Lulu Roman, who brought her big-hearted Texas sass and full-throated gospel vocals to the enduring variety show “Hee Haw,” known for its corn-pone comedy sketches and...
Ruth Buzzi, whose wary spinster wielding a vicious pocketbook to fend off male advances both real and imagined was among the most memorable characters on “Rowan...
‘Solving Your Problems With Chloe Troast’ May 4 at 8:30 p.m. at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, 242 East 14th Street, Manhattan; ucbcomedy.com. In the months since...
Jed Gould, the influential Los Angeles disc jockey known as Jed the Fish, who used his off-kilter sensibility and deep musical knowledge to shine a light...
As he played a chainsaw-wielding Elon Musk on “Saturday Night Live” in March, the veteran Canadian comedian Mike Myers was not intending to make a personal...
With Easter approaching, it seemed appropriate for “Saturday Night Live” to resurrect a favorite bit: a scene from the Bible that is interrupted by a comic...
And talking about the hostages at the same time does anger some on the far left. One of the directors of the Oscar-winning doc “No Other...
“Every loop won’t always close, and I think that’s part of the fun of it, of what’s going to happen next,” Johnson said. “And if you’re...
In March of 1983, a public relations official at Boston University asked Joseph Boskin, a scholar of humor in the history department, whether he knew anything...
Suzanne Rand, who worked with John Monteith in a comedy team that was often compared to the groundbreaking Mike Nichols and Elaine May — and that,...
