These days, everyone can use a few good laughs. Guess that means Comedy Central's latest launch is well-timed. The Viacom-owned cable network took Jokes.com, a property it acquired in 2002, and ...

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There’s no typical two-drink minimum at a new comedy club in Dayton because its owners wanted people to experience comedy in a much different way. The Jokes & Tokes Comedy Club opened April 20 inside ...

Venezuelan comedian Angelo Colina is on a mission to make Spanish-language material mainstream in the U.S. comedy scene. In the past, Latinx comedians with non-English routines have largely been ...

At its core, comedy is about disruption. Something goes wrong, and we watch characters scramble to restore order—often in hilariously ineffective ways. A person slips on a banana peel. A couple ...