Jon Dore On Conan, From His Car
by The late-night shows have taken to broadcasting from home during the pandemic quarantine, and one of the side effects of that has been the elimination …
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Subhah Agarwal On A Little Late With LillY Singh
Subhah Agarwal is having a productive spring, professionally speaking. She made her stand-up debut on April 29 on NBC’s A Little Late with Lilly Singh, …
Bob Odenkirk On Shaping Chris Farley’s Matt Foley Character
Before Better Call Saul. Before Breaking Bad. Before Mr. Show with Bob and David, and even before Saturday Night Live, Bob Odenkirk worked at The Second City in …
R.I.P. John Marshall
John Marshall, a comedian and writer who earned an Emmy nomination for writing on HBO’s The Chris Rock Show, and who executive-produced multiple annual ceremonies for …
TED ALEXANDRO RELEASES QUARANTINED STAND-UP SPECIAL, “STAY AT HOME COMEDIAN”
It was only a matter of time, wasn’t it? After a month of self-quarantining by comedians nationwide, stand-up Ted Alexandro has emerged as perhaps the …
These Clips From “This Is Stand-Up” Make Me Worry For Comedians IN A World Without Stand-Up Comedy
Producers/directors Paul Toogood and Lloyd Stanton enjoyed so much access to so many comedians over the last several years to make their documentary, This Is Stand-Up, …
R.I.P. Tim Brooke-Taylor (1940-2020)
Tim Brooke-Taylor, beloved British comedian of stage and screen for more than 50 years, died today from the coronavirus. He was 79. Born in Buxton, he …
Saturday Night Live: At Home edition
What’s Saturday Night Live if it’s not broadcasting from inside 30 Rock, and not even live TV? We found out this Saturday of Passover/Easter weekend. …
R.I.P. Mort Drucker (1929-2020)
Other MAD magazine illustrators may have been flashy or more memorable for their eccentricities (see Sergio Aragonés and his “Spy vs. Spy” or Al Jaffee …
R.I.P. Michael C. McCarthy
Michael Clayton McCarthy achieved the comedy dream and proved you could do it going in the opposite direction. McCarthy (no relation) became a staff writer …