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The strategic use of humor ended a woman’s fear of flying and turned a schizophrenic man into a confident public speaker. The ...

Leanne Morgan discusses what it was like to team up with Chuck Lorre to build a new Netflix comedy and take the once-common ...

A select few actors got their start doing standup and/or comedy before making the leap to acting. Arguably one of the ...

Every stand-up comic should read a good stand-up comedy memoir, and perhaps the best one out there is Born Standing Up, by comedy legend Steve Martin.

Gary Gulman’s most famously funny bit is a take on the abbreviation of U.S. state names (trust us, it’s hilarious.) His 2020 HBO special, “The Great Depresh,” poignantly addressed his ...

The confession is usually triggered by a joke bombing: Kids are doing it. Everyone’s doing it in the Midwest. It’s called ...