The World of Black Comedians and All the News
Key & Peele’s debut, Think Like a Man at No. 1, Kevin Hart at Madison Square Garden and Trevor Noah’s American arrival: our look back at 2012.
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Lighthouse · Poole, UK
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Arlington Improv · Arlington, TX
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Westlands Entertainment Venue · Yeovil, UK
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Clapham Grand · London, UK
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Dane Baptiste: A sharp comic voice confronting the contradictions of modern Britain…
One-liner of the day
Former first-lady Nancy Reagan asked jazz legend Miles Davis, “What did you do to get invited to a White House dinner?”
He replied, I’ve changed the course of music five or six times. What have you done except sleep with the president?
When asked if she’d like to invite Miles Davis to future dinner parties at the White House, Nancy Reagan just said no.