Grand Rapids tosses world record 925 rubber chickens at once
Grand Rapids smashed the former world record for rubber chicken chucking set last April in a town near Boston. They got 265 people to toss rubber chickens at once. Last night Grand Rapids tossed an...
View ArticleRaunchy TV script by Michigan's Rep. McCotter surfaces
Things dont seem to be going all that well in U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotters (R-Livonia) political career. His bid for the Republican presidential nomination sputtered out last year , and more recently,...
View ArticlePaula Poundstone brings her stand-up comedy to Dearborn
Paula Poundstone is one of the funniest people in Public Radio. You can hear her test her knowledge of the news, and throw in a few quips on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. This Friday, she’ll be performing...
View Article'Gilda's Big Night Out' to raise money for cancer support groups
Gilda's Club is an organization that consists of groups across the country which provide laughter and support to cancer patients. The organization is named after Gilda Radner. She was one of the...
View ArticleListen to this hilarious story from a Detroit comedian featured on The Moth...
A Detroit comedian is featured in this week’s episode of The Moth Radio Hour. Back when he was 12, Horace H.B. Sanders, a stand-up comic from the Motor City, showed up to a costume party in his...
View ArticleLaughing matters at Arab-American comedy festival in Dearborn
A new festival will feature comedians from Arab-American and other minority backgrounds. The 1001 Laughs Dearborn Comedy Festival happens September 27 and 28 at the Arab American National Museum in...
View ArticleBlack female comedians are receiving more attention
A new face recently joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" and made plenty of headlines when she did. Comic Sasheer Zamata became the first black female cast member of SNL in five years, since the...
View ArticleStateside for Thursday, Feb.13, 2014
When it comes to support for emergency care services, the U.S. just barely squeaked by with a passing grade, at least according to a new state-by-state report card put out by the American College of...
View ArticleMeet Heywood Banks: Michigan comedian, lover of toast
One of Michigan's big contributions to the world of comedy is Heywood Banks. Whether he's playing his guitar or his trusty toaster, he's made audiences laugh all over the country. He's appeared on...
View ArticleDwayne Gill is a state trooper by day, and a stand-up comic by night
Michigan State Police Sgt. Dwayne Gill uses his day job as a reference pool for his stand-up sets. Gill said that comedy came first for him, but open-mic nights did not bring in enough money, so he...
View ArticleDetroit's improv comedy scene on the rise
When you think of catching some good improv comedy, your first thought might be Chicago's famed Second City where John Belushi and Bill Murray graced the stage. But there's a thriving improv comedy...
View ArticleLaughFest comic builds show around her "mean mom"
Gilda’s LaughFest 2015 kicks off in Grand Rapids this Thursday (March 5). The 10-day comedic festival will feature stand-up, comedy films, improv, comedy showcases and more all over West Michigan. The...
View ArticleGrowing up in the Brewster Projects gave this comedian a nitty-gritty toughness
The first federally-funded housing projects for African-American families were built in Detroit in the 1930s . They were the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects, located on Detroit’s near-east side. If...
View Article"Suck It, Suicide" event brings comedy to coping
A comedy showcase in Hamtramck Saturday night will have a somewhat jarring theme: suicide. The event is called “Suck It, Suicide,” and is a benefit show performed by Ray and Laura's Comedy Showcase ....
View ArticleFrom Greyhound bus cafeterias to Comedy Hall of Fame: Paula Poundstone coming...
After criss-crossing the country for more than three decades, and spending 15 years as part of NPR’s Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me , Paula Poundstone has gone from Greyhound bus terminal cafeterias in the...
View ArticleArab-American comedian hosting laugh-fest this weekend, "hopefully before...
The election of Donald Trump worries a lot of people. Some women, immigrants, and Muslims are wondering if Trump’s presidency will be anything like his campaign rallies, and what that might mean for...
View ArticleKeegan-Michael Key got his "masters degree in comedy" growing up in the Motor...
Never underestimate the power of the class clown. The Southfield-born Keegan-Michael Key took his "class clown" talent (or "class theater nerd" as he put it) from Gesu Grade School and Royal Oak Shrine...
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