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Jerry Seinfeld attends the UNFROSTED NY Friends & Family screening at The Whitby Hotel on April 25, 2024 in New York City (Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Netflix)

Jerry Seinfeld lashes out at "P.C. crap"

Gabriella Ferrigine
Comedian and actor Jackie Mason poses at the Carnegie Deli in New York, 1987 (Robert R McElroy/Getty Images)

Jackie Mason's motley history of bigotry

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel
Yes, I Can Say That by Judy Gold (Photo illustration by Salon/Dey Street Books/Justine Ungaro)

"We're going to be canceled for a joke"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Jeff Garlin: Our Man In Chicago (Elizabeth Sisson/Netflix)

Garlin on political correctness & comedy

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Julio Torres in "My Favorite Shapes" (Zach Dilgard/HBO)

"My Favorite Shapes": Offbeat delight

Ashlie D. Stevens
(Tanne Willow)

Kathy Griffin still gets death threats

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Louie Anderson as Christine Baskets in "Baskets" (Erica Parise/FX)

Courage, compassion & Christine Baskets

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Does Trump laugh?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Patton Oswalt (ABC)

Taylor Link
Chris Gethard (Courtesy of Chris Gethard: Career Suicide)

Chris Gethard opens up

Scott Timberg
(HBO)

Schumer's stand-up special

Anna Silman

Schumer's "SNL" monologue

Anna Silman
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(AP/Victoria Will)

A Tig Notaro primer

Anna Silman
Bill Cosby (AP)

Jenny Kutner
Marc Maron (AP/Dan Steinberg)

"Maron," season 2

Neil Drumming
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