Sarah Silverman gets no respect in London

by Punchline Magazine

At a headlining show at London’s Hammersmith Apollo on Sunday, Sarah Silverman was brutally heckled into coming back onstage after performing only 40 minutes. When she returned, however, the crowd was treated to a Q&A session instead of more material, according to the BBC.
From the BBC:
The Daily Telegraph’s Dominic Cavendish described the comic as “skipping [...]

Stand-up comedy coming to Ugandan reality show

by Chase Roper

Ugandan comics, get ready for the latest African reality show, “Stand Up Uganda.” The Last-Comic-Alike show will borrow from other successful reality TV formats, specifically the use of judges, live audiences and viewers’ votes. The esteemed M-net Programming Manager for East Africa, Wangeci Murage, made a recent trip to the Ugandan Theatre Factory during comedy [...]

Jon Stewart is mean to Sarah Palin during stand-up show, the Weekly Standard gets sad

by Punchline Magazine

At a stand-up performance Friday at Boston’s Northeastern University, Jon Stewart shared some insights on the republican’s current presidential campaign, punctuating his comments with a hearty “fuck you” to Sarah Palin.
As pointed out by Comedy Central’s Indecision 2008 blog, conservative publication The Weekly Standard found issue with the fact that barely no attention was given [...]