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    SoundBits: Stand-up Guys Mike Jenkins and Jose Bacio

    September 29th, 2009

    What can you say about two dudes from Salt Lake City, Utah, whose idea of a good time is stripping down to their skivvies and having their bodies slathered with hot wax while imbibing brews live on the air? First and foremost, you have got to tune in, because that’s just the tip of the [...]

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    SoundBits: Yeeee-Haw! It’s… Spanky Brown?

    September 15th, 2009

    When you tune into The Spanky Brown Show, be prepared for anything, all of it outrageous. From his James Brown-inspired opening track to his twisted entertainment-news updates to his rambunctious confabs with fellow comedians, the funnyman is incapable of delivering a dull moment. What’s more, the Memphis resident, who’s regularly featured on BET’s Comic [...]

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    Funnyman Alonzo Bodden: Showbiz Success = Health Insurance

    August 28th, 2009

    Annual checkup. Check. Oscar nomination. Forget it.
    So go Alonzo Bodden’s priorities these days. Interviewed on The Blac Comedy Show, the 47-year-old funnyman—who was first runner-up on Season 2 of NBC’s Last Comic Standing—reflects on the true meaning of success.
    “I keep playing bouncers or security guards for the star,” Alonzo tells host Shawn Stevenson vis-à-vis his [...]

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    Jon Lovitz: I Took Up Standup So I Wouldn’t Go Broke

    August 6th, 2009

    If you’re hesitant about shelling out 20 bucks to catch Jon Lovitz riff onstage at his new comedy club, rest assured the money’s going to a good cause - namely upkeep on the funnyman’s abode.
    Rest assured, too, that he won’t have been toking in the green room.
    Interviewed on The Radio Happy Hour, Jon discusses [...]

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    Still-Unbetrothed Jennifer Love Hewitt’s New Careers: Singer and Standup Comic?

    July 21st, 2009

    Jennifer Love Hewitt may not be tying the knot with beau Jamie Kennedy just yet.
    But that doesn’t mean there aren’t new experiences in store for the I Know What You Did Last Summer star - like belting out standards and cracking jokes.
    That according to Jamie Masada, owner of the The Laugh Factory comedy clubs [...]

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    Satirist John Breneman Delves Deep into Cyberspace

    July 7th, 2009

    What’s in store for Alaska Governor Sarah Palin after she resigns her seat on July 26?
    “She plans to take a brief vacation, shooting media jackals from an airplane.
    “Then she may hit the paid-speaker circuit with her inane ability to spout random strings of words that underscore her refreshing lack of knowledge and experience.”
    That according [...]

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    Kathy Kinney: People Are Nice to Me (but Only Because I Was on TV)

    June 12th, 2009

    Kathy Kinney may have packed up her tub o’ blue eye shadow when The Drew Carey Show wrapped five years ago, but her alter ego is still lurking behind those famous peepers.
    Interviewed on Mommy Brain Reports, the actress who played Mimi Bobeck to the delight of millions recounts how - and why - those same [...]

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    EXCLUSIVE: Jerry Seinfeld Phones His TV Mom — at Last

    June 11th, 2009

    It took nearly a year, but Jerry Seinfeld finally called up his “mom” - if only to let her down.
    Interviewed on BlogTalkRadio, Liz Sheridan, who spent nine years playing Helen Seinfeld on Seinfeld, recounts how the funnyman phoned her out of the blue last week while in L.A. with Larry David shooting Curb Your [...]

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    Dom DeLuise: 1933-2009

    May 5th, 2009

    The world is a bit lot less funny today, now that Dom DeLuise has left us.
    Dom, who brought infinite joy to audiences over the past five decades, passed away last night in a Los Angeles hospital at the age of 75.
    During his career, the funnyman graced such big-screen comedies as Blazing Saddles, The Cheap Detective, [...]

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    SoundBits: No More Dr. Evil for David Brown (Even if He Does Still Lust for Power)

    February 17th, 2009

    It’s Tuesday, and that means another installment of our SoundBits column is hot off the cyberpress. This week, we spotlight David Brown, who’s better known as Dr. Blogstein, host of the Radio Happy Hour. Since launching his BlogTalkRadio show way back in September 2007, the Hoboken, N.J., native has interviewed such famous faces as Shirley [...]

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