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It’s tool time all over again.For the next few months, outspoken comedian and “Home Improvement” star Tim Allen is back on the road performing stand-up comedy all over North America.From May 19 through Aug. 19, the conservative performer — who recently got in trouble for flashing his co-star Pamela Anderson on the “Home Improvement” set in the ’90s — will bring his brazen brand of humor to six venues in Oklahoma, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois.The 69-year-old comic isn’t afraid to cross the line with his material onstage either.“I tell them ‘There’s a whole lot of s— I’m going to say tonight that you’re going to get pissed at,” he told Hour Detroit.

Joe Gatto surprised the world and announced he was leaving the popular prank series ‘Impractical Jokers’ to spend more time with his family.Now, a little over two years later, Gatto has found a few new comedic outlets that allow him to raise his kids and continue his career as a professional entertainer.These days, the former ‘Impractical Joker’ spends his time hosting the podcast ‘Two Cool Moms’ with fellow comic Steve Byrne and touring his stand-up act all over North America.The family man/funny man currently has 41 huge shows lined up for the rest of 2023 from May 19 all the way to Dec. 30.And while he’s on the road, the Staten Island native will make five New York stops.First up, he’ll perform at Syracuse’s Mulroy Civic Center on Thursday, Oct.

the Golden State these days.While doing a surprise performance in San Francisco on Thursday evening at the Masonic Auditorium, the controversial comedian expressed his contempt for the city, asking the crowd a very important question.“What the f—k happened to this place?” he asked during his set, according to SFGATE’s review of the show. During the performance, Chapelle, 49, spoke about the homelessness problem in San Francisco, and allegedly told a story about seeing someone poop right in front of the restaurant he was about to dine at.According to a February 2023 report by the Public Policy Institute of California, 30% of all people who experienced homelessness last year in the United States resided in California.Chapelle also said that The Bay Area had become “half ‘Glee,’ half zombie movie,” and joked that they needed “a Batman,” the outlet reported.

new Austin, Texas comedy club, by welcoming comedians like Roseanne Barr and Dave Chappelle. During an interview with The Free Press, Rogan said his Austin-based club, Comedy Mothership, features comedians who aren’t afraid of exploring subjects that some “do not think should be funny.” “And if we can be funny with some s—t that you do not think should be funny, then that’s wonderful, then let’s explore this. Let’s find out, what is that? Like, what’s going on there? What’s up with that subject that everybody’s scared of it? Are we in a f—king cult? You know, when you start believing things that you inherently know are not true but you say them and repeat them because the cult wants you to do it — this is something you can exploit in stand-up comedy, and that’s what stand-up comedy is all about.

Netflix has released the trailer for Hannah Gadsby’s next comedy special, titled “Hannah Gadsby: Something Special,” which will premiere globally May 9.

declared the veteran actor-comic, 75, adding “I’m finished with standup. I’m just focusing on writing and acting“ from here on out.In the two-minute clip, posted Sunday, the native Brooklynite announced that he’d “just wrapped” filming on season 12 of Larry David’s iconic sitcom, adding that he was “so grateful to be part of that show.”That’s when the conversation took a somber turn.“But you know the last three and a half years I’ve had sort of a rocky time,” the “Leaving Las Vegas” actor lamented.

mocking one of Ratajkowski’s swimwear campaigns – with the caption, “We are sick of you objectifying our bodies! Also, here’s my ass” – that prompted the My Body author to block Barber on the platform.“I don’t think Emily is a fan,” Barber told Nova’s Fitzy and Wippa in November. “That’s OK, she’s allowed to not love it.

Larry the Cable Guy will “Git-R-Done” once again.The veteran Blue Collar Comedy Tour performer has 13 huge shows lined up all over the country from April 14 through July 8 as part of his ongoing ‘An Evening With Larry Tour.’On the short trek, the veteran comic, who often makes light of Wal-Mart, KFC and other American cultural staples, will play in notable North American locales including Cincinnati (April 15), Atlanta (June 16) and Charlotte (June 18).And you won’t have to sell the farm to see Larry live.At the time of publication, we found some tickets going for just $32 before fees on Vivid Seats.Now that’s a steal.What’ most exciting about the tour is the final show of the brief run though.To close the quick trek, the man who brought the voice to Mater in Pixar’s “Cars” will co-headline with Jeff Foxworthy at Traverse City, MI’s National Cherry Festival on July 8.Three Doors Down, Chicago, Jordan Davis, Flo Rida and Theory Of A Deadman are also set to lend their talents from July 2-7 at the annual festival as well.Now that sounds like a grand, old time.Want to see the man who made sleeveless shirts, trucker hats and jeans iconic live?Here’s everything you need to know.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets for all upcoming Larry The Cable Guy shows can be found below.Many of the most iconic comics around are on tour this year.Here are just five of our favorite funnymen you won’t want to miss live in the next few months.• Jeff Foxworthy• Bert Kreischer• Nate Bargatze• Bill Burr• Jeff DunhamWant to see who else may be coming to a venue near you soon? Check out our list of the 51 biggest comics on tour in 2023 here.

