Video: J. Chris Newberg wants to give Jennifer Aniston a baby

by Punchline Magazine

In a Comedy.com original, musical comedian J. Chris Newberg offers some options to the baby-hungry Jennifer Aniston. Check it out.

Barack Obama stabs at comedy to get votes

by Brendan McLaughlin

With the GOP hitting him harder than ever, it’s time for Barack Obama to get tougher. His strategy? Comedy.
At least that’s how it seemed at a recent town hall meeting in Michigan. Obama garnered laughs from the crowd with a number of cutting remarks about John McCain and the recent addition of Sarah Palin to [...]

Comedian Al Franken wins Democratic primary

by Daniel Perlman

We’re one step closer to having a comedian in the U.S. Senate, with SNL alum Al Franken winning the Democratic Senate primary in Minnesota. Franken easily won the seven-way competition, earning nearly 70 percent of the vote. The comedian will now face incumbent Republican senator Norm Coleman in the general election.
State republicans have already dug [...]

Video interview: A Tight Five with Judy Gold

by Dylan P. Gadino

In our historic 10th episode of our weekly video series A Tight Five, we chat with the incredibly talented, incredibly versatile comedian Judy Gold. In the interview, Gold talks about being a divorced lesbian mother to two boys, how ugly male comics still get laid on the road and she even calls someone off camera “cunty.” Her long running one-woman show 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother — also a book — is playing in Atlanta through the 21st. As always, A Tight Five is co-brought to you by the fine folks at RooftopComedy.com and shot at Comix in New York City.

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