"We were on this flight once in the early 80s. The aircraft goes to the end of the runway, turns around, and parks in a secluded area. The pilot announces: 'Ladies and gentlemen, we would like to ...

Flula Borg, Vir Das, Bassem Youssef, and Gad Elmaleh. Photo: Vulture and Getty Images Flula Borg, Vir Das, Bassem Youssef, and Gad Elmaleh. Photo: Vulture and Getty Images Taking the stage and sharing ...

Give English stand-up comedian Russell Howard the option of getting an audience to erupt in laughter or give him a standing ovation at the end of his set, and there’s no question which he’ld choose.

Stand-up comedian Tanmay Bhat, 24, was always the class clown in college and loved to keep everyone around him in splits. Still he never thought that getting a laugh out of people would become his ...

The local comedy scene has picked up in the last year and although the majority of the shows are in Greek, a few pop up occasionally in English and sometimes, Russian. This January, English speakers ...

Ask him how he became a stand-up comedian, Vinay Menon blurts out with a nasal chortle: “the story itself is funny.” The story in question dates back to his Bengaluru days in 2012. “I had a break-up ...