stand-up comedy
It’s no joke: One sports writer’s adventure in stand-up comedy
How does fifty-something sports writer Gare Joyce become a rookie in the stand-up biz? Well, it’s a funny story …
Trevor Noah and the search for the perfect joke
The new host of the Daily Show is in hot water over some offensive—mostly bad—jokes. Jaime Weinman on his discomfort with our ‘rule of funny’
Q&A: Comedian Tig Notaro on standing up, despite it all
The stand-up comedian on her horrible four months, the legendary set that followed, and the new joy she’s found
Do stand-up comedians have it worse?
It’s become a mantra in stand-up comedy: a great laugh comes out of making lightness out of darkness. But where does that stereotype come from?