"Time was when a woman comedian had to make herself ugly, cross her eyes, or fall down in order to get laughs. Her hair stuck straight up in the air–or else it resembled a ragmop. And it didn't hurt any if she was a few dozen pounds overweight," is the lede to this New York Times piece from 1970 about the rise of… » 2/25/15 6:50pm Wednesday 6:50pm

Lauren O'Brien figured out a great way to beat the frustration of L.A. traffic. » 11/24/14 9:30am 11/24/14 9:30am

Hear any good stories about funny women getting mentioned as possibilities for roles in major Hollywood films lately? Let me guess: Tina Fey, Melissa McCarthy, Amy Poehler...sound familiar? That's because those women are on the so-called "short list" in many studio casting offices. » 9/24/14 1:00pm 9/24/14 1:00pm

At a stand up show in Auckland, New Zealand, Jackass alum Steve-O demonstrated that not only is he adept at making funny faces whilst humiliating himself, he also has a real gift for humiliating people who pay to see him do comedy. » 8/07/14 12:40pm 8/07/14 12:40pm

Next week's episode of Law & Order: SVU contains a special treat: a plot line centered around a RAPE JOKE GONE WILD. Stop me if you've heard this one. » 2/21/14 2:00pm 2/21/14 2:00pm

Joan Rivers, the legendary groundbreaking comedian thrice convicted of fashion police brutality, made one New Yorker's Christmas by gifting him with an ornament from her QVC collection and a hand-signed note. New York City is a weird, weird place. » 12/27/13 5:00pm 12/27/13 5:00pm

Are you watching MTV's Nikki & Sara Live? Because it's pretty great, like having a slumber party with the girls you thought you were never cool enough to be friends in high school with but who turn out to be super nice. Case in point: how the show's hosts — comedians Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer — reacted to being… » 10/02/13 7:10pm 10/02/13 7:10pm

I think we all wish we were at that party. » 5/12/13 8:30pm 5/12/13 8:30pm

Lisa Lampanelli, a comedian who's the self-proclaimed "queen of mean"*, is over on Twitter being a real idiot. Her psuedo provocative act is tiring, and this is really, really not OK. No matter how many times she talks about how she slept with a black man, the n-word is still off-limits. Let me try to put this in… » 2/19/13 12:00am 2/19/13 12:00am

A few years ago, at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, a young comedian was doing a set for a crowd there to see the main performer, Hannibal Buress. » 1/12/13 1:00pm 1/12/13 1:00pm

I really wish this version had made it to the theaters, I blame the MPAA and their ridiculous ratings. Anyway, I have no idea why Avery Monsen didn't take off back then, but maybe the world wasn't ready yet? Y'all ready for this now? » 11/05/12 11:30pm 11/05/12 11:30pm

Brown face in Halloween costumes? Not cool, according to Aziz Ansari, the comedian behind Parks & Recreation’s Tom Haverford, the most spot-on, pitch-perfect and hyphen-hyperbole-inducing portrayal of douchebaggery in a generation. » 10/31/12 1:31pm 10/31/12 1:31pm

Your comedy boyfriend Louis CK caused the stomachs of some of his female fans to drop precipitously last week when he sent what sure looked a lot like a supportive Tweet in the direction of Daniel "Release the Rape Hounds" Tosh. But it turns out it wasn't what it looked like, as the comedian explained on The Daily Show » 7/17/12 10:00am 7/17/12 10:00am

In a world where moms depress the shit out of mild to moderately depressed women simply by continuing to exist after their daughters were ejected from the womb, comedian Sarah Silverman, who has been outspoken about her depression in The Bedwetter as well as her act, is ending the chain of pain here, she said on… » 6/02/12 2:15pm 6/02/12 2:15pm

From the people who brought you the world's most passive-aggressive shopgirl comes this foray into the high-stakes social interaction known as taking that dude you've kinda been seeing to a W-E-D-D-I-N-G. "Weddings can be a lot to handle," says the dude. "They really make you think about what's important." Oh dear.… » 12/15/11 5:20pm 12/15/11 5:20pm

I first came across DW Diaz — the oblivious, hipster starlet/actress/model/designer who is the alter-ego of comedian Daniella Pineda — on Twitter. A strange handle sent me a link to the above video, in which Diaz launches a tacky, Native American-inspired clothing line. "To me," explains Diaz, "'Genocide' means out… » 10/26/11 6:10pm 10/26/11 6:10pm

A Canadian comedian has been fined $15,000 by a human rights tribunal for unleashing a tirade of sexist and homophobic insults against a lesbian couple in the audience. But some are concerned this decision will limit the rights of performers. » 4/22/11 9:45am 4/22/11 9:45am

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 04: Sarah Silverman arrives at Variety's Power of Comedy, where she probably made jokes that combined rape, the Holocaust, and poo. Image via Getty » 12/05/10 1:21pm 12/05/10 1:21pm

"Look at the comments section of any Jezebel post...You see young women falling over themselves to get in their two cents about what they think is sexist and what isn't. I think that's great." -comedian/writer Julie Klausner, to Salon. [Salon] » 2/01/10 11:30am 2/01/10 11:30am