Leslie Jones is ready.The comedian revealed to People that she wants to be considered as the new host of “The Daily Show.”“It definitely should be a black woman,” the 55-year-old said.“It would be great to have a black woman on late night. It’s time.

interview with Variety on Tuesday at the movie premiere in Los Angeles. He explained that he “had been doing so many movies in a row,” including the upcoming film “Spaceman,” in which he was put into a hanging harness for scenes.That’s when he noticed his hip hitch.“I kept saying, ‘Something’s going on with my hip, man. I’m in trouble,'” he recalled.

Nick Cannon has no shame in his baby-making game.In fact, he’s proud of being one fertile papa.When “The Masked Singer” host was told that his “pull-out game is trash” during an interview with Audacy’s Hot 104.1, he came up with the perfect response: “Or my insert game is amazing.”Clearly, the 42-year-old comedian has learned how to handle being the butt of jokes about having a dozen kids with six different women. He has 11-year-old twins Monroe and Moroccan with ex-wife Mariah Carey; 21-month-old twins Zion and Zillion plus 4-month-old Beautiful Zeppelin with radio personality Abby De La Rosa;  3-month-old Halo with model Alyssa Scott; Golden Saigon, 6, Powerful Queen, 2, and Rise Messiah, 6 months, with model Brittany Bell; Legendary Love, 8 months, with model Bre Tiesi; and Onyx Ice, 6 months, with model LaNisha Cole.Cannon added that he has “so much reverence” for the mothers of his children for putting up with his busy lifestyle between his career and baby-juggling duties.“Anybody that could put up with me and everything from my schedule to how, you know, I gotta move and being in the media and stuff like that, like, that’s a queen,” he said.

during an appearance at the Writers Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. The funnyman, 39, took to the stage to present an award to writer/ producer Paul Simms, where he referenced his infamous showbiz beef with Chase, 79. Glover has previously accused Chase of making “racial cracks” while they were filming “Community” together, saying the “Caddyshack” star once said to him: “People think you’re funnier because you’re black.” It’s also been reported that Chase used the n-word on the set of the sitcom.

This crypto trader is bullish on her career in comedy.Brooklyn-born Staten Island raised Elyse DeLucci is a digital marketing officer by day and a standup comedian at night, and will be headlining at Caroline’s on Broadway on Sept. 29.“I don’t go on and talk about bosses.

recent on-stage attacker.The controversial comic, who was forced last week to move a Minneapolis show amid backlash, quipped that his LGBTQ-bashing jokes have made him such a pariah, “I had to sneak my way in here,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.Dressed in a Nirvana T-shirt and smoking a cigarette during the brief opening set, Chappelle addressed an incident in which a 23-year-old bisexual rapper tackled him on stage with a weapon at LA’s Hollywood Bowl in May.The under-fire funnyman said he hopes accused attacker Isaiah Lee gets monkeypox in jail —“not that he should die, but his ass should itch for four to six weeks.” But Chappelle, 48, admitted that his previous wisecrack that Lee “was a trans man” following the kerfuffle had bombed, fueled negative media attention and “set up another two-day news cycle.” The cheap shot had been a reference to heat the comedian caught for “trans-phobic” jokes in his Netflix special.Chappelle also ribbed his bodyguards for “wearing dress shoes on the job” during his May stand-up set, griping he would have been safer if they weren’t “sliding all over the place like at a bowling alley.”Rock and Hart also poked fun of “cancel culture,” with Rock addressing the slap he was given by Will Smith at the Oscars.“Anyone who says words hurt has never been punched in the face,” Rock quipped, sparking roaring laughter.

cuffed again about two years later for failing to comply with the terms of the program. The star then spent nearly two months in prison starting in May 2019 before heading into another drug court program.Lange has been candid about his ongoing battle against drug addiction over the years — even sharing pics of his misshapen nose caused by drug abuse.

statement on Instagram read.“Nick’s dedication to standup comedy was formidable, and produced amazing results.”No cause of death has been revealed.The Canadian-born comedian made appearances on “Conan,” performed at Just For Laughs in Montreal and was part of CBC Gem’s “The New Wave of Standup.” Nemeroff was recently seen on season two of CTV Comedy’s “Roast Battle Canada.”His first comedy album, “The Pursuit of Comedy Has Ruined My Life,” was released in 2020 and led him to be a Juno Award nominee in 2021 for Comedy Album of the Year.Nemeroff attended the Royal West Academy and graduated from the Radio and Television program at Toronto Metropolitan University, formerly known as Ryerson, according to Deadline.A post shared by Nick Nemeroff (@nicknemeroff)“He drew acclaim in Canada and the US, becoming both a ‘comic’s comic’ and a hit with crowds who were enamored by his unique cadence, labyrinthine deadpan, and fresh take on misdirection-driven comedy,” his family wrote.“If Nick was on a comedy show, he was guaranteed to leave with new fans. And he deserved to, because comedy was, in many ways, his life,” the statement continued.

