Carl Reiner, beloved creator of ‘Dick Van Dyke Show,’ dies at 98
NEW YORK (AP) — Carl Reiner, the ingenious and versatile writer, actor and director who broke through as a “second banana” to Sid Caesar and rose to comedy’s front ranks as creator of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and straight…
Jerry Stiller, comedian and ‘Seinfeld’ actor, dies at 92
Jerry Stiller was a multi-talented performer who appeared in an assortment of movies, playing Walter Matthau’s police sidekick in the thriller “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” and Divine’s husband Wilbur Turnblad in John Waters’ twisted comedy “Hairspray.”…
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The enduring and spectacular friendship of Steve Martin and Martin Short
Comedians Steve Martin and Martin Short first connected in the 1980s while filming “The Three Amigos” and have remained close friends ever since. For the NewsHour’s “That Moment When,” Martin and Short join Steve Goldbloom to discuss the moment they…
Monty Python star Terry Jones dies at 77
Jones, a founding member of the anarchic Monty Python troupe who was hailed by colleagues as “the complete Renaissance comedian" and “a man of endless enthusiasms,” has died at age 77 after suffering from dementia.
"Big Mouth," the Netflix show Nick Kroll created with childhood best friend Andrew Goldberg, offers a comedic exploration of the trials and triumphs of adolescence. Now in a second season, the show leverages its creators' experiences with puberty to help…
Amber Ruffin and Jenny Hagel write for the show “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and perform regularly on the long-running comedy program. But although humor is their livelihood, identifying the line between entertaining and offending an audience is no laughing…
Scott Aukerman helped launch one of the internet’s most popular talk show spoofs, “Between Two Ferns.” He explains the unexpected origin of the program, what his goal is with interviewing celebrities and how it feels to play an entertaining buffoon…
In less than a decade, YouTube star Lilly Singh has gone from internet sensation to host of a broadcast TV show, "A Little Late with Lilly Singh," which debuts Monday on NBC. Amna Nawaz sat down with Singh recently on…
Jess Salomon and Eman El-husseini, a Jewish-Palestinian lesbian married couple who perform standup comedy together, have gained new audiences at a moment when the political debate in Washington over U.S. support for Israel has heated up. Hari Sreenivasan reports on…
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