Just For Laughs muscles up on TV production, hires Spencer Griffin to head it
by Just For Laughs, under new ownership over the past year, has gotten more and more involved in additional projects outside of its well-known comedy festivals. …
Month: May 2019
Adult Swim orders up “Three Busy Debras” to series
Adult Swim is adding some actual live women to the late-night cable channel’s programming. Three Busy Debras, starring, written and created by Sandy Honig, Mitra …
Phil Hanley on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Phil Hanley’s attitude toward having a wife and kids might be what’s stopping him from having a wife and kids. Hanley explained in this stand-up …
NBC orders “Sunnyside” sitcom with Kal Penn and co-starring comedians Joel Kim Booster and Moses Storm
Congrats to my neighbors in Queens!? NBC has ordered the sitcom Sunnyside to series for the upcoming Fall 2019 schedule. The sitcom stars Kal Penn …
Watch the “Reality Bites” reunion from the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival
The cast and producers of 1994’s Reality Bites reunited 25 years later for a screening and panel retrospective over the weekend at the Tribeca Film …
Watch the “In Living Color” reunion from the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival
Keenen Ivory Wayans and his co-stars from In Living Color, including Tommy Davidson, David Alan Grier, Shawn Wayans and Kim Wayans, reunited for a panel …
This is Spinal Tap reunited 35 years later for 2019 Tribeca Film Festival
The cast and director of the legendary This Is Spinal Tap, the 1984 film that revolutionized the mockumentary movie, reunited for the 2019 Tribeca Film …
E! cancelling Busy Tonight after six-month run
Busy Tonight, which debuted in October 2018, will end its run after two more weeks. Host Busy Phillips broke the news to fans overnight. Busy …
Louis CK’s 2019 club gigs now require audiences to get his consent to share his jokes
That Louis CK is on the comeback is not news. But a forewarning to patrons at his upcoming gigs this week in Minneapolis does go …
Episode #258: Ian Edwards
Born in Britain, raised in both Jamaica and New York City, and now based in Los Angeles, Ian Edwards has been a successful comedian and …