The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Can you guess which of these jokes got Rachel Mac fired from her job as a middle school English teacher? Also, Mac filled us in on some sad but true stories about her sexual history. All this and more in Mac’s TV debut on Lights Out with David Spade. Roll …
Nick Cannon hosts a popular primetime competition in FOX’s The Masked Singer, and started hosting a morning radio show this summer on Power 106 in Los Angeles, all while continuing with 15 seasons of Wild ‘N Out on the MTV networks. Next fall, Cannon will add daytime TV talk-show host …
Finally. Finally! James Adomian has the real-deal U.S. Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, sitting with him for a “Bernie vs. Bernie” or really, a Bernie For All. A very special edition of Adomian’s podcast series, The Underculture. Roll the clip!
The second all-stars installment of America’s Got Talent, aka AGT: The Champions, kicks off Jan. 6, 2020, on NBC. At least a few comedians and comedic acts will return for the showcase showdown. Among them: Puddles Pity Party, Dan Naturman, 2019 finalist Ryan Niemiller, and a young Australian named JJ …
Lilly Singh’s A Little Late now offers a little bit of stand-up on her NBC overnight show. Matteo Lane had the honors of being her first stand-up performer, and after a couple of minutes, also sat with Singh and her other guest Rainn Wilson to teach them some opera-singing skills. …
Giulia Rozzi made her debut on Tuesday’s Conan, and joked about how visiting social media these days is a lot like bar hopping was in the old days. And if that doesn’t convince you it’s time to leave Facebook (if not also Instagram and Twitter), then I don’t know what …
The Grammy Award nominations came out today. A reminder that the Grammys use a different calendar year of eligibility, so it covers audio releases from Oct. 1, 2018, to Aug. 31, 2019. That said, the comedy category continues to be dominated by video specials. Particularly Netflix. Amazon squeezes into the …
Erik Rivera got heavily involved in comedy in the wake of 9/11 while studying at Pace University just blocks away from the World Trade Center. Rivera’s TV credits include performing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Last Comic Standing, his own hour special, I’m No Expert, as well as …
Why were a bunch of stand-up comedians hanging around with each other in Las Vegas last week, hitting golf balls at a driving range, cruising down the Vegas atop a double-decker tour bus, and oh yeah, posting selfies with Will Smith? Probably most definitely these jokers were participating in This …
In 2009, TV writer Nell Scovell called out late-night TV for continuing to be a boys club, and called out her former employer, David Letterman, in particular. Well, Nell and Dave recently met up for the first time in a lot longer than 10 years, and it went, well, well. …
