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Politico Deep Dive Podcast – April 29 2022 – Streaming Now - You can hear all my never before told stories about what it was like to perform at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Only the funny ones, of course.   
National Women’s History Museum, September 1, 2021 – The Trailblazing Women of Standup Comedy - The Trailblazing Women of Standup Comedy.  
Vulture, September 9, 2021 – 9/11 Twenty Years Later - 9/11: 20 YEARS LATER SEPT. 9, 2021 ‘One Giant Nerve That You Were Afraid to Touch’ 37 comedians remember their first time onstage after 9/11 and how the attacks changed comedy forever. By Jesse David Fox    
NY Post, August 16, 2021 –Jean Smart, Elayne Boosler, Hacks - CINDY ADAMS The stars are preparing for the Emmy Awards By Cindy Adams August 16, 2021 (An edited version appeared in the NY Post. Here is the full article.) Funny Jean Smart very smart for playing wisecracking lady comic in “Hacks.” Now Emmy nominated she cites a few other female funny gals she’s fond of. ... Read more
Dorothea Buschell. d. April 13, 2020 - With my cousin Dorothea, August, 2018   Follow the ongoing saga of my cousin Dorothea. Had her own long held family burial plot in a Jewish cemetery. Victim of Covid-19 in a Brooklyn nursing home, where they did not answer the phones for three weeks, and never informed the family she died. Then they buried ... Read more
New York Magazine/Vulture, December 7, 2019 – The 100 Jokes That Shaped Modern Comedy - Let the end of the year lists begin! This is very cool for comedy fans, a pretty full history of comedy though yes, lists are always subjective. I’m in there around the ’70s.. the 1870s.. Thank you Vulture, New York Magazine, The Guardian. [Read article…]
The Week, November 29, 2019 – Wit & Wisdom - Wit & Wisdom The Week included a classic quote of Elayne’s in its Wit & Wisdom column on November 29, 2019, which had been earlier quoted in Forbes Magazine. “Polarizing people is a good way to win an election and a good way to wreck a country.” Columnist Molly Ivins, quoted in The Virginian-Pilot “An ... Read more
Time Out, September 3, 2019 – Laughing Liberally, Make America Laugh Again - Stand-up comic, Twitter eminence and SiriusXM radio host John Fugelsang anchors this platform for left-leaning political comedy, with a different lineup of guests at each performance. Among the many artists scheduled to appear are Elayne Boosler, Judah Friedlander, Janeane Garafolo, Judy Gold, Marina Franklin, Hari Kondabolu and Dean Obeidallah. Read All About it. 
Broadway World, August 21, 2019 – Laughing Liberally - Laughing Liberally Will Present MAKE AMERICA LAUGH AGAIN Off-Broadway by BWW News Desk Aug. 21, 2019  Laughing Liberally, in association with Eric Krebs, will present LAUGHING LIBERALLY OFF-BROADWAY – “MAKE AMERICA LAUGH AGAIN,” featuring a diverse roster of political performers taking back the discourse and bringing joy and intelligent topical humor to the NY stage for 15 performances ... Read more
Playbill, Aug. 21, 2019 – Elayne Boosler, Janeane Garafolo, and More Will Make American Laugh Again - Elayne Boosler, Janeane Garafolo, and More Will Make American Laugh Again BY DAN MEYER AUG 22, 2019 The three-week comedy festival at Theatre at St. Clement’s is hosted by Laughing Liberally. Elayne Boosler will make her return to the New York stage at the comedy festival Make America Laugh Again, running September 3–21 at Theatre at St. Clement’s. ... Read more
TheaterMania, Aug. 21, 2019 – Laughing Liberally - THEATER NEWS John Fugelsang will headline the political comedy show at the Theater at St. Clement’s. August 21, 2019 SiriusXM radio host John Fugelsang will headline the show, performing alongside a constantly rotating cast of comedians and satirists. The rotating cast of comedians includes Elayne Boosler, Judah Friedlander, Janeane Garofalo, Judy Gold, Marina Franklin, Hari ... Read more
Dan’s Papers, July 12, 2019 – LTV’s Super Salon Comedy Benefit
Hamptons.com July 12th, 2019. Boosler and Balan Benefit for LTV - Elayne Boosler and Michele Balan perform on July 12th.
