Comedian Jim Gaffigan explained to Variety on Thursday why he avoids politics in his stand-up routines, saying audiences want ...
Political comedies are the perfect way to deal with topical issues under the guise of absurdist comedy, and movies like Duck ...
Jim Gaffigan accepted the Variety Comedy Vanguard Award and discussed why he generally avoids politics: 'No one is going to ...
Bill Maher opened up Monday about why he refuses to do stand-up comedy shows in today’s political climate after recently ...
Bill Maher reveals some of the reasons he is finished with stand-up comedy: 'I could get shot' and 'tired of the travel.' ...
The comedian doesn't know if he'll do another comedy special following his 13th, which premiered on HBO earlier this year: "I ...
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Fallon Signals Shifts from Political Comedy

Jimmy Fallon, host of NBC’s The Tonight Show, has declared his intention to minimize political content in favor of a focus on ...
Bill Maher said he quit stand-up comedy due to safety fears amid rising political violence, saying he could "get shot by the ...
Bill Maher told guest Patton Oswalt on the latest episode of the “Club Random” podcast that he is no longer interested in ...
The first time Janae Burris was asked by a comedy club to leave politics out of her set, she was angry. “I was like, ‘how dare you?’ A Black woman is running for office and I can't talk about it?” ...
Think about the political comedians performing today. Of those, how many are conservative? Not many, right? Alison Dagnes, a political scientist, media maven and self-described “comedy dork,” has ...
On Sepember 19 Denver crowds will unload a serious amount of cash on an event titled “The Clean Guys Comedy,” which features such stand-up legends as Jamie Kennedy (Scream), Uncle Joey from Full House ...