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Russell Peters Celebrates 25 Years In Comedy With Massive Crowds & Sales!

Russell Peters feels a little shortchanged. Variety is celebrating the Canadian comic of Anglo-Indian descent for his 25… More!

On This Day In Comedy… In 1968 Eddie Griffin Was Born!

Edward “Eddie” Griffin was born in Kansas City, Missouri. After high school, he enrolled as a biological engineer… More!

On This Day In Comedy . . . In 1893 Spencer Williams Was Born!

Spencer Williams was born in Vidalia, Louisiana.   He lived his teen-age years in New York, working as a… More!

On This Day In Comedy… Chris Rock Releases ‘Bigger & Blacker’!

Chris Rock’s album, Bigger & Blacker was released on the DreamWorks label. The album is a melding of… More!

On This Day In Comedy… On July 12, 1937 Bill Cosby Was Born!

Stand-up comedian, actor, author, and activist. William Henry “Bill” Cosby Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After failing… More!

On This Day In Comedy… In 1981 Sanford Goes Off The Air On NBC!

Redd Foxx left his hit NBC show, “Sanford & Son” in 1977 and went to ABC to do… More!

On This Day In Comedy… In 2006, Comedy Central Airs ‘Chappelle Show–The Lost Episodes’!

  Despite its namesake host abandoning the show that made him a comedy icon, the network Dave Chappelle… More!

On This Day In Comedy- In 1945 Director, Producer, Stan Lathan Was Born!

Director, producer, Stan Lathan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While attending Boston University in 1968 to gain a… More!

On This Day In Comedy In 1968 Comedic Actor Allen Payne Was Born!

Allen Payne was born Allen Roberts in Harlem, New York. The public was introduced to Payne in 1990 on… More!

Comedian Kevin Hart’s Birthday!

July 6 Comedian, actor, writer, and producer, Kevin Darnell Hart born in Philadelphia, PA, 1979 Hart got his… More!