Elayne Appears in new Elvira Mistress of the Dark #6 Graphic Novel - My life is complete. I made it into the gorgeous new Elvira Mistress of The Dark #6 graphic novel, by the great @DAvallone out today from Dynamite Comics. #ThursdayThoughts @TheRealElvira #tailsofjoy Go out and buy ten copies!  
Fourteen Quotes About Dogs – June 11, 2019 — Yahoo Life - Wonderful quotes about our relationship with dogs. We’re in there too!!
Elayne writes the NY Times “Wordplay” Column. November 30, 2018 - Elayne gets to guest write the “Wordplay” column for the NY Times. Big fun, thanks to Deb Amlen. DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN Before Doing Something Foolish The comedian, writer and animal activist Elayne Boosler tries her hand at solving a Friday puzzle by Robyn Weintraub.
Comedian Elayne Boosler… Jewish Journal. October 26, 2018. - Comedian Elayne Boosler on ‘Timeless’ Boxed Set, Tails Of Joy, and What’s Next By Darren Paltrowitz — Published Oct 26, 2018 in Jewish Journal The first female to have her own one-hour comedy special on television, Elayne Boosler has always been an innovator. Beyond being a prolific stand-up comic and actress, Boosler has also been ... Read more
Very Kewl Cartoon October 18, 2018. Sag Harbor Express. - Here’s a sneak peek of this week’s Sag Harbor Express cartoon by Peter Waldner.
The Comedy Master Who Hasn’t Gotten Her Due. NY Times. Oct 1, 2018 - ON COMEDY The Comedy Master Who Hasn’t Gotten Her Due: Elayne Boosler By Jason Zinoman Sept. 30, 2018 Read here.
Elayne Boosler, Comedian, Writer, Animal Activist. Ray Carr Show. October 2, 2018 - Listen here.
“Breaking it Down” with Frank MacKay. L I News Radio. September 25, 2018 - While working as a doorman at The Improvisation comedy club in New York City, Brooklyn-born comedian Elayne Boosler met comic Andy Kaufman, who convinced her she should do stand-up comedy. She went on to become one of the most successful female comics, with a string of cable-TV specials, non-stop TV talk show appearances and touring. ... Read more
Tell Me Everything @John Fugelsang. SiriusXM. September 21, 2018 - A good time was had by all.   LISTEN: https://siriusxm.us/Fugelsang  WATCH: http://fb.me/tmejf 
The Jim and Sam Show. SiriusXM. September 20, 2018 - A fun and hilarious interview with Jim Norton and Sam Roberts this morning. Listen here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG_-E26zLf8&feature=youtu.be
Elayne Boosler – Saving Animals Through Comedy. Maine Edge/Buzz. September 12, 2018 - The Maine Edge/Buzz September 12, 2018 The Maine Edge: Let me see if I understand this correctly. Your new box set sells on Amazon for $19. When people email you a copy of their receipt, you donate $25 to the animal rescue organization of the purchaser’s choice. You’re basically giving it away. Has your accountant ... Read more
Forbes Magazine. August 29, 2018 - Elayne Boosler Talks The ‘Timeless’ Appeal Of Comedy… Andrew HusbandContributor Hollywood & EntertainmentI am a freelance entertainment journalist and comedy critic.
“The Comic’s Comic” Podcast — August 27, 2018 - EPISODE #222: ELAYNE BOOSLER by Sean L. McCarthy Elayne Boosler’s comedy career began by working the door as the hostess at the original Improvisation club in New York City in the 1970s. For over forty years, she has appeared on seemingly every talk show ever on TV, has written and starred in five of her own ... Read more
Unmasked Show with Ron Bennington. August 14, 2018. - Ron Bennington interviews Elayne Boosler for “Unmasked”. Listen Here. 
