The popular stand-up and digital voice, who has in the past also made headlines by playing pranks on the likes of Donald ...

British stand-up comedian and sitcom star Ricky Gervais said comics should not obsess over potentially offending audiences, because any joke will offend somebody somewhere. In a new interview with the ...

There’s a quote that is often used to describe comedy: “We must laugh to keep us from crying.” Napoleon Bonaparte first said it, but over time, the words evolved, but the meaning remained the same: ...

Anyone who thinks British humor is limited to withering quips on “Downton Abbey” is living in the past. Jimmy Carr and Sarah Millican, both performing sold-out shows this month in Minneapolis, are ...

No matter how quick the wit, no stand-up comic starts out a success. Forget the top: on the way to the bottom rung, comics need to endure endless open-mic tryouts, log thousands of miles for little or ...