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Jeffrey Gurian’s Learning Annex Class on How To Write and Perform Comedy
I was honored by The Learning Annex, the nationally known adult education forum, by being asked to teach an online class for them on Writing and Performing Comedy! This is the link on U-Stream! Hope you will check it out! I did two other classes for them which I will be posting as well! These are s…
Susie Essman in Cindy Adams' Column-NY Post
Susie Essman got most of Cindy Adam’s column this past Tuesday, and she deserves it. Truth be told she deserves the whole, entire column! Everybody loves Susie as Susie Greene on HBO’s Larry David hit, “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” If I remember correctly, Larry saw Susie perform…
Jeffrey Ross Producing Charlie Sheen Roast
In today’s NY Post, Sean Daly writes about Charlie Sheen using his upcoming Comedy Central Roast to steal attention away from Ashton Kutcher’s debut as his replacement on Two and a Half Men. The Roast is being produced by Jeffrey Ross, aka The Roastmaster General, a nick-name bestowed …
Lisa Lampanelli at Paul Provenza's Green Room Premiere
Everybody loves Paul Provenza, … especially comedians. That’s why Showtime picked up his show The Green Room for a second season. It debuted on Thursday, July 14th, at 11 P.M. while I was still out in LA, performing at Jamie Masada’s Laugh Factory with Kevin Nealon, and Budd Frie…
King of Broadway Stewart F. Lane and Ellen M. Krass Present Company, (The Film)
Stewart Lane is truly the King of Broadway! He just won his 5th Tony Award for War Horse. It received the Tony for Best Play, but when I last saw him two days before the Tonys at the premiere of the film version of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” at the NYIT Screening Room on 61st S…
Page 6 Review – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and David Blaine
So as one of the new features of Comedy Matters I’m taking stories from Page 6 in the NY Post, the most powerful and influential page in the country, and adding some personal stories about the people I know who were mentioned on the page. The top story this day was about Mick Jagger going into…
Diabetes Fundraiser Sold-Out Success-Article In Manhattan Blog
This past week I co-produced a sold out comedy fundraiser to fight Diabetes at the legendary comedy club The Comic Strip with my partner, Richie Tienken owner and founder of the club. The club was packed to hear comedy from the first lady of comedy Elayne Boosler, Eddie Brill from Letterman, Goumba…
Elayne Boosler Drops "Facebook Is A Clock Sucker"
Elayne Boosler is often credited with opening the doors of comedy to women, since she was the first woman to get a one hour cable TV special. In 1986, Showtime gave Boosler her own hour special called “Table For One” which she wound up producing herself. Jeffrey Gurian and Elayne Boosl…
My Special Day With Richard Lewis
Many people have idols in their field, people who have inspired them, … and some of them even get to meet their idols. It’s rare but it does happen. Even rarer is to actually be friends with someone who’s your idol, and in my case that someone is Richard Lewis. Jeffrey Gurian wi…
Lisa Lampanelli Comedy Central Special "Tough Love" Coming Sunday March 27
If you’re a fan of Lisa Lampanelli, and truth be told, who isn’t, … ( rhetorical question – means it answers itself, … schmuck!) then you’re in for a treat. This Sunday night, Lisa will be in all her glory with a one hour Comedy Central special called “Toug…

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