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During this week's opening monologue on SNL, host Adam Sandler sang a song about getting fired from Saturday Night Live with some help from Chris Rock and Pete Davidson.

Performing Saturday May 4th at the Hudson Valley Writers Center are award winning comics and story tellers Eddie Brill, Mary Dimino and Alyssa Sequoia. The event is apart of the monthly series titled "Can I Tell You Something? Stand Up with Story." The performance takes place in the beautifully restored Philipse Manor Station, now headquarters and performance space for the Hudson Valley Writers Center, and is listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places.

Alyssa Sequoia presents "Can I Tell You Something?" a monthly comedy series, with its latest event scheduled for the Hudson Valley Writers Center Saturday May 4th 7:30pm. Performers on the bill that evening are award winning comics Eddie Brill, Mary Dimino and Alyssa Sequoia.

Showtime Documentary Films today announced a four-part documentary series that will chronicle the history of the iconic L.A. club The Comedy Store, directed and executive produced by Mike Binder (Black or White) and executive produced by Oscar®nominee and Emmy® winner Mike Tollin (THE FRANCHISE). The project is expected to premiere on SHOWTIME in 2020.

Considered by critics, fans and fellow comedians as one of the best stand-ups in the country, comedian Brian Regan announces fall 2019 tour dates for his non-stop theater tour including a September 7 performance at Stifel Theatre in St. Louis.

After nearly ten years of bringing you the funniest sketch show in NYC, AMERICAN CANDY is spoofing Brooklyn with Brooklyn Action News. It's a special news satire show tackling the Beige-ing of Brooklyn. It's got the silliness of Anchorman with the bite of The Daily Show and the local flavor of NY1, with a few more Black people.

Hudson Valley Writers Center is proud to present "Can I Tell U Something? A Night of Comedy Infused With Story" on Saturday May 4th. Slated performers are award wining story tellers and comedians Mary Dimino, Eddie Brill and Alyssa Sequoia.

Netflix has announced that Wanda Sykes: Not Normal will launch globally on May 21, according to Deadline.

Today SiriusXM and Netflix announced the launch of Netflix Is A Joke Radio, a full-time comedy channel to air exclusively on SiriusXM ch. 93. This is the first time the streaming company has worked in unison with another major subscription media company to create a new outlet for their content. The channel, which will feature highlights from top Netflix talent including Adam Sandler, Aziz Ansari, Bill Burr, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Ellen DeGeneres, Gabriel Iglesias, Jerry Seinfeld, John Mulaney, Ken Jeong, Ricky Gervais, Sarah Silverman, Sebastian Maniscalco, Trevor Noah, Wanda Sykes, and more, launches on April 15, 2019 on SiriusXM.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents comedian Michelle Wolf Friday, May 3, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.

According to Deadline, Punam Patel is set to co-star in the upcoming THE KENAN SHOW. The pilot comes from Kenan Thompson, and he will also star. She joins the previously announced cast member Andy Garcia. 

Hailing from Old Hickory, Tennessee, rising stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze is selling out shows across America. On March 26th, Nate's first solo one hour Netflix special, "The Tennessee Kid," premiered!

Connecticut Cabaret Theatre declares "Make Comedy Great Again!" Comedy should not be left in the hands of amateurs. The Complete History of Comedy (abridged) stars Chris Brooks, Rick Bennett and James J Moran. Watch as these three talents performers covers comedy through the ages, from Aristophanes and Shakespeare and Moliere (Is Moliere funny? Why not?) to Vaudeville and Charlie Chaplin to Stephen Colbert and Tina Fey.

Andy Garcia is set to star opposite Kenan Thompson in The Kenan Show, according to Deadline. The NBC single-camera comedy pilot hails from Universal TV and is Garcia's first TV series regular role.

Two of today's freshest comic voices come to The Soraya for one night of evening of groundbreaking stand-up comedy-W. Kamau Bell, host of the Emmy Award-winning CNN docuseries United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell and Brooklyn-based comedian and podcaster Hari Kondabolu, whose best known for The Problem with Apu and has performed on The Late Show with David Letterman, Conan, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. This one-night only event takes place on Saturday, March 16 at 8:00pm.

Blue Boy Entertainment is bringing all new comedians to the Warner's Studio Theatre for GET RIGHT COMEDY NITE starring Kareem Blue, K'Rina Fort, Derek Furtado and JT Moore today, March 2 at 8 pm! This event sold out last time, so don't miss out - get your tickets starting January 25 at 10 AM!

Weston Playhouse Theatre Company Executive Artistic Director Susanna Gellert announced casting for the 13th Annual Weston-Ghostlight New Musical Award Winner, ALICE BLISS, a musical based on Laura Harrington's acclaimed novel. It follows Alice, a young teenager whose father is deployed to Iraq, as she navigates the challenges of growing up in a family touched by the effects of war.

Deadline reports that the 2019 Oscars will be remembered for being host-less, which it is believed gave the ratings a much-needed bounce. 

Frontier Comedy is thrilled to announce the debut Australian tour for Saturday Night Livealumni, stand-up comedian, actor, rapper and impressionist Jay Pharoah. Pharoah will perform two shows at Sydney's Factory Theatre on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 May  as part of the Sydney Comedy Festival, followed by two shows at Melbourne's only dedicated comedy venue The Comic's Lounge on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 May.

The Madison Square Garden Company (NYSE: MSG) and the Garden of Dreams Foundation announced today that comedian Iliza Shlesinger has joined the lineup of Garden of Laughs, presented by Delta Air Lines. Shlesinger joins a celebrated lineup that will include performances by Jerry Seinfeld along withBill Burr, Michael Che, John Mulaney, Brian Regan and Jon Stewart. The 2019 Garden of Laughs will be hosted by Steve Schirripa and will take place at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 8:00 p.m., with all net proceeds going directly to Garden of Dreams. Tickets are on sale now.