Comedian Whitney Cummings knows she has some haters.“It took me a long time to learn that I’m an inherently triggering person,” she told The Post at the Fox Upfront in New York. “I’m the woman who’s running my mouth.”The “Whitney” star, 39, revealed how she deals with men on her Instagram account posting “You’re not funny.”“You don’t have to like me but you watch my stuff so you’re already a radical feminist,” she explained.

death this week at 67.It was revealed Thursday that the beloved funny guy — although often controversial — kept working in the days before he passed. Poignant footage has been released of what could be his final performance: A commercial filmed March 16 for Cali-based Hollywood Offices, TMZ reported.Company president Brad Folb said he booked the “Problem Child” star shot a gonzo “Cameo-styled” ad through an agency called Memmo — which hooks customers up with celebrities for any and all types of personalized messages.The former “SNL” star was paid about $1,300 for the gig, the outlet reported.Folb said he was looking for a “know-it-all” star who would be instantly recognizable and Gottfried’s signature snarky vocals certainly fit the bill.

death of iconic comedian Gilbert Gottfried, who was just 67 when he passed on Tuesday.His family called him “the most iconic voice in comedy” as they confirmed the devastating news in a statement on Tuesday afternoon, saying, “We are heartbroken,” and sharing only that he’d died following a “long illness.”Gottfried’s representative, Glenn Schwartz, has since shared that the actor succumbed to a heart abnormality called recurrent ventricular tachycardia, an arrhythmia caused by myotonic dystrophy Type 2.Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is a genetic disorder marked by progressive muscle wasting and weakness which predominantly affects the limbs and face but can create increasingly dire complications for respiratory, skeletal and cardiac muscles.People with DM are at a higher risk of irregular heartbeat, including ventricular tachycardia, an arrhythmia in the lower chambers of the heart (ventricles) that causes the heart to beat faster. A sustained sped-up rhythm can cause a fatal drop in blood pressure.Gottfried’s heart condition has been publicly known for some time.

died Tuesday at the age of 67, wasn’t afraid of pushing boundaries with his salacious stand-up routines. The controversial comedian — whose family said he suffered from a “long illness” — frequently hit headlines for jaw-dropping jokes that many deemed “tasteless and offensive.” The foul-mouthed funnyman came under fire for quipping about the 9/11 terror attacks just weeks after they took place, and he lost a lucrative gig with Aflac after making jokes about the 2011 Japanese tsunami that killed more than 15,000 people.

died at age 67, his family announced Tuesday.“We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Gilbert Gottfried after a long illness,” the funnyman’s family said in a statement, which did not give a cause of death.“In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy, Gilbert was a wonderful husband, brother, friend and father to his two young children.

referenced unsubstantiated claims that T.I. and his wife, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, drugged and sexually assaulted a woman in 2005. According to Knight, T.I.

Will Smith infamously smacked Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, Twitter debated whether the incident would’ve happened if Ricky Gervais was in Rock’s shoes. Well, the comic recently weighed in, claiming he wouldn’t have mocked Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss as Rock had done — but rather would’ve targeted her open relationship.

Jesus spacewalks? Following reports that comedian Pete Davidson canceled his anticipated space voyage with Blue Origin, the public is calling for an unlikely replacement — his love rival Kanye West. The social media campaign comes amid the two celebrities’ highly publicized tiff that began after Davidson started dating Ye’s estranged wife Kim Kardashian.

Instagram story on the night of Feb. 5 to address fans from the hospital.“So, I’m in the emergency room, I look weird,” she began.

Goop store raised eyebrows when it released candles with names like “This Smells Like My Orgasm” and “This Smells Like My Vagina.”“I think because I do a topical news show it feels like every other week in the past five years she’s had a new bizarre product,” he explained, “whether it’s a candle that smells like her orgasm or whatever.

fortune on Cameo.Baumgartner, 48, was relatively unknown until he landed the role of bumbling accountant Kevin Malone on the US version of the hit sitcom “The Office,” which also starred Steve Carrell, John Krasinksi, Rainn Wilson, Mindy Kaling, Ed Helms and Bj Novak, among other now-beloved comic actors to have worked on the long-running NBC series.The show ended after nine seasons in 2013, but that was just the beginning of Baumgartner’s career as Cameo’s “most bankable star,” so-dubbed in a

the late great Robin Williams — especially not his daughter Zelda Williams.Costa posted a skit on Tuesday, titled “ROBIN Test Footage Scene,” where he impersonated Williams during his 1982 “Mork & Mindy” days.Zelda, 32, expressed her irritation with the five-minute clip, saying she’s sick of people sending her videos of people acting like her father.“Guys, I’m only saying this because I don’t think it’ll stop until I acknowledge it… please, stop sending me the ‘test footage’.