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John Cleese Has Mic Taken Away at SXSW After Embarrassing Rant About Slavery

"You do know the British have been slaves twice, right?" Cleese asked the crowd

Pete Davidson Reveals Plans for the Retired Staten Island Ferry He Just Bought

The hottest club in New York is an old, abandoned ferry docked in Kim Kardashian's boyfriend's backyard

Bob Saget's Autopsy Report Reveals Skull Fractures Typically Seen in "High-Force Injuries"

Doctors say his injuries were consistent with being hit in the head with a baseball bat or falling down stairs, but authorities insist there were no signs of foul play

Dave Chappelle Helps Kill Affordable Housing Plan in His Hometown

"I am not bluffing, I will take it all off the table," the comedian said, threatening to pull his businesses from the Ohio town

The World According to Bob Saget

InsideHook remembers "America's dad," who died Sunday at the age of 65

Should Patton Oswalt Have to Answer for Dave Chappelle’s Transphobia?

Should we consider a photo with Chappelle to be a tacit endorsement of his beliefs?

It's Not Just Musicians Who Claim Spotify's Not Paying Them Enough

The streaming giant is facing a new push to pay comedians both as writers and performers

Marc Maron Probably Shouldn’t Be Trashing Local Businesses on Instagram

A dust-up with a Seattle guitar shop shows the pitfalls of celebrities putting small businesses on blast

How the Stand-Up World Will Remember Norm Macdonald

Friends of the iconoclastic comic describe a man who was devoted to the singular art of telling a good joke

The Long-Overdue Apologies of Jay Leno Will Never Be Enough

Why is Leno just now apologizing for decades of anti-Asian jokes?

Comedian Chris Gethard Is the Unexpected Mental Health Champion We Need Right Now

His podcast Beautiful/Anonymous illustrates how “everyone’s got something going on,” and that’s comforting

New York’s Embargoed Comedy Clubs Have Gone Underground

With his club indefinitely closed, veteran promoter Dani Zoldan is booking impromptu shows wherever he can find a crowd

Jeff Ross Is the Latest Accused Creep to Get a Free Pass From the Comedy World

Why does the standup circuit seem so averse to punishing its own?

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John Cleese Has Mic Taken Away at SXSW After Embarrassing Rant About Slavery

"You do know the British have been slaves twice, right?" Cleese asked the crowd

Pete Davidson Reveals Plans for the Retired Staten Island Ferry He Just Bought

The hottest club in New York is an old, abandoned ferry docked in Kim Kardashian's boyfriend's backyard

Bob Saget's Autopsy Report Reveals Skull Fractures Typically Seen in "High-Force Injuries"

Doctors say his injuries were consistent with being hit in the head with a baseball bat or falling down stairs, but authorities insist there were no signs of foul play

Dave Chappelle Helps Kill Affordable Housing Plan in His Hometown

"I am not bluffing, I will take it all off the table," the comedian said, threatening to pull his businesses from the Ohio town

The World According to Bob Saget

InsideHook remembers "America's dad," who died Sunday at the age of 65

Should Patton Oswalt Have to Answer for Dave Chappelle’s Transphobia?

Should we consider a photo with Chappelle to be a tacit endorsement of his beliefs?

It's Not Just Musicians Who Claim Spotify's Not Paying Them Enough

The streaming giant is facing a new push to pay comedians both as writers and performers

Marc Maron Probably Shouldn’t Be Trashing Local Businesses on Instagram

A dust-up with a Seattle guitar shop shows the pitfalls of celebrities putting small businesses on blast

How the Stand-Up World Will Remember Norm Macdonald

Friends of the iconoclastic comic describe a man who was devoted to the singular art of telling a good joke

The Long-Overdue Apologies of Jay Leno Will Never Be Enough

Why is Leno just now apologizing for decades of anti-Asian jokes?

Comedian Chris Gethard Is the Unexpected Mental Health Champion We Need Right Now

His podcast Beautiful/Anonymous illustrates how “everyone’s got something going on,” and that’s comforting

New York’s Embargoed Comedy Clubs Have Gone Underground

With his club indefinitely closed, veteran promoter Dani Zoldan is booking impromptu shows wherever he can find a crowd

Jeff Ross Is the Latest Accused Creep to Get a Free Pass From the Comedy World

Why does the standup circuit seem so averse to punishing its own?