Comedian and Last Comic Standing 7 finalist Mike DeStefano, who came in fourth on the show, died yesterday. His death marks the second from that season of the show; judge Greg Giraldo died last fall. AOL reported that he “died from a heart attack,” and noted that his “recovery from heroin addiction fueled his no-holds-barred …
Last Comic Standing 7 judge Greg Giraldo died today as a result of a drug overdose. His friend Jim Norton wrote on Twitter late this afternoon that Greg “passed away today.” Someone close to him told TMZ, “Greg passed away today at the hospital in New Brunswick as a result of an accidental overdose. His …
Last Comic Standing 7 ended last night, and Felipe Esparza won the $250,000 prize and an NBC talent deal. Asked how he felt, he said in his typical dry style, “Good. Awesome.” Tommy Johnagin was the runner up, and the other runners up were, in order, Roy Wood, Jr., Mike DeStefano, and Myq Kaplan. NBC’s …
Last Comic Standing is in its second week of performances by the top 10, and the show’s new format just has the finalists performing each week and being eliminated by viewer votes. There’s no house or challenges, just stand-up. For stand-up fans, that’s great. But it’s not much of a reality competition any more, with …
NBC is bringing back two reality shows that no one really cared were gone: Last Comic Standing, which aired its sixth season in the summer of 2008, and The Sing Off, which aired in December over a week. The stand-up comedian competition Last Comic Standing 7 will air in the summer, and will now be …