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Jimmy Fallon Wins the "Best Comedy Album" Grammy

by | February 11th, 2013

Jimmy Fallon won his first Grammy last night. Blow Your Pants Off, a collection of songs from his talk show Late Night that features appearances from Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Justin Timberlake, and Eddie Vedder, took the "Best Comedy Album" prize. This was Fallon's second-ever album. His first album, 2002's The Bathroom Wall, also received a Grammy nomination when it was released but lost out to Robin Williams – Live 2002. The others nominated this time around were Jim Gaffigan, Tenacious D, Margaret Cho, and Kathy Griffin. Last year's winner was Louis C.K. for Hilarious. Jimmy Fallon was not present at the early pre-show ceremony during which the Grammys [...]

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The Grammys Are Coming, the Grammys Are Coming

by | December 1st, 2011

The Grammy nominations are in, and there's a lotta comedy in there. First, the big one: Best Comedy Album. And the nominees are:

Alpocalypse – "Weird Al" Yankovic [Jive Records]

Finest Hour – Patton Oswalt [Comedy Central Records]

Hilarious – Louis C.K. [Comedy Central Records]

Kathy Griffin: 50 & Not Pregnant – Kathy Griffin [Universal Network Television]

Turtleneck & Chain – The Lonely Island [Universal Republic]

But comedians didn't restrict themselves to the comedy-specific categories alone. Both Tina Fey's Bossypants and Betty White's If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't) are nominated in the Best Spoken Word Album category. Seth MacFarlane is up for Best [...]

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Grammy Nominations for Comedy and Spoken Word Albums Announced

by | December 2nd, 2010

The Grammy nominations are out, and among them are those for the categories of Best Comedy Album and Best Spoken Word Album. Some of the nominated include Flight of the Conchords, The Daily Show writers, Sarah Silverman and, of course, Kathy Griffin. At this point the Grammys are about as relevant as the Kids' Choice Awards, but still, congrats to all involved.

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The Grammys Snub Tig Notaro and a Lot of Other Great Comedians

by | December 6th, 2012

Look, the Grammys have always been sort of out of touch when it comes to comedy, often choosing safe, unchallenging stand-up albums over cutting edge great ones. Occasionally, outstanding stuff seeps through (like Louis C.K.'s Hilarious, which won the prize last year), but it's pretty rare. The 2013 Grammy nominees were announced today, and in the category of Best Comedy Album, voters played it pretty safe and proved to be woefully ignorant of some amazing work done by comedians this past year. Here are this year's nominees for Best Comedy Album:

Lewis Black – In God We Rust

Margaret Cho – Cho Dependent (Live in Concert)

Jimmy Fallon – [...]

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The Daily Show and Lewis Black Won Grammy Awards, Didn't Show Up in Eggs

by | February 14th, 2011

The Grammys were last night. Yeah, I know. Here are your comedy-related wins: The Daily Show crew won Best Spoken Word Album for Earth: The Book and Lewis Black won Best Comedy Album for Stark Raving Black.

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Grammys for Betty White, Louis C.K., and The Book of Mormon

by | February 13th, 2012

Louis C.K. won the Best Comedy Album Grammy for Hilarious, although he was too busy making gluten-free chicken fingers to care. (That's what "gf" stands for, right? That or "God Fuckingdamn, why am I heating up chicken fingers, I just won a Grammy. I should be in a technicolored limo somewhere between Adele and Kanye.") The Book of Mormon won best Musical Theater Album and Betty White's If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't) also beat Tina Fey's Bossypants for Best Spoken Word Album. No word on what foods they were cooking when they found out.

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When Getting Laughs Got You a Grammy

by | February 11th, 2011

A few months ago, I was trolling Wikipedia to disprove a friend's rash claim that all Grammy Award winners for Album of the Year have been terrible. After I triumphantly pointed out No Jacket Required by Phil Collins, among others, I discovered that twice in the show's history, the big award went to comedy acts. With the Grammys coming up this Sunday, I thought it'd be worth revisiting the time when comedy actually had a shot at the biggest award in music.

In 1961, deadpan superstar Bob Newhart won for his debut stand-up record, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart: The Most Celebrated New Comedian since Attila. That title [...]

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