Comedy World Records You Didn’t Know Existed
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Comedy World Records You Didn’t Know Existed

October 27, 2026
Stand-up comedy is not usually measured in numbers. A set is good or it is not. But every so often a comedian does something big enough, long enough or strange enough that someone brings a tape measure, a stopwatch or a Guinness adjudicator. Here are the comedy world records we think everyone should know about, from stadium…
Life's Too Weird Not to Joke About It: An Interview With Manu Maciel
Comedy

Life's Too Weird Not to Joke About It: An Interview With Manu Maciel

August 6, 2026
If you’ve ever wondered what performing on OnlyFans, voicing Judy Carter in Portuguese and defending Mercury in retrograde have in common, the answer is Manu Maciel.The Brazilian comedian has built a career that happily ignores borders, bouncing between English and Portuguese, internet sketches and international…
Lessons To Learn From Chappelle's Specials
Comedy

Lessons To Learn From Chappelle's Specials

August 12, 2025
Dave Chappelle has spent more than two decades turning hard, messy subjects into jokes we remember. Across nine specials—Killin’ Them Softly (2000), For What It’s Worth (2004), The Age of Spin (2017), Deep in the Heart of Texas (2017), Equanimity (2017), The Bird Revelation (2017), Sticks & Stones (2019), The Closer…