Longform

Why the richest comedian in history keeps working.

A look at the life and career of Richard Pryor as he reached the end.

Carlin on his start, his work, and his addictions.

The rise and fall, and rise and fall, of a legend.

Searching for Dave Chappelle ten years after he left his show.

A young Allen writes jokes for supper club comedians, decides he will never succeed as a performer, does, idolizes and is snubbed by Mort Sahl, and develops the comic persona which will make him a star.

On Sarah Silverman’s stand-up style.

A profile of Larry David, with a focus on his years as a struggling stand-up.

A profile of the reclusive Garry Shandling.

She’s TV’s loudmouth Domestic Goddess, desecrater of our national anthem and most of our notions of good taste. And she has a secret. Meet Baby, Cindy, Susan, Nobody, Joey, Heather and the rest: An adventure in Multiple Personality Disorder.

Remembering the unsparing Patrice O’Neal.

Outtakes from a Rolling Stone profile.