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Dave Chappelle at the 56th NAACP Image Awards held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 22, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

Some comics love selling out free speech

Melanie McFarland
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on May 21, 2025. (John McDonnell/Getty Images))

Brendan Carr betrays free speech

Austin Sarat
Jimmy Kimmel attends the 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sept. 7, 2025 in Los Angeles, Calif. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Kimmel falls victim to Trump's media war

Heather Digby Parton
Greg Gutfeld (left) and Stephen Colbert (right) on the sets of their respective shows. (Photo illustration by Salon / Roy Rochlin / Getty Images / Scott Kowalchyk / CBS )

Greg Gutfeld will never outshine Colbert

Sophia A. McClennen
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Eddie Yu as Detective Park, Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr. and Paul Walter Hauser as Ed Hocken Jr. in "The Naked Gun" (Paramount Pictures)

"The Naked Gun" fires at police

Coleman Spilde
Alison Brie and Dave Franco in "Together" (Germain McMicking/Neon)

The horror of being "Together" forever

Coleman Spilde
Marcello Hernandez, Adam Sandler and Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio in "Happy Gilmore 2" (Scott Yamano/Netflix)

Adam Sandler's comedy is showing its age

Coleman Spilde
"Overcompensating" (Jackie Brown/Prime)

Millennial memory, made meaningful

Coleman Spilde
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Melissa Rivers stands near a photo of her and her mom, Joan Rivers, during "Joan Rivers: A Dead Funny All-Star Tribute." (Peter Kramer/NBC)

Joan Rivers would have hated this

Melanie McFarland
Stand up comedian, actor and author George Carlin is shown performing on stage during a live concert appearance on January 13, 1996. (John Atashian/Getty Images)

George Carlin warned us about words

Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk
A performance of the "Oedipus" plays by Sophocles, 1996. (Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Images)

How theater can save democracy

Bernd Reiter
Onstage rehearsing at an awards show whose set I don’t recognize. Proof that they are all a little bit alike (Courtesy of Bruce Vilanch)

Bruce Vilanch reflects on Oscars chaos

Bruce Vilanch
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Mo Amer (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Mo Amer on "excruciating" making of "Mo"

Dean Obeidallah
Keke Palmer and SZA in "One Of Them Days" (Courtesy of Sony Pictures/Tristar Pictures/Anne Marie Fox)

"One of Them Days": Great comedies live!

Coleman Spilde
Rose Matafeo (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Rose Matafeo's "unhinged manifesto"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
The SNL stage on display during a media preview on May 29, 2015 at the Saturday Night Live: The Exhibition, celebrating the NBC programs 40-year history. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

First look at "SNL50"

Nardos Haile
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Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall (Clifton Prescod/Netflix)

7 fearless comedy specials of 2024

Melanie McFarland
The Simpsons (FOX)

Simpsons' Milhouse voice actor retires

Nardos Haile
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at a rally for former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York, October 27, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

The corruption of MAGA comedy

Alexander Karn
Damon Wayans Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Damon Wayans Jr embraces nepo baby label

D. Watkins
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Marcello Hernandez as Bad Bunny on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

Marcello is SNL's Gen Z secret weapon

Nardos Haile
Comedian Kathy Griffin performs on stage during Moontower Comedy Festival at The Paramount Theatre on April 16, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Rick Kern/Getty Images)

Kathy Griffin wins the night at Carnegie

Coleman Spilde
Ali Wong on “Hot Ones” (First We Feast/Hot Ones)

Ali Wong talks "Beef" on "Hot Ones"

Joy Saha
A President Donald Trump supporter waves a MAGA hat at a MAGA Rally in the Toyota Center, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, in Houston. (Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Trump fatigue has set in

Brian Karem
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