The Definitive Guide to Comedy
W. Kamau Bell‘s second chance to make a big first impression on American audiences is off to a hot start. Literally, figuratively, metaphorically. His CNN series, United Shades of America, debuted Sunday night and closed the hour with the stand-up comedian standing face-to-hooded-face with a group of Ku Klux Klansmen …
Greg Behrendt gets introduced to the stage these days as a best-selling author, which is true, but there’s more to Behrendt than meets the eye of anyone who read He’s Just Not That Into You. Or the follow-up books he has written with his wife. Or who saw him host …
Getting the gang back together proved so much fun last year, why not do it all again? That’s the spirit! Netflix announced today that Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later will come to its streaming screens much sooner than later — with an eight-episode order set to premiere in …
I told you last week that the audiences at the 2016 Moontower Comedy Festival in Austin loved the pre-show videos that screened before every live showcase, and here’s the video local sponsors Chaotic Moon Studios made for the occasion. It features a stand-up comedian getting back at a heckler with …
Steve Gillespie comes to us from Minnesota by way of Wisconsin, or is it the other way around? Either way, Gillespie made his first stand-up appearance on Conan on Monday. He jokes that he’d much prefer being a step-dad to someone than being the dad. He doesn’t even have his own …
Jimmy Fallon asked Ricky Gervais on Monday’s episode Tonight Show about the news that Gervais is returning to stand-up comedy after a six-year absence. Gervais replied that he’s about to do a few “warm-ups” in the coming month — and then qualified his answer about not doing stand-up in the …
Congratulations to black-ish, Master of None, Transparent and UnReal, among the TV programs honored this year in the 75th annual edition of The Peabody Awards. The Peabody Awards, from University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, honor excellence in broadcasting. Other honorees for 2016 include the film Beasts of No Nation, and …
Saturday Night Live has mocked advertising and our relationship with it over 41 seasons. From the first season’s Bass-O-Matic, down through the years from Mom Jeans to Bad Idea Jeans, Schmitts Gay beer and Colon Blow cereal. But now, for every fake ad SNL may air after the guest host’s monologue …
As seen on HBO’s Girls, Ophira Eisenberg hosts The Moth‘s monthly Story Slam in New York City, as well as various Moth events around the United States. You also can hear her weekly on NPR as host of the trivia game show, Ask Me Another. Her memoir, Screw Everyone: Sleeping …
On TV last night, NBC broadcast a special tribute episode of Saturday Night Live for Prince — who died unexpectedly Thursday at 57 — including sketches of Fred Armisen impersonating Prince alongside Maya Rudolph as Beyonce. Over on HBO, Beyonce was dropping a surprise album of music videos. As for Rudolph, she was …