Puzzle Nation. July 10, 2018 - 5 Questions with Comedian, Animal Activist, and Puzzler Elayne Boosler! Welcome to 5 Questions, our recurring interview series where we reach out to puzzle constructors, game designers, writers, filmmakers, musicians, artists, and puzzle enthusiasts from all walks of life!
New Documentary, Robin Williams. Vogue. July 16, 2018 - In a New Documentary, a Lens Into Robin Williams’s Beautiful Mind. Williams offstage was as withdrawn as onstage he was vivacious. “If you met him during the day you’d never know what he became at night,” the comedian Elayne Boosler recalls.
Robin Williams Documentary. RadarOnline. July 16, 2018 - Radar Online: Robin Williams Documentary. “Robin started pursuing me, I had never been so pursued in my life,” Boosler says in an interview. “All the comics were so caring for me and they said ‘you know we think he has a girlfriend in San Francisco’…I said, ‘do you have a girlfriend in San Francisco?”….
TV: Robin Williams Documentary. NY Times. July 16, 2018 - TV: Robin Williams Documentary on HBO. In “Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind,” airing Monday, July 16, on HBO, the director Marina Zenovich captures that quicksilver genius through archival clips and interviews of Mr. Williams and reminiscences by Billy Crystal, Steve Martin, Bobcat Goldthwait, Pam Dawber and Elayne Boosler, as well as his older son, ... Read more
Elayne Boosler in 2018, Majorly Influential Comedian. Bustle. July 16, 2018 - Bustle: Where Is Elayne Boosler In 2018? Robin Williams’ Friend Is A Majorly Influential Comedian.  
Review: Robin Williams HBO Documentary. LA Times July 16, 2018 - Review: ‘Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind’ is a poignant portrait of a comic giant and his vulnerability. The testifiers include early-days girlfriend and fellow comic Elayne Boosler (“I’ve never been so pursued in my life”)…
‘Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind’ — Newsday — June 15, 2018 - ‘Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind’ review: He remains a mystery. “Very quiet in real life,” says fellow comedian Elayne Boosler. “You wouldn’t know from the daytime what he would become at night…”
Lawyer Turns Comic. Cindy Adams, NY Post. July 16, 2018 - Lawyer Turns Comic. “A New Haven club where Elayne Boosler headlined in freezing February didn’t do heating. I could see my own breath…”
Wonkette. June 14, 2018 - Wonkette takes a look at how The Third Lady’s fashion is covered. Thanks for the shout out.
HBO Doc Remembers Comic Actor With Tough Love. The Wrap. January, 2018 - Sundance Review of HBO Robin Williams Documentary. And then there’s the film’s impressive array of interviews: David Letterman recalls thinking that he’d picked perhaps the worst time to move to L.A. to become a comedian after seeing Williams onstage. Elayne Boosler talks about being Williams’ girlfriend while acknowledging his need to have other women, including ... Read more
“Kill Me Now” podcast with Judy Gold. November/December, 2018 - Elayne guests on Judy Gold’s podcast, “Kill Me Now“. They had so much to laugh about, it’s a two parter.   1 Explicit179: Elayne Boosler (Part II) “Party of One” is a hit, and Elayne’s career takes off.  Judy and Elayne discuss the second half of the comic’s impressive resume.  Plus,   Why are diners ... Read more
Rush Hour Headaches. NY Times. June 9, 2018 - WORDPLAY Rush Hour Headaches Ruth Bloomfield Margolin puts us in a delicious jam. Continuing the clues.. 100D: Depending on the generation you belong to ELAYNE Boosler might be a familiar name; she is a groundbreaking comedian and the first woman to have a stand-alone comedy show on TV. She still works in comedy and founded a ... Read more
My White House Correspondents’ Dinner Performance - Exactly 25 years ago today, May 1, 1993, I performed at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Most of my political jokes could have been written today. That’s not a good thing, we need change..
I Was a Correspondents’ Dinner Comedian. Michelle Wolf Was No Bully. May 1, 2018 - I was happy to write about Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner when Time magazine asked me to. Read it here.
