Allan Johnson

This is the kind of stuff that gets George Lopez: - "The Menendez brothers are the most popular Latinos in the history of television," Lopez jokes about the pair accused...

There aren't many ventriloquist shows like Dave Strassman's ventriloquist show. Sure, Strassman does the standards: He doesn't move his lips, he talks while drinking water, he makes it seem as...

`Today's newspapers tonight," says comic Jeff Cesario of his alternative for the late-night talk show, a roundtable with comics and others discussing the day's news. "We'll kick around the day's...

Chicago's comedy landscape has experienced some interesting alterations during the last few years or so. But Zanies has remained constant for 15 years now. And the legendary Wells Street club...

How would you like to see a reunion of the Beatles? What about the Police? The Who? No, that's been done. How about the Firesign Theatre? You're scratching your head...

It's not a smart idea to make fun of those burly motorcycle bikers. But several comics pull it off successfully on "Harley-Davidson's 90th Birthday Blast," a new Showtime special that...

It's a sad, but true, fact of life that any comic who's appeared on HBO's "Def Comedy Jam" more than likely will be allowed to headline certain clubs across the...

Sheryl Underwood has taken some twists and turns since she got into comedy in 1985, which have helped to sharpen her into the type of standup that she is today....

Ross Bennett, you've been chosen as the feature comic for the fifth anniversary of the "Just for Laughs" column! "OK." Yes, Ross, it has been five years come Thursday that...

Taking the pulse of the nation is Ken Robinson: "While they were signing this deal to make peace (in the Middle East)," says Robinson, "out in the background of the...