Officials in Beijing on Tuesday imposed a hefty fine on the producers of a stand-up comedy show that was deemed “offensive” for unspecified reasons. It was the first case in which Beijing’s increasingly popular comedy scene was punished for content violations.
The Woke Nazis would not allow the gloriously inappropriate and problematic ‘I’m Gonna Git You Sucka’ to be made today.
A woke BBC comedian has called out Ricky Gervais for telling insensitive jokes about ‘trans’ people. Heres the funny part…
Comedian Dave Chappelle is urging people to boycott old episodes of his Comedy Central show, alleging that Hollywood executives have yet to pay him what he is owed on the popular but short-lived 2003 sketch series.
British comedy titan John Cleese has warned that even more restrictive hate speech laws, such as those proposed by the SNP administration in Scotland, will be “disastrous to the creative process”.
Comedians Amy Schumer and Larry David are reportedly teaming up with former first lady Michelle Obama for ABC’s primetime election special VOMO: Vote or Miss Out, which is aiming to encourage voter registration ahead of November 3.
Famed British comedian and star of Blackadder and Mr Bean Rowan Atkinson has signed an open letter decrying the Scotland’s new Hate Crime and Public Order Bill, warning the law will infringe upon freedom of speech.
British comedian and creator of The Office and After Life, Ricky Gervais, continued his assault on cancel culture, saying that it is “not cool” to try to get people fired over supposedly offensive statements.
British actor and comedian John Cleese said that the woke mob are destroying comedy through political correctness, saying that many people who try to enforce the newfangled speech codes have “no sense of humour”.
Actor-comedian John Cleese is no fan of President Donald Trump, regularly mocking the commander in chief on social media. But the British star and the president are in agreement on at least one important point: cancel culture must come to an end.
The creator of The Office, Ricky Gervais, has called out the online “fascists” that want to shut down freedom of speech, saying that “if you’re mildly conservative on Twitter people call you Hitler.”
Comedian Chelsea Handler shared a video on Instagram Sunday by Nation of Islam Louis Farrakhan — widely considered a racist, antisemite, and homophobe — and declared: “I learned a lot from watching this powerful video.”
In both cases, the programmes were only recently created, being first broadcast between 17 and 10 years ago.
Actor John Malkovich is blaming the death of comedy on cancel culture fueled by the “tidal wave of idiocy” that thrives on social media.
Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx defended Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday from complaints that he appeared in “blackface” in a Saturday Night Live sketch in 2000, saying Fallon was doing a Chris Rock impression.
A recent survey revealed that an overwhelming 76% of leftist students believe that “offensive” jokes can be considered “hate speech.” The survey, which was conducted by College Pulse, asked students how they felt about a variety of issues surrounding the intersection of speech and comedy.
Hong Kong Police Commissioner Chris Tang sent a letter to the head of the city’s public broadcaster, RTHK, on Wednesday warning that the police would file a complaint with Hong Kong communications authorities over a satirical show’s comedy sketch joking that police were hoarding coronavirus safety gear.
Comedian and actor Dave Chappelle is backing Andrew Yang’s (D) White House bid, it was announced on Tuesday, just hours ahead of the Democrat debate in Des Moines, Iowa.
If there’s one lesson we on the freedom side of the argument can learn from Ricky Gervais’s superb, heroic, life-affirming performance roasting the Wankerati at the Golden Globes, it’s never, ever, ever apologise; always double down.
Actress-comedian Whitney Cummings said she got in trouble last year for saying “Merry Christmas” to a television production crew.
A comedy night banned Conservative-voting comedians in the name of “inclusiveness” in the wake of the British general election, telling them to find “free speech zones” elsewhere.
Seinfeld star Jason Alexander has joined the cast of the new Christian-bashing comedy film Faith Based, The Hollywood Reporter reported on Thursday.
Comedians Roseanne Barr and Andrew Dice Clay are teaming up for a joint comedy tour dubbed “Mr. And Mrs. America,” the two announced in a pair of Instagram posts Monday.
British television network ITV has banned all-male comedy writing teams from its shows at the behest of its Head of Comedy, Saskia Schuster.
The Metropolitan Police have confirmed they are investigating a joke made by a British comedian about right-wing politicians having battery acid thrown at them after a complaint was made about incitement to violence.
What do all these flops have in common? An insufferable air of self-importance, a suffocating sense of sanctimony and smug.
Wouldn’t it be just hilarious if instead of throwing milkshakes leftist agitators instead threw battery acid at their opponents Actually, no, BBC-promoted comedienne Jo Brand, it really, really wouldn’t. But that didn’t stop her making light of the subject on BBC Radio 4.
MAD magazine has declared war on Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg after he slighted the humorous publication on Friday, saying he did not recognize the iconic “Alfred E. Neuman” character and that he had to look it up on Google.
Singer John Legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen headlined a Democratic Party conference on Wednesday night, where the latter declared that they turn to comedy to “cover up the pain” of living under the Trump presidency.
Actor and comedian Kevin Hart told Joe Rogan on Saturday that efforts to censor comedy along “politically correct” lines amount to a “push to destroy,” offering his remarks on the latter’s eponymous podcast.
“Actually, the one-sided hatred on these shows is incredible and for me, unwatchable,” Trump added.
Conservative comedian Terrence K. Williams — who spent six days in the hospital recovering from a car accident last month — told his producer that “the show must go on,” despite his injury, which has caused him to take an unwanted hiatus from touring with pro-Trump comedians.
Comedian Brody Stevens, best known for his role in The Hangover films, died on Friday, at age 48, his representatives confirmed.
Conservative comedian Terrence K. Williams was injured in a car accident in Baltimore, Maryland, on Wednesday while traveling in a Lyft rideshare car to Washington, D.C. to visit the White House.
Comedian Terrence K. Williams appeared on Breitbart News Daily Thursday to discuss the effect of modern politics on the world of comedy, pointing out that mainstream leftist comedy like Saturday Night Live has become so hate-filled that he believes that America should
A humorous sketch video from We the Internet TV mocks expensive graduate programs in women’s studies and journalism and praises trade school.
White comedian Zach Poitras was banned from participating in two nights of comedy events in the Canadian city of Montreal after organisers claimed his dreadlock hairstyle was inappropriate.
Ellen Barkin lashed out at Louis C.K. after audio of the funnyman’s recent standup set mocked victims of the Parkland shooting leaked.
Louis C.K. has now very painfully discovered, in the current culture wars which are ravaging the United States and the West generally, there are no neutral participants. Either you’re on the side that believes in censorship, and aggressively celebrating such trendy modern shibboleths as transgenderism and third wave feminism. Or you’re on the side that finds those things a massive joke.
Actor-comedian Paul Rodriguez, one of the original Latin Kings of Comedy, said last Thursday that he’s received death threats after publicly stating his support for President Donald Trump.
