Long Island loves to laugh. Stand-up has always been a strong draw in both Nassau and Suffolk. The comedy culture began in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s when clubs like East Side Comedy in ...

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A decade later, that 1980s comedy boom busted. ... Now, Don’t Tell has become the go-to place to watch stand-up comedy, said comedian Jay Jurden, especially comics outside of the big names.

A comedy performance today at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck prompted me to look back at an era in Houston’s stand-up comedy history that seems thin if measured by active legacy clubs. But Houston was ...

Netflix was putting out a new stand-up special seemingly every week. Even the 1980s-style two-drink minimum comedy clubs were thriving nationwide before the pandemic shut them down. Whether COVID-19 ...

May, who was born in Tennessee and raised in Arkansas, grew up idolizing 1980s comedy star Sam Kinison. He mined his obesity for laughs as part of his standup routine.