November 4, 2014

Gilbert Gottfried to Compete on the Next Apprentice

NBC announced today on the TODAY show that The Celebrity Apprentice will be back for an all new season. Hitting the board room this year will be legendary comedian Gilbert Gottfried, Kate Gosselin, Terrell Owens, Vivica A Fox, Geraldo Rivera, Brandi Glanville, Jamie Anderson, Ian Ziering, Leeza Gibbons, Kevin Jonas, Shawn Johnon, Kenya Moore, Keshia Knight Pulliam, and Deadliest Catch star Sig Hansen.
November 3, 2014

Behind the Scenes at Triumph the Insult Comic’s New Show, News From Robert Klein, Why Gilbert Gottfried Doesn’t Like Blind People and More!

Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what’s happening in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. In today’s column, Jeffrey attends a taping of the new Jack and Triumph show, attends a comedy benefit, and reports on himself!
October 27, 2014

George Carlin Honored, Ardie Fuqua Talks About His Devastating Injuries, Jay Pharoah, Mel Brooks, Rick Newman, The Naked Show and More!

Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what’s happening in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. In today’s column, we get an update on what comedian Ardie Fuqua has been dealing with since he was in a terrible car crash with Tracy Morgan this summer, plus news from the George Carlin Way dedication ceremony, what's Rick Newman doing these days, and a Mel Brooks update.
September 2, 2014

Susie Essman in Vegas, You’ll Find Her Indoors

Susie Essman has become best known for playing the outspoken Susie Green on the HBO series, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and she's also been a mainstay on the stand up scene for over two decades. Like her alter-ego Susie Green, she is smart, very street, and unflinchingly honest. So we were very excited to get to talk comedy with her.
August 11, 2014

Ron and Fez Tribute to Robin Williams on SiriusXM

After finding out that Oscar winning actor and comedy legend Robin Williams had died earlier today, Ron Bennington and Fez Whatley of SiriusXM's Ron and Fez Show went live on SiriusXM channel 99 to pay tribute to a long and exceptional career.
August 11, 2014

Paul Provenza and Ron Funches Hit Up NYC Clubs

Jeffrey Gurian left the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal weeks ago, but he's still jumping around New York, and anywhere else that comedy calls. Follow his column to find out what's happening in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York.
August 3, 2014

Gilbert Gottfried Has Some Apology-Ridden Advice for You

Gilbert Gottfried is pretty good at offending people. He's also thrown out a few apologies, so you can rightfully consider him an expert on the subject of apologizing for offending people. And when Gilbert Gottfried starts making more sense than anyone else in America on any subject, it's time for everyone else to re-examine their behavior.
June 2, 2014

Comedians on Late Night TV Monday June 2: Bob Newhart, Kate McKinnon, Gilbert Gottfried, Dana Gould and More

Most of the Late Night talk shows are back from their week of vacation, and there are a lot of comedy guests lined up this week. Here are some of tonight's comedian guests.
May 19, 2014

Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Other Big Names to Mentor Comics on This Year’s “Last Comic Standing”

NBC has been keeping most of the details about this year's all new season of Last Comic Standing. Most of the format details are super hush, and the names of the comedians have been largely guarded with the exception of a few comedians we've seen in promos. But NBC announced today, that in addition to all the great comedians already involved, there will be a number of huge comedy names serving as celebrity mentors.
April 24, 2014

Gilbert Gottfried Talks About the Joke That Tore Shecky Greene, and the Friars Club Apart

Here we go again, Gilbert Gottfried told a joke and someone's upset. Sounds familiar right? Gottfried's been in trouble a few times before (more on that below). This time, at least nobody is expecting an apology.
April 22, 2014

Shecky Greene Quits Friars Club Over Gilbert Gottfried’s Act

Comedy legend Shecky Greene, 88, has been a member of the Friar's club for decades, but today he tore up his membership card and said he's finished. And it's all because of Gilbert Gotfried's dirty mouth. Shecky came by the SiriusXM studios along with his friend and fellow Friar Jeffrey Gurian, to sit down with Ron Bennington of the Ron and Fez show and talk about the incident that upset him so much that he turned in his Friars Card.