Glenn Rabney

While the 2026 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony is scheduled for Friday, it seems competition actually started yesterday, with the opening round of a couple of events, including the always adrenaline inducing Curling. The Winter Games, which over the last few reiterations have experienced minor problems, such as the “let’s not talk politics” aspect of the last three go-arounds in Russia, South Korea and China, and Mother Nature’s obvious preference for the Summer Games, demon

I had the honor yesterday, along with many others, to attend Budd Friedman’s funeral. During the 80s and 90s, the Improv was my home and where you’d find me most nights, sitting with comics and writers, new and old, famous and obscure, giving and getting writing tips and industry connections, a of us sharing one common thread, comedy. It was a clubhouse and once you became a member, you were a member for life, as proven by the interactions by those in attendance yesterday, wh

This post was originally published at smerconish.com Like almost every comedy writer, I personally owe so much of who I am and what I’ve...