Episode #314: Adam Conover
by Adam Conover is a comedian and writer best known for the truTV series Adam Ruins Everything, which he created and hosted from 2015-2019. Conover’s comedy …
Month: September 2020
Borat Returns! Amazon Prime Video Snags Sacha Baron Cohen Film For 2020 Release
The rumors weren’t rumors. Sacha Baron Cohen really was filming scenes for a new Borat movie this year during the pandemic. Amazon Studios has acquired …
Montreal’s Virtual JFL 2020 Festival Announces Additional Headliners, Panels
With just 10 days to go before the postponed Just For Laughs debuts its first virtual comedy confab, the folks at JFL have announced some …
Sam Jay Scores HBO Weekly Talk Show
Sam Jay is getting her own late-night talk show! HBO announced a series order for a weekly half-hour talker from Jay, a Saturday Night Live …
Dave Chappelle’s Summer Comedy Camp Shut Down Early Due To Possible CoVID-19 Case
Dave Chappelle’s hometown comedy and music series, which resulted in at least one YouTube Netflix half-hour special (8:46) in June, and attracted all sorts of …
Here Are Your New Faces of Comedy (Creators) for Just For Laughs 2020
Everything’s different about 2020, and that includes the annual New Faces of Comedy hullaballoo out of Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival. This year, with the …
UCB4 Issues Update on How They’ll Try to Do Better By Students, Minority Performers
The Upright Citizens Brigade theaters in New York City and Los Angeles remain closed since the COVID-19 pandemic shut everything down in March. But the …
Seth Meyers Gets Half-Hour Primetime Special for ‘A Closer Look’ at Election 2020
Late Night with Seth Meyers moves into primetime for a half-hour this October with a special called Closer Look Thursday. It’ll air Oct. 8 at …
Netflix releases All-Star Comedy Video to Help Comedy Gives Back: ‘Hey, Remember Comedy?’
Netflix got Neal Brennan to put together a 20-minute parade of comedy all-stars shouting out comedy (the video is titled, “Hey, Remember Comedy?”) to jumpstart …
Episode #313: Mike Birbiglia
When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down everything in March of 2020, thousands upon thousands of comedians suddenly experienced the existential dilemma that comedian Mike Birbiglia …