Dane Cook has a lot of comedic talents, but traditional joke-telling isn’t one of them. The setup/punchline approach to stand-up is “not my strong suit because I have this physical element,” he told ...

After 19 years in the business, Dane Cook is the biggest stand-up comedian on Earth--also the most polarizing. The Boston comic built his following through DaneCook.com, as well as MySpace, Facebook ...

Kerry Louise laughed when she recalled a night a generation ago when she and three other fledgling comics bombed during an open mic showcase in Boston. None of the young humorists had much material.

Once upon a time, stand-up comics ruled the earth. You remember, back in the '70s, when pioneers like George Carlin, Richard Pryor and Steve Martin played to packed arenas, released best-selling ...