Tig Notaro: “Boyish Girl Interrupted” (HBO)
by If you’ve followed any comedy at all over the past few years, then you undoubtedly know or have heard about Tig Notaro and what these years …
Month: August 2015
Natasha Leggero: “Live At Bimbo’s” (Comedy Central)
Natasha Leggero opens her first hour special on Comedy Central with a five-minute music video, “Diamond Pussy,” in which she raps and tells an executive …
Maz Jobrani: “I’m Not a Terrorist, But I’ve Played One On TV” (Showtime)
As far as we’re led to believe Maz Jobrani warms up his own audience for his newest stand-up special, I’m Not a Terrorist, But I’ve …
Sam Morril on Conan
Sam Morril returned to Conan on Thursday night to deliver a kick-ass set packed with jokes. Should you be quizzed to pick up Claritin-D? Should you …
CBS confirms Late Show with Stephen Colbert writing/producing team has that familiar “Report”
Stephen Colbert has said in multiple interviews this month that he brought pretty much his entire writing team from Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report with …
Humorous homages, deep laughs: From SNL to IFC and “Documentary Now!”
It’s no secret that some of Saturday Night Live‘s most striking work in recent years has not come via live TV, but come alive via …
#TBT goes back to the future in new Comedy Central concept video
It’s Throwback Thursday. Tomorrow is Flashback Friday. If you think reliving past memories and sharing them via social media is something, then get a load …
Down the rabbit-hole of Internet aggregation: The Fat Jewish now openly taking from other thieves
Comedy Central may have gotten out of the “Fat Jew” business before the masses of protesting comedians got their way…but Josh Ostrovsky’s own countermeasure reveals …
Last Comic Standing 9: Semifinals (Part One)
We’ve reached the semifinal stages of Last Comic Standing, which means we have only a couple of hours to get the field of stand-up comedians …
Last Comic Standing 8 winner Rod Man lands development deal for NBC sitcom
Just in time. Rod Man, who won the eighth season of Last Comic Standing last summer, has earned himself a deal for a pilot script …