by Larry Richman | Sep 15, 2025
I love to watch standup comedy and have written several articles about Studio C, Humor U, and various clean standup comedians. One of my favorites is Dry Bar Comedy, the only clean stand-up comedy venue in Utah. They keep comedy “safe for work” and funny...
by Larry Richman | Jan 30, 2012
Humor U is the largest comedy club between New York and Los Angeles, and the cleanest in the world. Humor U is made up of over two dozen stand-up comedians who are all BYU students or alumni. Humor U performs over 40 shows a year and wins comedy competitions around...
by Larry Richman | Mar 22, 2010
Do you enjoy stand-up comedy as much as I do? I just read a great article in MormonTimes about Mormon stand-up comedians who keep their humor clean. The article mentions comedian Ryan Hamilton, a semifinalist on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing,” who said...
by Larry Richman | Jan 8, 2026
This week’s movie pick is Witnesses. (See other “Weekend Movie Picks.”) For nearly 200 years, skeptics and critics have attempted to explain what many Book of Mormon witnesses claimed to have seen—angels and golden metal plates containing ancient...
by Larry Richman | Dec 19, 2025
This week’s movie pick is to choose one of the animated hero classics from Living Scriptures. This video series teaches about historical figures such as Marie Curie, Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Edison. (See other...
by Larry Richman | Oct 7, 2025
Looking for wholesome entertainment for your family? Try Living Scriptures, which offers much more than animated scriptures. They have over 5,000 titles, including popular family films, children’s programming, nature and historical documentaries, inspiring Christian...
by Larry Richman | Sep 9, 2025
I have written about VidAngel, which filters movies and TV shows on your streaming services to cut out things your family doesn’t want to see, such as profanity, sex, nudity, and immodesty. In 2016, VidAngel announced the launch of Angel Studios to begin...
by Larry Richman | Sep 13, 2018
The 10 original cast members of BYUtv’s Studio C — Stacey Harkey, left, Whitney Call, James Perry, Matt Meese, Stephen Meek, Jeremy Warner, Mallory Everton, Natalie Madsen, Adam Berg and Jason Gray —are launching an online family-friendly comedy network, the...
by Larry Richman | Feb 27, 2017
“For 16 years the LDS Film Festival has been a showcase for uplifting, powerful cinema from both Latter-day Saint filmmakers and others whose films share our values,” says film critic Jonathan Decker. And this year is no exception. The LDS Film Festival...
by Larry Richman | Feb 16, 2017
The movie Tim Timmerman, Hope of America opens in theaters in Utah on March 2. In this movie, it’s 1994. Mount Vista High’s student body president Tim Timmerman has aspirations of attending Yale and becoming a famous politician. Tim realizes the quickest path to...
by Larry Richman | Aug 19, 2016
The Church has announced its 7th Face-to-Face event, to be held October 19, 2016 with the cast of Studio C. Studio C is a sketch comedy television show and one of BYUtv’s most popular original series. Why is the cast of Studio C being featured on a Church Face-to-Face...
by Larry Richman | Mar 7, 2015
Five returned LDS missionaries from the Philippines are sharing clean humor with the people of the Philippines. Sumner, Connor, Jake, Tylan, and Davis have created the “Hey Joe Show.” Soon after returning from their missions, Jake explains, “We...
by Larry Richman | Feb 14, 2015
More and more people are discovering the funny BYUtv sketch comedy show, Studio C. Youth and adults alike enjoy the clean laughter the show provides. New videos are uploaded regularly to Studio C’s YouTube channel. You can also stream the show at...
by Larry Richman | Feb 5, 2014
Teaching your teenager to drive, giving your kid’s pet fish a funeral, explaining the birds and the bees, playing catch… Fatherhood isn’t something that happens all at once. It’s a day-in and day-out choice to show up for your kids. So how much...
by Larry Richman | Sep 15, 2013
In January 2000, BYU launched its own TV channel, BYUtv, with a vision to provide uplifting and entertaining programming to help people see the good in the world. Today, BYUtv is carried by DirecTV, DISH Network, and almost 877 cable television providers nationwide....