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they went to see “Funny Girl” on a rainy day. “I remember my mother was transfixed by Barbra Streisand,” he says via Zoom. “Fanny was really a force to be reckoned with, and Jule Styne ...

Ronny Chieng, Gary Gulman and other comics are experimenting with long buildups that can be audacious … when they work.

but to show off the talents of two very funny, very different comics at their smart-alecky best. Michael Longfellow made a long-awaited return as himself, performing a chunk of stand-up about TikTok, ...

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“Apparently, there’s a new Chinese A.I. company that can much more cheaply make us have to hear about A.I.” “I would love to dramatically reduce the federal workforce by firing one guy.” ...

Matthew Chapman is a video game designer who attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing ...