The Definitive Guide to Comedy
It wouldn’t be Just For Laughs week without some major news involving the industry. For 2019, those honors go to Imagine Artist Management, a newly formed talent firm announced Monday via The Hollywood Reporter. IAM is an independent extension of Imagine, the TV/movie studio run by Ron Howard and Brian …
Today provided a double-dose of comforting news for comedians and comedy fans in San Francisco, as its venerable comedy club, the Punch Line, received historic Legacy Business Status from the city as well as a new lease from Google. The club’s lease had been set to expire in August. But …
Manjunath Naidu, an Indian stand-up comedian born in Abu Dhabi, collapsed and died onstage during a performance over the weekend in Dubai. Naidu was only 36. Known by friends as Mango (he jokingly signed a Facebook post in March with “MANGO 🍍🍍 (ps where the hell is the mango emoji …
Congrats, everybody! NEW FACES OF COMEDY Anna Drezen is a writing supervisor for NBC’s Saturday Night Live, and the co-author of the books How To Win At Feminism and How Many We Hate You. The latter, which was based on Anna’s experiences working as a concierge at a hotel in Times Square, was optioned by ABC and …
Marina Franklin is a Chicago native who has called Harlem home long enough to see her New York City neighborhood gentrify around her. She also has traveled the world as a comedian, performing in festivals from Melbourne to Montreal, from Kilkenny to Bonnaroo. Franklin’s onscreen credits include appearances on Chappelle’s Show, The …
A year after showcasing as a New Face in Montreal, Dusty Slay is making the rounds on the late-night talk shows. On Wednesday’s Tonight Show, Slay joked about knowing why the wi-fi might not be reliable, and knowing when a hotel deal is a real steal. We’re having a good …
Ahamed Weinberg, the co-creator of Please Understand Me on Amazon Prime Video, jokes that it’s easy to appear smarter at parties if you just don’t speak. But Weinberg had a seven-minute set on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to fill, so fill it with jokes he did. You’ll learn …
Just in time for Comic-Con, here’s the trailer for the Jay & Silent Bob Reboot, which is titled exactly that. The reboot is about a reboot, as Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes and the characters they first inhabited in Smith’s seminal 1994 film, Clerks, learn that show business is making …
We’ve got your second-week comedians right here! Advancing through to the next round after performing on last night’s episode of Bring The Funny… Randy Feltface Strange but true, the Australian puppet act of Sammy J is now competing as a “solo” act. Michael Longfellow Originally from Phoenix, Longfellow first began …
Astronomy Club, the first all-black house team at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, is moving from digital series at Comedy Central to half-hour TV sketch comedy series at Netflix. Netflix announced the six-episode order today. Why the jump to Netflix? Kenya Barris. He’s bringing the NYC-based improv and sketch group …
