If you’re a fan of Human Giant alum and current Parks and Recreation star Aziz Ansari, you should be thrilled to learn he has an hourlong standup comedy special premiering on Comedy Central this Sunday, January 17, at 10pm ET.

Enticingly titled Aziz Ansari: Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening, the program precedes the extended and uncensored DVD release on January 19.

TBS’ entertaining A “Very Funny” Festival: Just for Laughs event continues tonight at 10pm ET with David Alan Grier: Comedy You Can Believe In, another new hourlong standup special taped in Chicago, this time hosted by In Living Color veteran and Chocolate News mastermind David Alan Grier.

Part of TBS’ recent five-day comedy festival held in Chicago through a partnership with Just For Laughs, Comedy You Can Believe In features an all-star lineup to die for, including Bruce Bruce (Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector), Mark Curry (Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper), Marina Franklin (Chapelle’s Show), Ralph Harris (Last Comic Standing), Jo …read more

Ultra popular, Emmy-winning actress, comic, and daytime talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres kicks off the second day of TBS’ televised A “Very Funny” Festival: Just for Laughs tonight, June 27, with another one of her always entertaining variety specials. Saturday Night Live alum Martin Short got things started last night with his own special called Let Freedom Hum: An Evening of Comedy Hosted by Martin Short.

The “Very Funny” Festival: Just For Laughs is a comedy event sponsored by TBS in collaboration with Just For Laughs, which has been running comedy festivals for 25 impressive years. The current extravaganza was filmed live …read more

Saturday Night Live veteran Martin Short is back on the small screen tonight to host TBS’ latest comedy special, Let Freedom Hum: An Evening of Comedy Hosted by Martin Short.

Slated to appear during the taped hourlong event are standup comics Jeremy Hotz, Greg Giraldo, Kathleen Madigan, Tom Papa, and John Pinette.
Join the festivities tonight, June 26, at 10pm ET, only on basic-cable network TBS.

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Not too long ago, I wrote about Comedy Central’s January-long Stand-Up Month event. Well, at 10pm EST tomorrow night, January 11, comedian Dane Cook kicks off the network’s Sunday Night Stand-Up specials with the world television premiere of his comedy concert Dane Cook: Rough Around The Edges.
Filmed live at Madison Square Garden before 40,000 fans, the “in the round” performance features Cook riffing on topics ranging from Save the Children ads to the aphrodisiac qualities of a motorcycle helmet.
Preview the special in a few uncensored clips at the end of this post, and don’t forget to catch the following …read more

Basic cable’s Comedy Central has tons of laughs in store for fans of the stand-up brand of comedy.
The network recently announced that come January 2009, it will devote four whole weeks to special programming and events for Stand-Up Month, all centered around comics who like to tell their jokes from behind a live microphone.
In addition to new stand-up specials from Dane Cook, D.L. Hughley, Katt Williams, and Kevin Hart, premiering every weekend, starting on January 11, viewers can look forward to brand-new episodes of COMEDY CENTRAL Presents, premiering each Friday night at both 10pm and 10:30pm EST, from January 9 …read more

Two months prior to his death from an accidental drug overdose in March 2005, well-known 37-year-old standup comic Mitch Hedberg recorded almost forty minutes of previously unreleased comedy material. Comedy Central Records is releasing the work on September 9 as the comedian’s third album, Do You Believe in Gosh?.
According to the label, the CD captures most of the material Hedberg planned to include in his next full-length album, which would have been a free-form show with a large amount of audience interaction. Although he never had the opportunity to finish what he began, the upcoming release still reflects …read more

Four randomly selected people have confirmed their selection as winners of the recent Jimmy Dore giveaway. They are:
Michelle, whose favorite standup comic is Sinbad.
John, who likes Dane Cook.
Vicki, who has fond memories of recently departed George Carlin.
James, who apparently remembers how funny Howie Mandel was before he went bald and became synonymous with a certain NBC game show. (He’s still funny now, too, of course.)
Two of the winners will receive Jimmy Dore’s recently released standup special Citizen Jimmy on DVD and the remaining two on CD. Thanks to everyone who entered this giveaway with prizing sponsored by …read more

Any Jimmy Dore comedy fans in the house?
If so, here’s your chance to win one of four copies of his standup special Citizen Jimmy, which premieres on Comedy Central this Friday, August 1, at 11pm EST. The 52-minute special will be released on DVD and CD next Tuesday, August 5, for the retail price of $14.98 and $13.98, respectively.
According to the press release: “Jimmy’s hilarious, topical take on all the ills of the country, from George W. Bush’s well hidden genius, to health care, gas prices, Dick Cheney, and Christian Preachers who rail against gay marriage before getting caught …read more

Well, I can’t think of a better way to end this Blog Off than with a little standup from Lewis Black. The comedian stopped by Late Night with Conan O’Brien on June 5 to promote his new book Me of Little Faith. But before he took to the couch, he treated the audience and viewers to a hysterical comedy routine that was relatively clean.
Take a look at the following clip of Black’s appearance to learn things like why it’s not so good for U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama to be so full of hope and the high cost …read more