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20 Larry David Stories From Emperor of Nothing, and the Ones That Didn't Make the Book

November 1, 2026

Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David is the first biography written with Larry David’s cooperation. Its author, Blake J. Harris, spent six years talking to him. These are the stories Harris told us about the book, plus a few that did not make it in.Blake J. Harris told Larry David from the start that this…

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Joel Byars Has Interviewed Hundreds of Comics. Their Advice Keeps Coming Back to One Thing

November 1, 2026

Joel Byars is a stand-up comedian and the host of the Hot Breath podcast, which has interviewed hundreds of comics over more than ten years, from Nate Jackson to Bo Burnham. He joined Hop For Pop on Instagram Live, from his car, to answer viewers’ questions about starting and surviving in stand-up.Joel Byars has…

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Nobody Wanted to Open for Richard Pryor. Vanessa Hollingshead Went Up and Killed

October 31, 2026

Vanessa Hollingshead is a New York stand-up comedian and actress with more than three decades on stage. She trained at the Lee Strasberg Institute, has a Comedy Central special, filmed Showtime’s Funny Women of a Certain Age, and has opened for Richard Pryor and George Carlin.Nobody at the Comedy Store wanted to…

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Larry David Thinks His Life Is Boring. Blake J. Harris Spent Six Years Proving Him Wrong

October 30, 2026

Blake J. Harris is the author of Console Wars, about the battle between Sega and Nintendo, and The History of the Future, and now Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David, a biography written over six years of conversations with Larry himself.Blake J. Harris never wrote down a single question in six years of talking to…

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Michael Morgan Grew Up Secretly Watching SNL. Now Every Joke Is Scripted

October 30, 2026

Michael Morgan is a Texas stand-up comedian, sketch comic and musician. A Marine Corps veteran who grew up in a Pentecostal household in East Texas, Morgan returned to stand-up full-time in 2022 and now tours Texas and beyond with a road-tested 45-minute set, while making sketches and co-hosting the Addictive Nonsense…

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Sumit Anand: "A Real Comedian Never Really Likes His Material"

October 30, 2026

Sumit Anand is a Delhi stand-up comedian who started in 2013 and became one of the familiar faces of India’s YouTube stand-up boom. He has taken his comedy to the Edinburgh Fringe, the Melbourne Comedy Festival and Soho Theatre in London. We sat down with him, and with fellow comedian Shivanshu Dwivedi in the middle seat…

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Leah Knauer Tweeted at Kevin Smith for 278 Days. Then She Was in His Film

October 28, 2026

Leah Knauer is a Los Angeles stand-up comedian, impressionist, musical improviser and sketch writer from Philadelphia. She played young Nikki Glaser on Comedy Central’s Not Safe with Nikki Glaser, has opened for Arsenio Hall, writes sketches with Ron Funches, and will be a series regular in And Also With You, executive…

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Victoria Arnstein Waited Until She Was Married to Try Stand-Up. Then Jim Gaffigan Told Her to Keep Going

October 27, 2026

Victoria Arnstein is a New York stand-up comedian, sketch comedy writer and performer, and the author of the memoir Impress Yourself. She grew up in a tight-knit Middle Eastern Jewish community, where her grandparents were Lebanese Jews, and was a theatre kid and a singer before she ever told a joke on stage. She has done…

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The Almaty comedy club that has never charged a comedian for stage time

October 14, 2026

Nuraskhan Baskozhaev is a stand-up comedian and producer in Almaty, Kazakhstan, who runs Almaty Central Stand Up with his wife. He started performing in February 2020, a month before lockdown. The couple opened their first club in October 2022 and moved into the current 800-square-metre venue on 8 March 2023. The club also runs…

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Maija DiGiorgio on Bitter Jester, George Carlin and Refusing to Back Down

October 14, 2026

Maija DiGiorgio is a stand-up comedian and filmmaker from New York who now works between New York and Los Angeles. In her first year of stand-up she taped five national television appearances and performed at HBO's Aspen Comedy Festival. She wrote, directed and stars in the 2003 documentary Bitter Jester, which features George…

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20 Larry David Stories From Emperor of Nothing, and the Ones That Didn't Make the Book

Joel Byars Has Interviewed Hundreds of Comics. Their Advice Keeps Coming Back to One Thing

Nobody Wanted to Open for Richard Pryor. Vanessa Hollingshead Went Up and Killed

Larry David Thinks His Life Is Boring. Blake J. Harris Spent Six Years Proving Him Wrong

Michael Morgan Grew Up Secretly Watching SNL. Now Every Joke Is Scripted

Sumit Anand: "A Real Comedian Never Really Likes His Material"

Leah Knauer Tweeted at Kevin Smith for 278 Days. Then She Was in His Film

Victoria Arnstein Waited Until She Was Married to Try Stand-Up. Then Jim Gaffigan Told Her to Keep Going

The Almaty comedy club that has never charged a comedian for stage time

Maija DiGiorgio on Bitter Jester, George Carlin and Refusing to Back Down

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