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Pete Holmes Knows How Hard It Is to Buy a Gift for Celebrity Chef Rachael Ray

With 'Crashing' on HBO, Pete Holmes adds his contribution to the already hefty stockpile of television shows—mostly produced by Judd Apatow—written by and starring comedians about comedians who share their names. Crashing’s premise, “a comedian trying to get back out there after his divorce,” is already the exact logline both of Louie and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

By Dana Schwartz

Josie Long: The Comedian Who Will Help Us Conquer Brexit and Trump

Josie Long’s set at the Barrow Street Theatre is hung with flags sewn with images and slogans that represent the show, an aesthetic that’s Wes Anderson meets suffragette protests outside the White House in 1919.

By Dana Schwartz

How Jim Breuer Made a Metal Album With AC/DC and Anthrax

“In high school the dream was to go on a stand-up tour and front a heavy metal band. I always had that in the back of my head.”

By Rob LeDonne

Comedian Mike Yard Is Ready to Swing for the Fences

By Matthew Kassel

A Jury of Funny on Stage, 10 Years Running

By Brady Dale

The Hackathon That Lost Its Internet Connection, Made Everybody Laugh

By Brady Dale

Inside Out’s Lewis Black Blasts a CNN Anchor and Two GOP Candidates

By David Wallis

Patton Oswalt’s First Paid Stand-Up Gig, And He Talks About Airplane Food? (Video)

By Drew Grant

For One, er, Six Night(s) Only: Louis CK Stands Up, and Tells Jokes and Things, Before Taking on <em>SNL</em>

By Neha Sharma

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