Comedy Club managers answer 15 questions from aspiring comedians via Reddit
by Rocky Kev is the former online manager for Helium Comedy Club in Philadelphia (club pictured above). A few weeks ago, Kev took to Reddit to solicit …
Month: September 2015
Jim Gaffigan will perform stand-up comedy for Pope Francis
Jim Gaffigan will perform stand-up comedy for Pope Francis when the titular head of the Catholic Church visits Philadelphia later this month, and Gaffigan is …
NBC renews “The Carmichael Show” for second season, mid-season 2015-2016
Just a week before the Fall 2015 TV season officially kicks off, NBC has awarded a second-season to summer sitcom rookie The Carmichael Show. The …
2015 Creative Arts Emmy Awards winners in comedy
The Television Academy has so many categories and nominees to honor each year that it holds two separate ceremonies, naming winners this past weekend in …
Episode #17: Myq Kaplan and Zach Sherwin
Myq Kaplan and Zach Sherwin have been friends of mine for years, and together, they have a new podcast miniseries, Words of the Years, on the new …
A latesummer’s night with the stand-up all-stars of Funny or Die’s Oddball Festival
Stand-up comedians generally frown upon shows that have them performing outside and in the daylight. But Funny or Die’s Oddball Comedy and Curiosity Festival, now …
Aaron Berg, Jessica Delfino set out to break Steve Byrne’s record for stand-up comedy sets in one night
Aaron Berg is known for his muscles and muscling his way through any crowd work that comes his way, whether he’s working a guest spot …
Clayton English on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Today show
Fresh off of his Last Comic Standing Season 9 win broadcast in primetime Wednesday night, Clayton English began putting that NBC contract and development deal …
Clayton English wins Last Comic Standing 9
Congratulations to Atlanta’s Clayton English, who officially won the ninth season of Last Comic Standing, which aired its finale Wednesday night on NBC. English takes …
Jon Stewart: The Godfather of Late-Night TV in 2015
Jon Stewart’s talking head might not appear on our TVs four nights a week any longer, but his name and his influence is perhaps even …