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By Holland Cooke Consultant Pick a day, any day. At least one news item will have the little voice in your head hollering “TELL me you’re kidding!” After recent headlines, and as various plots thicken, that little voice might need a lozenge. In olden times, DJs’ and hosts’ April 1 on-air shenanigans would amuse and/or…

'Onism' is 'the frustration of being stuck in just one body that inhabits only one place at a time, (and) the awareness of how little of the world you’ll experience.'

One of the greatest comics of all-time has release his debut novel and it's about a third-grader in the 1960s.

Comedian Steven Wright stopped by the Lite FM studio to chat with Cubby and Christine about his comedic inspiration and his new book, Harold.

Steven Wright, king of laconic one-liners, wrote the delightfully loopy novel "Harold" because he wanted to break free of stand-up's "very narrow window of creativity."

Comedian Steven Wright told a story about going to a 24-hour market. “When I got there, the guy was locking the front door. I said, ‘Hey, the sign says you’re open 24 hours. He said, ‘Yeah, but not in a row.’”

Comedian Steven Wright is known for his deadpan delivery of ironic one-liners, quirky stories, non sequiturs and paraprosdokians — sentences with an unexpected twist at the end. Like this one: “If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you.” Just because his humor is off-beat, he doesn’t think

Go to Steven Wright’s website and his biography reads: “I was born. When I was 23, I started telling jokes. Then I started going on television and doing films. That’s

Broadway, comedy, illusion, classical, pop and rock favorites will bring live performances back to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.