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Katt Williams is right about bad comedy

Tired of stale comedy? You can blame the network comedy kingmakers and that "most comedians don't get booed enough"

Salon · Jan 13, 2024

'No machine will ever replace his genius': The daughter of late comedian George Carlin speaks out against a ghoulish AI-generated comedy special, which was likely edited by real people anyway

"Created" by the showrunning AI Dudesy, the hour-long special has drawn widespread criticism.

PC Gamer · Jan 12, 2024

What Is Dudesy, The A.I. Behind The George Carlin And Tom Brady Comedy Specials? Here's What We Know

Here's what you need to know about Dudesy, the A.I. behind the simulated George Carlin and Tom Brady comedy specials.

Cinemablend · Jan 12, 2024

Who decided comedy needed fact-checking?

Hasan Minhaj's embellishments arguably serve a larger purpose. What purpose is served by destroying his career?

Salon · Sep 25, 2023

GOP: Masters of comic-book villainy

Kevin McCarthy can't control his own caucus, let alone Congress. His next move is likely political suicide

Salon · Sep 21, 2023

Commentary: Comedy clubs as free speech zones — and the antidote to cancel culture

On Nov. 24, 1964, the Illinois Supreme Court did what no other state high court had ever done — it vindicated Lenny Bruce’s free speech right to perform provocative routines in comedy clubs. But the freewheeling comedian was not so lucky in New York; a state court thereafter convicted him…

Chicago Tribune · Apr 24, 2023

Comedian and actor Adam Sandler to get 2023 Mark Twain Prize

The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor has gone to such luminaries as Richard Pryor, Carl Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal, George Carlin and Ellen DeGeneres

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022

5 comics who were arrested for what they said onstage

Until the Supreme Court changed the legal standard for obscenity in the early 1970s, comedians routinely faced the threat of arrest over raunchy material performed onstage.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 13, 2022

Judy Tenuta, comedian known as ‘Goddess of Love,’ dies at 72

The Oak Park native’s heart-shaped face, topped by bouffant hair with a flower accent, conveyed an impression of sweet innocence that was quickly shattered by her loud, gravelly delivery and acidic humor, expletives included.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 6, 2022

Judy Tenuta, brash 'Goddess of Love' comedian, dies at 65

Judy Tenuta, a brash standup who cheekily styled herself as the “Goddess of Love” and toured with George Carlin as she built her career in the 1980s golden age of comedy, has died

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022