In honor of this election year, I am looking back at the 25 greatest protest songs of all time. I’m starting with No. 25 and working my way up. Note: Each artist was only eligible to have one song make the list. To read past entries on this list, click here.
21, “Get Up, Stand [...]
Now we are here in Xanadu. Comic icon Whoopi Goldberg says she’s thrilled to be back on Broadway, where she first came to fame as a solo-show performer before hitting the Hollywood jackpot. Goldberg, fresh off her regular gig co-hosting ”The View” is camping it up in this cheesy-retro musical homage to the massive ‘80 [...]
What are they smoking?
That was our initial reaction on hearing a report of a Cheech and Chong reunion. The idea seemed as plausible as Paul and Ringo teaming up with holographic stand-ins for John and George on a tour-ific jaunt down memory lane with the former Beatles.
But faster than you can fire up a comedy [...]
There are many reasons to like Patton Oswalt — other than the fact that he is probably the best comedian on the planet.
The guy has such an affinity for popular culture that he’ll sign up to provide color commentary for the Lucha VaVOOM wrasslin’ and burlesque extravaganzas. (Alas, he will not be among the masked grapplers [...]
When it comest to comedy, no one other than Richard Pryor had the impact and staying power of George Carlin.
Seinfeld had the hit sitcom about nothing. Chris Rock forced audiences to acknowledge race. Steve Martin could be Wild & Crazy and write for the New Yorker. But Carlin, outside of Pryor, is the guy who forced [...]
There’s going to be a generation of kids who remember George Carlin from “Thomas the Tank Engine.” And on the day after his death, that thought seems particularly sweet and even appropriate.
Other youngsters will recognize his voice as Fillmore from the “Cars” movie — and the “Cars” video game.
But for baby boomers, won’t it be [...]
It’s hard not to cut Jimmy Fallon some slack — and not just because he plays the loveable bloke so well in his hoodie and Pumas.
The former “Saturday Night Live” star, the recently anointed replacement for Conan O’Brien on “Late Night” in ‘09, knows that part of his new job will require he perform monologues. [...]
Comedian Lewis Black’s Commonwealth Club-sponsored appearance at Cubberley Theatre in Palo Alto on Tuesday is sold out — and you know it’s all because Mercury News columnist Mike Cassidy is moderating.
Don’t let it get you down if you’re going to miss Black. You can get a great sampling of “The Daily Show” regular in “Me of Little Faith” (Riverhead, 256 pp. [...]
You’re probably thinking that the name Dana Gould sounds vaguely familiar, that he’s probably the fat guy from “Oceans 13″ who used to be married the Barbra Streisand.
Gould, who performs tonight through Saturday at the San Jose Improv, is in fact one of the most consistently funny comedians around. The guy has never let me [...]
It’s not hard to overlook some of the cooler programming at the San Jose Improv: If you spend most of your time wondering if they’ve booked a Russell Peters or Gabriel Iglesias for the weekend, you might miss a one-night stand by a Doug Benson or Dana Carvey.
Russ Meneve is the latest quick-stop comic to [...]
