With 11 stand-up specials under his belt, Jim Gaffigan is one of the most prolific comedians this side of George Carlin. His ...

It’s hard to imagine that there would have been snarky jokes and memes during the assassinations of John F. Kennedy or his brother Robert. Making light of the tragic event in Pennsylvania over the ...

Comedian Jim Gaffigan explained to Variety on Thursday why he avoids politics in his stand-up routines, saying audiences want a break from drama and prefer non-political jokes.

This post is written by Apoorva Thakur, junior research assistant at the Department of Psychology, Monk Prayogshala, Mumbai, India. Humor, specifically political humor, serves a purpose. It can be a ...

On Election Night 1988, I was returning in a small jet to New York from Boston, where I had just emceed Michael Dukakis’ “victory” party. Looking down at the lights of a New England town shimmering ...

In ‘Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer,’ the Emmy winner gets back to her roots with a Netflix hour that skewers the personal and the political. By Degen Pener Deputy Editor In your Netflix special, you ...

Nikki Glaser was one of the few celebrities to walk the red carpet at this year’s Mark Twain Prize — certainly not because of the honoree, but perhaps because of the “elephant in the room.” Glaser ...

SIDON: The fall of the Cabinet has given a new push to political jokes in the city from which the family of Prime Minister Saad Hariri hails, amid a lack of enthusiasm for the paraphernalia associated ...