Just For Laughs fetes Kevin Hart, Jim Jefferies, Hasan Minhaj, Amanda Seales, “Big Mouth” with 2019 awards
by We’re only a week away from the comedy industry’s annual confab in Montreal for Just For Laughs, and JFL has announced which big stars the …
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Episode #268: Catherine Cohen
With degrees in English and Theater, Catherine Cohen not only graduated from Princeton University but also delivered a humorous speech at her own graduation. Five …
Review: “Bill Burr Presents IanTalk: Ideas Not Worth Spreading” on Comedy Central
In this age when comedians like to tease other comedians for delivering “TED talks” instead of stand-up comedy, it’s fascinating that nobody has actually used …
Reviewing the reviews of Aziz Ansari’s “Right Now” on Netflix
If you’re looking for my review of Aziz Ansari’s new Netflix special, Right Now, right now it’s on Decider. Media outlets generally avoid running critiques …
Amazon launching four new comedy specials the week after its first Amazon Originals special in August
A year after Amazon Prime Video announced its intentions to compete for stand-up comedy by filming New Faces at Montreal’s Just For Laughs, the plan …
Fortune Feimster and Tom Papa to anchor weekday morning show for Netflix’s new SiriusXM radio channel
Netflix’s new SiriusXM radio channel, Netflix Is A Joke Radio (ch. 93), will get its own live weekday morning show next Monday (July 15, 2019), …
Who advanced out of the premiere episode of NBC’s “Bring The Funny,” and what does it all mean
Bring The Funny is no Last Comic Standing. Nor is it America’s Got Talent. So what is Bring The Funny? The newest NBC talent competition …
Beth Stelling on Jimmy Kimmel Live
This is an interesting development. Beth Stelling performed on Tuesday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, but the footage came from Jimmy Kimmel’s new comedy club …
R.I.P. Rip Torn (1931-2019)
Rip Torn was not a comedian, per se. Torn was a Texan, though, true and through. Born Elmore Rual Torn, Jr. on Feb. 6, 1931 …
Becky Lucas on Conan
Kudos to Team Coco for bringing some of the talent they saw in Australia back to Burbank for proper stand-up comedy appearances on U.S. television. …