We inform ourselves from so many sources now: Internet, television news, newspapers, magazines, comedy shows.
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"I think comedy shows have a lot of influence because they have such a big audience, " said senior Ashley Beyer.
Many students say that comedy shows are more interesting than the networks' evening news or the shows on cable news.
National Amusements has equipped half of its 1, 000 cinemas to handle simulcasts or rebroadcasts of sports events, concerts and comedy shows.
There are burlesque and comedy shows scheduled, as well as photography exhibitions, like Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011 which is currently on display.
Harrah's showgirls appeared outside the main poker room luring spectators to casinos by offering free tickets to comedy shows and comps for food.
The influence of comedy shows can hardly be ignored -- 1.5 million viewers tuned in to see Jon Stewart chat with John Kerry.
" But she's also done a few one-offs in niche comedy shows like David Wains' web series "Wainy Days, " comedian Demetri Martin's sketch comedy show, "Important Things With Demetri Martin, " and a guest spot on "How I Met Your Mother.
Tonight Show watchers (when Jay Leno was still hosting) hovered at around 55, and both Comedy Central shows continue to attract the most young men.
They created five online comedy mini-shows featuring Michael, a recent graduate who has just moved back with his family.
Screenwriters Donald McEnery and Bob Shaw both come from a background of stand-up comedy and it shows in their very witty -- and at time outrageous -- script.
The introduction of Sky Sports will be followed on NOW TV by must-see shows from Sky 1, Sky Atlantic, Sky Arts and Sky Living, including home-grown drama, original comedy and US shows.
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Mr. Madrigal also performed comedy tenaciously, doing up to 10 shows a week at clubs like the Comedy Store and the Laugh Factory.
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The new model for success for stand-up comedians is no longer defined solely by sold-out shows or Comedy Central specials.
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While the music business struggles to find new acts that will draw fans to live shows, the comedy world is filling the gap.
Advertisers like Anheuser-Busch (nyse: BUD - news - people ) are picking up on what attracts guys to cable shows such as Comedy Central's South Park.
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Among IFC's original shows is a comedy called The Whitest Kids You Know, an example of programs that DeMontreux calls "edgy, " and an equal-opportunity offender among cable networks like Comedy Central, Cartoon Network and FX.
In America, for instance, there are opportunities galore for funny people--standup comedy, late-night talk shows, etc.
The graying of Comedy Central's most important shows comes at a bad time for parent company Viacom.
They will increasingly control their own scheduling, with personal video recorders and an electronic programme guide, which viewers can instruct to record all the week's comedy, say, or gardening shows.
Until 3 July, the Festival Grand Rire de Quebec, or Laughs for All Festival, will hold nonstop comedy events, from stand-up shows to tributes to comedic greats like Charlie Chaplin to improv acts.
They will compete with Friday Night Dinner and Sky series Spy for best new comedy, while Jack Whitehall and Hugh Bonneville are both up for best TV comedy actor for their roles in the shows.
Some comedy pilots and spin-offs from other shows have previously been screened on iPlayer, including Doctor Who mini-series Pond Life.
Red-Handed follows a series of BBC America-backed shows last year which showcased UK comedy talent on the New York stage, including Dave Gorman, Bill Bailey and the League of Gentlemen.
But on television, viewers will see repeats of shows such as the late-night comedy genre right away.
The remainder of tickets sold - around 1.6m - were for "other entertainment" - including opera, dance, one-man shows, revues and stand-up comedy.
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So I think that's going to be very powerful in its visual imagery ... and they're going to see these images constantly on television, probably offsetting a lot of the negative imagery that they may see in shows and videos and sometimes in stereotypic comedy.
Milligan, along with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe, had revolutionised radio comedy in the 1950s with their anarchic and absurdist Goon Shows.
At the Assembly Rooms, the Pleasance and the Underbelly, for example, entrepreneurs try to ensure that most of their big spaces are packed, by using big names and tested shows, a heady mix of two-fifths comedy, two-fifths theatre, and the rest music and dance.
The rise in DVD sales in our sagging consumer economy shows, in part, the ache we have for comedy in a recession.
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