Opinion: Chappelle pushes boundaries that got Lenny Bruce arrested  Newsday

Part of the fun of watching edgy stand-up comedians is what I call the “Demolition Derby Effect.” Just as demolition derbies were born out of the belief that a lot of …

CLARENCE PAGE: Chappelle pushes the same boundaries that once got Lenny Bruce arrested  SCNow

Part of the fun of watching edgy stand-up comedians is what I call the “Demolition Derby Effect.”

Julie Tomlin’s theatre news: Tony Hancock, Lenny Bruce, Where We Come From  Islington Tribune newspaper website

At the Cockpit Theatre on September 6, Two Comedy Suicides is a double bill performed by David Erdos about two unique comedians. Heathcote William’s …

Julie Tomlin’s theatre news: Tony Hancock, Lenny Bruce, Where We Come From  Camden New Journal newspapers website

Provides local news from the Camden, Islington and Westminster areas.

How Luke Kirby Created a “Fairy Godmother“ Version of Lenny Bruce for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel  Vanity Fair

The Emmy-nominated actor joins this week’s Little Gold Men podcast to talk about his utterly unique—but also very accurate—portrayal of the comedy legend.

See Midge Bask in Art Deco Miami in ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season Three Teaser  Rolling Stone

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Check out these NYC spots where ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ films  New York Post

Those 1950s-era buildings in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” still exist in New York City. Here are a few cool locations that serve as back-in-the-day inspiration.

Paul Krassner: Investigative Satirist  CounterPunch

Before Paul Krassner becomes obliterated by commercial obits, I thought to bring up a major effort of his to counter the Real/ fake news of the corporate media …

How The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Stand-up Gets Written  Vulture

On this week’s episode of the Good One podcast, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino explain how they wrote stand-up …

Why are comedians so unfunny these days? Drop the political rants and tell us some jokes  The Times

Shortly after the election of Donald Trump, I interviewed the comedian John Oliver for this magazine. Oliver, in case you somehow overlooked this unmissable …