Best of the rest of the fests: Comedy Festivals for 2019-2020
by We’re already two months into 2019, and if you haven’t already made use of my Comedy Festivals page, please bookmark it for your resources. If …
Month: February 2019
Just For Laughs revises plans for SiriusXM radio channel to showcase only Canadians
Your voices were heard loud and clear, comedians of Canada. Just For Laughs announced Wednesday that their impending takeover of the Canada Laughs channel of …
Freestyle Love Supreme opens Academy to offer improv comedy training
There’s a new school in town for aspiring comedy improvisers. And it comes courtesy of the hip-hop musical comedy troupe Freestyle Love Supreme, best known …
Review: Tone Bell, “Can’t Cancel This” on Showtime
In real life, Tone Bell’s not engaged nor married yet, but just like in Fam, he’s the product of a happily-married couple. Being an adult only …
Here’s your SXSW comedy lineup for 2019
We’re less than a couple of weeks away from SXSW, when everybody in technology, film, music and comedy takes over downtown Austin, Texas. The comedy …
Mo Welch on Conan
Growing up in Normal is not normal. So says Illinois native Mo Welch, who returned Monday night for another comedy performance on Conan. This time …
SiriusXM replacing Canada Laughs with Just For Laughs Radio; Canadian comedians bracing for big royalty hit
SiriusXM Canada and Just For Laughs announced a joint partnership on Monday to launch Just For Laughs Radio this spring on Ch. 168, “with a focus on Canadian …
Episode #248: Steve Agee
Steve Agee had a bizarre enough life behind the camera before he ever got his first big shot in front of it thanks to Sarah …
Amy Schumer cancels remainder of 2019 tour due to pregnancy complications
Hoping for the best for Amy Schumer and her soon-to-be-due baby, as complications from Hyperemesis have forced the comedian to cancel the final week of …
R.I.P. Steven Brody Stevens, dead at 48
Brody Stevens was bombing, but all of the comedians were howling. I could’ve been talking about a show last week, or last year, but this …