White House Correspondents’ Dinner: Meet the 4 Women Who Hosted Before Michelle Wolf — The Hollywood Reporter — April 26, 2018  - The Hollywood Reporter — April 26, 2018 — White House Correspondents’ Dinner: Meet the 4 Women Who Hosted Before Michelle Wolf. With ‘The Daily Show’ star taking on the annual D.C. event, take a look back at the four females who came before her. Continue reading…
NY Times: Farewell to Mitzi Shore, and Thank You — April 12, 2018– A Remembrance - Saying farewell and thank you to Mitzi Shore.
That Time I Bombed - Vancouver Straight – November 1, 2017 – That Time I Bombed is where the Straight asks comedians about their life-changing shows, favourite specials, and, a subject that any peformer will face at some point in their career, a time that they bombed on stage. Top three comedy specials/albums …Elayne Boosler — Party of One  read more…  
NY Times Wordplay - October 29, 2017 Deb Amlen’s super popular NY Times online “Wordplay” column gives a lovely shout out to our Tails of Joy today, as we go along solving the Sunday puzzle together. “Tricky Clues 13A: “Canine supporters” could be all the wonderful rescue organizations that abound (Like Elayne Boosler’s Tails of Joy), but today we’re talking teeth, ... Read more
GoComics – Elayne Boosler’s Favorites: 10 Comics Every Animal Lover Can Relate To - GoComics  Oct 24, 2017 by Elayne Boosler – I’ve loved and read comics since I was little. Studies say people who read the comics before they read the news live longer. Then, you read the news and you don’t want to live longer. That’s why read more..
David Letterman’s Friends Weigh In on Mark Twain Prize - Washington Post October 20, 2017 David Letterman will be receiving the Mark Twain Prize for Humor, and his friends weigh in. Elayne Boosler, also part of the Comedy Store scene, appreciated that when Letterman launched “Late Night” in 1982, he chose the best comics to appear — regardless of gender. That wasn’t the case on ... Read more
NY Times’ “Crosswords With the Stars” - July 12, 2017 What fun! To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the New York Times Crossword puzzle, they’ve tipped their hat to “Dancing With the Stars” by teaming celebrities up with regular crossword contributors to make “Crosswords With the Stars”. Ok, they don’t call it that, but I’ve got on too much makeup, hair extensions, and ... Read more
Two Women Walk Into a Club: Melissa Leo and Ari Graynor -   New York Times – May 24, 2017 – By DAVE ITZKOFF GRAYNOR I was aware of the importance of Elayne Boosler, and she seemed to be a singular woman on this scene and within this community. How much she was everyone’s friend, lover, mother, cousin, teacher. There’s a parallel, in that I’m the lone female comic, but who ... Read more
Showtime’s ‘I’m Dying Up Here’ finds the drama in comedy - [The book's] focus was Mitzi Shore, her Comedy Store and the comics who played there in the 1970s, including Richard Lewis, David Letterman, Robin Williams, Elayne Boosler, Jay Leno, Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen...
A Look Back at the ’70s L.A. Club Scene That Gave Rise to Comedy Legends - Brooklynite Elayne Boosler got her start in New York club circuit and became a regular headliner at the Improv. In the spring of 1976, she moved to L.A. to chase the rising scene and found herself among many of the comic pals she’d made in New York.
Staying Power: Elayne Boosler — Tampa Bay Times - A lot of comedians make a name for themselves by going loud, branding themselves almost literally into our brains. Elayne Boosler has always preferred topical, provocative and clever, and it's worked for 40 years.
Comedian Elayne Boosler brings show to Murray Theatre - Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 | TBNWeekly.com Comedian Elayne Boosler will bring her routine to Pinellas County with one show Thursday, March 9 in the Murray Theatre at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater.
50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Time — Rolling Stone - Imagine the prototypical female comic of the 1980s: Big hair, suit jacket with shoulder pads and the sleeves rolled up, the ubiquitous brick wall behind her. You’re imagining Elayne Boosler...
