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Martin Short and the Secret to Finding Joy While Surviving Tragedy - The New York Times

‘Colbert’ Is Done. ‘SNL’ is Stale. Where Does Late-Night TV Go From Here? | Cannonball - The New York Times

At Netflix Is a Joke, the Attention Economy Rules the Festival - The New York Times

When ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Goes Away, What Do We Lose? - The New York Times

David Letterman Reflects on ‘The Late Show’ and Has Harsh Words for New CBS Owners - The New York Times

How Ashley Padilla, Breakout ‘S.N.L.’ Star, Nails Comic Timing - The New York Times

Review: Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara Seduce in ‘Fallen Angels’ - The New York Times

Britain’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ as Seen From Both Sides of the Atlantic - The New York Times

Max Amini Is a Global Comedic Success On and Off YouTube - The New York Times

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Could Marcello Hernández Be the Next ‘SNL’ Cast Member to Become a Superstar? - The New York Times

Ricky Gervais’s Golden Globe Win for His Stand-Up Special Sends a Bad Message - The New York Times

‘Bug’ Review: Carrie Coon Is Superb in an American Gothic Tale - The New York Times

Louis C.K. Kicks Off Beacon Theater Shows With Quieter Approach - The New York Times

‘Richard II’ Review: Michael Urie Is a Cynical, Comic Monarch - The New York Times

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Larry David Takes the Stage for an Amusing but Not So Revealing Chat - The New York Times

Jim Downey, SNL’s Secret Weapon, Finally Gets His Spotlight Moment - The New York Times

Why Arguments About Free Speech Don’t Apply to the Riyadh Comedy Festival - The New York Times

What Clowns! (That’s a Compliment) - The New York Times

Here’s How Late-Night Became Political Before Trump - The New York Times

Being a High-Profile Comedian Right Now Is No Joke - The New York Times

Gianmarco Soresi Thrives Where Theater Kid and Club Comic Meet - The New York Times

How Adam Friedland Confounds Guests Like Ritchie Torres on His Talk Show - The New York Times

6 Smart Comedy Specials for Labor Day Weekend

The Comedian as Master Troll - The New York Times

Penn & Teller’s Secret to a 50-Year Partnership

How Marc Maron’s Podcast Helped Him Make His New Comedy Special ‘Panicked’

Canceling ‘The Late Show’ Is Bad News for Late-Night TV, not Stephen Colbert

Alt Comedy Is Dead. Long Live Alt Comedy!

Anatomy of a Comedy Cliché

In ‘Comedy Samurai,' the Writer-Director Larry Charles Tells Tales of Working on ‘Borat’ and ‘Curb’

George Romero’s Zombies Lurch On, in Three Family Projects

John Mulaney’s Weird Talk Show on Netflix Suddenly Found Its Way

Sympathy for the Devil, er Boss: In ‘The Studio,’ the Powerful Are on Defense

My Life With Uncle Vanya, the Self-Pitying Sad Sack We Can’t Quit

10 Wild Clips to Help You Understand Andy Kaufman’s Greatness

Lionizing Mark Twain, Conan O’Brien Subtly Skewers Trump

Raise a Glass to the Messy, Cringey Wedding Toast

Nish Kumar and the State of Comedy on the Political Left

Bill Burr Is About to Hit Broadway. Broadway Better Duck.

5 Comedy Specials to Watch: Josh Johnson, Rosebud Baker and More

Forget the Punchline. It’s the Setup to These Jokes That’s Tricky.

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Nikki Glaser Wants to Kill as Host of the Globes. Is She Overthinking It?

Tom Shales Took TV Seriously Even When Its Creators Didn’t

For Comics, Honing Jokes Has Taken a Back Seat to Marketing

Jamie Foxx’s ‘What Happened Was…’ and Other Comedy Specials to Watch

Best Comedy of 2024

Can Disney Cut Into Netflix’s Stand-Up Comedy Dominance?

Johnny Carson and the Fantasy of America

‘Chicken Shop Date’ and the Art of Talk-Show Flirtation

Why Trump Uses Comics Like Tony Hinchcliffe to Spread His Message

25 Jump Scares That Still Make Us Jump

‘Saturday Night Live’ and the Underappreciated Influence of Carol Burnett

Ali Wong Dishes on Life After Divorce. Her Real Subject Is Fame.

