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‘It’s Bullshit’: Star of ‘Hacks’ Hilariously Shoots Down Claims Comedians Can’t Make Jokes Anymore

Jamie FreveleMay 10th
Bill Maher Cracks Up Laughing Over Comedian Matt Friend’s Hilariously Uncanny Trump Impression As They Act Out Absurd Conversation

Caleb HoweApr 6th
Comedian Michael McIntyre Cancels Show To Undergo Emergency Surgery

David GilmourMar 4th
Dave Chappelle Wins His 5th Best Comedy Album Grammy For ‘What’s in a Name?’ – Second Win In Two Years

Caleb HoweFeb 4th
Greg Gutfeld Bombs With His Own Studio Audience After Taking a Shot at Ex-Fox Colleague Chris Wallace

Jamie FreveleSep 8th
Joe Rogan Opens Up About Close Friendship with Anthony Bourdain and His Passing

Candice OrtizSep 7th
WATCH: Jamie Foxx Stuns With One of the Best Trump Impressions You Will Ever See

Candice OrtizAug 26th
John Cleese Tells Fox News That ‘Disastrous’ Wokeness Marks the ‘Death of Creativity’

Zachary LeemanJul 20th
Martha Stewart Reveals She Wishes Some of Her Friends Would Die So She Could Marry Their Husbands: ‘Not Painfully, but Just Die!’

Candice OrtizJul 7th
Bill Burr Rants About Seeing the Word ‘Freedom’ On a Pickup Truck: Freedom ‘Went Out The Window’ Decades Ago

Candice OrtizJul 6th
Andrew Schulz Spent Life Savings Buying Back Comedy Special After Streaming Service Said His Jokes We’re Too Much to Air

Candice OrtizJul 5th
Bob Saget Contemplated His Own Mortality Months Before Death in Newly Unearthed Podcast

Candice OrtizJun 7th
Patton Oswalt Calls Out Fellow Comics for Enabling Alt-Right By Making Racist Jokes: Handed Them a ‘Blueprint’

Candice OrtizMay 31st
Pete Davidson Addresses SNL Exit in Emotional Post: ‘Got to Share So Much With This Audience’

Katherine HugginsMay 21st
Suspect Who Tackled Dave Chappelle Won’t Be Charged With Felony, Announces Los Angeles DA

Kipp JonesMay 5th
Jon Stewart Says Comedians’ Greatest Threat is Authoritarians: We Are the ‘Bellwether’ for a Free Society

Ken MeyerApr 25th
Adam Carolla Explains Why He Thinks He Can Get Away With Offensive Jokes: ‘I’m Not a Bad Person so I Can Say Bad Things’

Sam GoldbergMar 24th
Adam Carolla Rips Patton Oswalt Apologizing For Dave Chappelle Friendship: ‘You Empower A Small Group Of Douchebags’

Mediaite StaffJan 4th
Spotify Removed Content From Comedians Including John Mulaney and Kevin Hart Amid Licensing Dispute

Katherine HugginsDec 5th
WATCH: Scuffles and Shouting Break Out Between Pro-Chappelle and Anti-Netflix Factions at Employee Walkout and Protest

Caleb HoweOct 20th
‘We Are Not Going’ to Remove Special: Netflix CEO Defends Dave Chappelle Stand-Up Amid Accusations of Transphobia

Jackson RichmanOct 11th
Comedian Blaire Erskine Lampoons Facebook in Mock Response to Outage: ‘Good Luck Remembering Your Mom’s Birthday Now, You Pieces of Sh*t’

Leia IdlibyOct 5th
WATCH: Texas Democrats Sing We Shall Overcome (Twice) After Absconding to D.C. With Beer

Caleb HoweJul 13th
Kevin Hart Blasts Proponents of Cancel Culture: ‘Shut the F*ck Up!’

Rudy TakalaJun 14th