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Shrill? Yes. Filthy? Yep. And Still, Gilbert Gottfried Makes You Laugh

By Angel Melendez
Jan 17, 2020

Comedians and rock stars share a common bond when it comes to touring. Their lives are essentially blurs that move from one check-in counter to the next. For legendary actor and stand-up comedian Gilbert Gottfried, the same is true even at age 64 as he visits one city after another...
Comedian Josh Johnson Is “Your Favorite Sad Funny Man”

By Jackie De Freitas
Jan 9, 2020

The standup comic is set to open for The Daily Show host Trevor Noah at Hard Rock Live Saturday, January 18.
In Latest Comedy Show, Jim Gaffigan Tackles the Stigma of Being a Tourist

By Nicholas Olivera
Dec 18, 2019

Jim Gaffigan is a rarity in contemporary standup comedy: a clean, family-friendly comic who's able to sell out venues both stateside and internationally without working blue. He’s also one of the only comedians who won’t take Florida to task for being an godless, politically mismanaged state. “Florida is so special...
JB Smoove Brings His Smart Lollygagging Comedy Tour to Lauderhill

By Angel Melendez
Oct 1, 2019

JB Smoove took time away from his Lollygagging Comedy Tour to speak with the New Times ahead of his gig at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center on Friday, October 11.
Spill the Beans Comedy Gives Audiences a Room With a View

By Nicholas Olivera
Aug 15, 2019

Spill the Beans Comedy is filling the void left in 2017 with the closing of Fort Lauderdale Improv.
Comedian Ben Bailey: "I Want Fans to Forget I’m the Cash Cab Guy"

By Luis Gomez
May 14, 2019

Ben Bailey sees himself as a comedian first and the host of Cash Cab second. Many of his fans, on the other hand, are bigger fans of his Cash Cab work — if they’re even aware of his 25-year stand-up comedy career. But Bailey doesn’t seem too bitter about...
Comedian Ryan Hamilton Works Clean, but You Might Not Even Notice

By Luis Gomez
Jan 8, 2019

Comedian Ryan Hamilton doesn't mind his clean comic reputation. He thinks it probably has helped his comedy career. And besides, he knows there are worse things he could be called.
After Apu, Hari Kondabolu Is Settling Uneasily Into Fame

By Luis Gomez
Oct 1, 2018

Comedian Hari Kondabolu — who has seen his profile rise thanks to his Netflix special and the documentary The Problem With Apu — will perform October 6 at the Broward Center.
I Mom So Hard Brings Honest Mommy Humor to Hollywood

By Rebecca McBane
Jan 11, 2018

The internet has been a boon to modern moms in many ways. It has provided stay-at-home moms with contact and communication with the outside world. It has practically created the work-at-home mom. And just as important, it has given moms a way to vent, to get real — often with hilarious results.
Tracy Morgan, After Surviving Tragedy, Simply "Wants to Eat at Versace"

By Angel Melendez
Nov 3, 2017

Before any questions are asked, Tracy Morgan is already off and running. “We love Miami, me and my wife. My wife wants to go to Versace and eat dinner one night. I want you to print that. My wife, Megan Morgan, wants to eat at Versace.”
Dave Chappelle Is the Comedic Voice Trump's America Deserves

By Angel Melendez
Feb 9, 2017

In 2006, during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Dave Chappelle told his onetime sketch-comedy target: "I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt like I was deliberately being encouraged, and I was overwhelmed. It's like you're being flooded with things and you don't pay attention to things like your ethics."
Hannibal Buress on Bombing at the West Palm Beach Improv: "That Show Is Legendary"

By Angel Melendez
Jul 21, 2016

Hannibal Buress both does and doesn’t care what you think about his comedy. The Chicago native meticulously combs through his material in hopes that audiences find his quirky brand of honest, self-deprecating humor funny. However, as his numerous specials on Netflix can attest, he’s not afraid to experiment with jokes...
The Naked Magic Show: Sleeves Up, Pants Down at the Broward Center

By Wendy Rhodes
Jul 19, 2016

Growing up in Brisbane, Australia, Mike Tyler never imagined he’d be performing in front of sold-out crowds across North America. Naked. After packing venues throughout Australia, Hong Kong, and New Zealand, The Naked Magic Show is making its way to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts on its first...
Jim Jefferies Is Really, Really Good at Pissing People Off

By Angel Melendez
Feb 1, 2016

His weapons are alcohol (which empowers his rants like a boozy version of a spinach-inhaling Popeye), swear words (with one in particular that's not generally accepted in polite American conversation), and most importantly, the truth. It's that final element which so thoroughly infuriates the majority of his detractors. Saturday evening...
These Are the Five Best NSFW Storytellers in Comedy

By Angel Melendez
Jan 28, 2016

Depending on your level of cynicism, stand-up comics are either incredibly brave entertainers or narcissists in desperate need of attention and a hug. Regardless, every successful stand-up comedian has an angle, a schtick, they work to their benefit. Mitch Hedberg and Steven Wright are (or were) masters of punny, one-liners...
In 2015, Amy Schumer is All of Us

By Giana Pacinelli
Dec 9, 2015

Amy Poehler better watch out; there’s a new Amy out for her laughs, and she’s doing it with a little bit of feminism and a whole lot of vulgarity. While Amy Schemer is no newcomer to the comedy scene, 2015 was most definitely her year. Most memorably, Schumer wrote and...
Review: Tom Segura Delivers Porn Jokes, Dirty Insights at FTL Improv

By Angel Melendez
Nov 6, 2015

Tom Segura may not be a household name just yet, but he’s far and away one of the funniest men in stand-up comedy today. The star of his own special on Netlfix, Completely Normal, and one-half of the husband/wife duo alongside Christina Pazsitzky on the podcast, Your Mom’s House, Segura...
Tom Segura Recounts a Florida Drug Deal Gone Weird

By Angel Melendez
Nov 2, 2015

If jokes about a dude rubbing his balls on hotel curtains or receiving oral sex from Siamese twins make you twitch with discomfort, click away now; Tom Segura is not for you. If, however, either of these elicited even the faintest crack of a smile, you'll probably want to clear...
Lil Dicky Made You Laugh; Now He Wants to Make You Listen

By Ryan Pfeffer
Jun 12, 2015

Imagine you're holding an instruction manual called "How to be a Famous Rapper." Now open to page one. What does it say? There's probably some stuff about making beats, money, diamonds — the usual suspects. Chances are, nowhere in your imaginary text does it say anything about devoting entire verses...
Kevin Smith Talks Live Podcasting: “It’s Punk Rock Without Four Chords”

By Dyllan Furness
Apr 17, 2015

Ask Kevin Smith how he’s doing and you’re liable to get a detailed, ten-minute answer involving everything from the tour bus industry to his family in Florida. Anecdotes bookend each topic and serve as segues that conflate his stream-of-consciousness into a narrative whole. Smith, writer and director of some of...

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