Ellen DeGeneres Is in Her Boss Era on Her New Netflix Special

Is the Comedy-Club Booking Process Broken?

Conner O’Malley’s Intensely Funny, Deeply Stupid Manosphere

In His Stand-Up Special, Joe Rogan Plays Dumb

Kamala Harris’s Laugh Is a Campaign Issue. Our Comedy Critic Weighs in.

If A.I. Is Coming for Comedy Writers, Simon Rich Is Ready

Bob Newhart Holds Up.

When Is a Stand-Up Special Like ‘The Wire’? When Ali Siddiq Is Onstage

3 Sharp Stand-Up Specials to Entertain You This Holiday Weekend

Conan O’Brien Doesn’t Matter*

Is This Season of ‘Hacks’ Trolling Jerry Seinfeld?

5 Knockout Stand-Up Specials for the Long Weekend

Bo Burnham Is Everywhere. He’s Just Very Good at Pretending to Disappear.

Netflix Gives Comedy the Live Treatment. The Results Are Chaotic.

On This Saturday Night, Colin Jost’s Jokes Fell Flat

Is New York Improv Back? I Went on a One-Week Binge to Find Out.

The O.J. Joke: How the Simpson Case Changed Comedy’s Boundaries

Demetri Martin Confronts the Paradoxes of a Veteran Standup Career

Ramy Youssef: Mixing Vibes and Politics to Fierce Effect

Deadly Foosball, Nefarious Pool Guys and the Loony Musings of ‘Valley Heat’

Review: For ‘Jack Tucker,’ Failure Is the Only Option

Wanted: Writers for Awards Show Jokes. Must Be Skilled at Diplomacy

With Richard Lewis, Kvetching Was Charismatic

In Calling Out Tucker Carlson, Jon Stewart Reminds Us He Has (Old-Fashioned) Skills

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‘Izzard Hamlet New York’ Review: A Solo Show That’s More Noble Than Wise

How Taylor Tomlinson Nailed Her Closing Joke

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Hickory Dickory Dock. It’s Andrew Dice Clay on TikTok.

Tom Shales Took TV Seriously Even When Its Creators Didn’t

‘The Curse’ Ending: What Just Happened?

Is What’s Good for Taylor Tomlinson’s Career Bad for Her Life?

Dave Chappelle Assumes We’re Already Offended in His New Netflix Special

3 Great Specials to Stream Over the Holidays

One Reason Theatre Is in Crisis: The Slow Death of Criticism

Was a Scandal the Best Thing to Happen to Hasan Minhaj?

The Creepiest Moment Onscreen This Year Occurred in a Comedy

Best Comedy of 2023

Video: Remembering ‘The Exorcist’ at 50

A Shot at Building a Stand-Up Career in 15 Minutes or Less

Chiseled Cheekbones and Comic Chops: Why We Don’t Like Our Stand-Ups Hunky

Dave Chappelle and the Perils of Button-Pushing Comedy

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'The Exorcist' at 50: How One Horror Movie Shocked the World

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Whatever Happened to Local Comedy Scenes?

Lying in Comedy Isn’t Always Wrong, but Hasan Minhaj Crossed a Line

How Shane Gillis Both Plays to and Mocks Red Staters

‘A Haunting in Venice’ Review: A Whodunit With a Splash of Horror

Inside Story - The Martin Chronicles

5 Stand-Up Specials to Stream for the Labor Day Weekend

John Oliver and Seth Meyers: Looser but Less Pointed Onstage

In the Battle Between Bots and Comedians, A.I. Is Killing

In Pee-wee Herman, Joy and Fun Got Flat-Out Weird

Jim Gaffigan’s Quintessentially American Comedy Gets Darker and Better

John Early Brings a Deliriously Over-the-Top Sensibility to Stand-Up

Is Originality Even a Worthy Ambition Anymore?

‘One Woman Show’ Review: Unlikable for Laughs

A Comic With Many Questions About Jews and Whiteness

A ‘Crown Jewel of Comedy’: The Joan Rivers Card Catalog of Jokes Finds a Home

Five Stand-Up Specials for the Long Holiday Weekend

The Martin Chronicles

John Mulaney Punctures His Persona in ‘Baby J’

Steven Wright, Master of the One-Liner, Tries His Hand at a Novel

That’s the Funny Thing About Grief

Naked Stand-Up Comedy: Everything You Imagine, but Oh So Much More