
2 months ago

Free Tix: HellaSecret "Desi Comedy Night" Live in SF (7p + 9p)

Weekly HellaDesi Comedy Night in San Francisco showcases top Bay Area South Asian and Asian comedians at a secret Hayes Valley/Civic Center venue with easy BART access.
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