Maureen Langan Show — December 20, 2016 - Nice interview with Maureen Langan on KGO radio in San Francisco. December 20, 2016.
Can Comedy Defeat ISIS? - ISIS had better watch out because a new weapon might soon be deployed that it will really hate. No, not a new fighter jet or bomb. I’m talking “Borat.” And maybe even Chris Rock and Amy Schumer. At least that’s what U2 frontman Bono told a Senate subcommittee last week, citing Sacha Baron Cohen, Rock ... Read more
The David Feldman Show — March 18, 2016 - Had the most fun doing David Feldman’s podcast in New York. Lots of never before heard stories. A great listen. Comedian/writer/animal activist Elayne Boosler is best known for her thoughtful and feisty political humor, and her love of baseball and animals, all sharing a big part of her act. For forty years, she seemingly has appeared ... Read more
Q&A: Elayne Boosler — TheaterJones (Dallas), March 2016 - TheaterJones North Texas Performing Arts News by Amy Martin Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Dallas — If you were into comedy in the ‘80s, you were into Elayne Boosler. She was everywhere. Touring, television, talk shows — omnipresent on the Late Show with David Letterman. She churned out a special every couple of years and did ... Read more
How Comedy Finally Caught Up to Female Comedians — Vulture, February 2016 - By Yael Kohen Among club comics of the mid-1970s, Elayne Boosler was the queen bee. A funny lady from Brooklyn, Boosler started at the New York Improv as a waitress and singer, and it wasn’t long before she was onstage telling jokes like the guys of her generation. But as a woman, Boosler had to ... Read more
The 100 Jokes That Shaped Modern Comedy, Vulture, January 2016 - Fun read if you love comedy. I’m there too. By Jesse David Fox llustration by Giacomo Gambineri From the Marx Brothers to ​The Simpsons, Richard Pryor to Amy Schumer: 100 bits, sketches, and one-liners that changed humor forever… The oldest joke on record, a Sumerian proverb, was first told all the way back in 1900 B.C. ... Read more
Pet Press Cover Story — November, 2015 - Elayne Boosler Tails Wag With Joy For Her Comedy For A Cause By Lori Golden For forty years, Elayne Boosler has appeared on seemingly every talk show ever on TV, has written and starred in five one-hour Showtime standup comedy specials, written and directed two movies for Cinemax, appeared on Comic Relief for years, on ... Read more
Truth and Iliza Podcast — July 7, 2015 - Iliza Shlesinger sits down with comedic icon ELAYNE BOOSLER to discuss life as a comic, annoying things comics deal with, annoying things female comics deal with, and the overall stupidity of morning radio hosts. They also trade songs they sing to their animals and it is THE MOST AMAZING PIECE OF MUSIC EVER PRODUCED! Listen ... Read more
When Legends Drop In – Hemispheres Magazine, May 2015 - The next time you’re at a comedy club in New York or Los Angeles, don’t be surprised if Jerry Seinfeld or Chris Rock stops by for a surprise set by Larry Getlin (originally appeared in Hemispheres Magazine, May 2015) On a typical night in the mid-1970s at The Improv, a comedy club in the then-sketchy ... Read more
An Oral History of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner by the (Few) Women Who’ve Owned it–April 27, 2015 — Elle Magazine -  An Oral History of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner by the (Few) Women Who’ve Owned it — April 27, 2015 — Elle Magazine Cecily Strong has been initiated into an elite sorority. As of Saturday night, the SNL star is the most recent woman—LYLAS!—to host the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and the fourth member of an exclusive ... Read more
The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson As The Tonight Show Begins a New Era, Regulars Reflect on Johnny Carson - Parade Magazine February 18, 2014 by Jeryl Brunner Comedy legends Richard Lewis, David Brenner, The Amazing Kreskin, Robert Klein, Garry Shandling, and Elayne Boosler on the subject of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Read the full article… Elayne’s appearance on the The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (1999)

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LA Weekly

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