If it the business model isn't broke, don't fix it. Just copy it, like Aziz Ansari did today, riffing off of fellow comedian Louis C.K.'s million-dollar idea.
Comedian Louis C.K.'s bold "experiment" to produce a concert video and only make it available online has paid off handsomely, as he announced that he turned a profit on the special in just 12 hours.
... is pretty much every woman, according to recent discussions of women and comedy
Cats, Somalis, Republicans and Utahans make Sept. 19 a special, tiresome day
Someone on a message board for al-Qaeda sympathizers had called for his tongue to be cut out
Paul Rudd gets most of the dialogue, but the producer's slow burn is what registers
Why the video of Hanks dancing isn't as surprising as the Web thinks it is
Pitchfork posted the interview the morning Ryan Dunn died in a car accident
On the campaign trail, he pretends waitresses are grabby, tells a corny joke
That's out of the 28 comedy acts performing at the festival this year
Not that their concerns will stop it from making a ton of money this weekend
How much? "A big, big number" after taking in $10.4 million last night
A comedy tiff over who coined,"Afterbirthers demand to see Obama's placenta"
The Webby Award nominees were announced today
Critics thrilled funny TV writer also funny book writer
He especially disliked Vice President Joe Biden's pre-speech backslapping
Two weeks after quake, a series of Twitter puns is getting laughs in Japan
His cameo in 30 Rock wins approval, self-referential as it was
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