The Definitive Guide to Comedy
NBC announced today 40 comedy acts vying for the $250,000 prize package and the opportunity to perform at the 2020 Just for Laughs Festival, who’ll be competing on this summer’s inaugural season of Bring the Funny. Bring the Funny premieres July 9, 2019, after America’s Got Talent. Amanda Seales hosts, …
Stand-up comedian Tig Notaro apparently has been living Under A Rock. Notaro claims she doesn’t watch a lot of TV or movies, or pay attention to pop culture, and hasn’t for a while. So for this new Funny or Die webseries, she’s hosting a talk show with celebrities she doesn’t …
Natalie Palamides grew up in a small Western Pennsylvania town but could not be contained by convention or conventional wisdom. After an internship with Conan during college, she trained with the Pig Iron Theatre Company in Philadelphia, then headed to Hollywood to work with the Upright Citizens Brigade and other …
A musical based on Sarah Silverman’s 2010 memoir, The Bedwetter, will debut next May off-Broadway. The Atlantic Theater Company will host. Here are the details! World Premiere Musical THE BEDWETTER Book by Joshua Harmon & Sarah SilvermanLyrics by Adam Schlesinger & SilvermanMusic by Schlesinger May 9 – June 28, 2020Linda …
Fake TV show The Flare‘s very real new after-show, What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage, now has a co-host and a house band. Stand-up comedian Taylor Tomlinson has joined the fray, while Best Coast will provide the tunes for Savage’s three-ring talk-show circus, which premieres June 30 on FOX. His …
CNN wanted Colin Quinn’s new comedy special to air because of how he splits America down the middle (even suggesting the country follow suit) in his latest hour, Red State Blue State. But Quinn makes a couple of even greater points, perhaps, outside of that central premise. Instead, the comedian …
Jeff Ross is host, executive producer and presumably the star of Historical Roasts on Netflix. But it’s not about him. Nor is about living people, for that matter. Historical Roasts wants us to enjoy seeing dead celebrities brought to task via the modern-day roast format. Does it work? Well… Joke …
Showtime has ordered an eight-episode season of the new half-hour comedy series WORK IN PROGRESS, created by Abby McEnany and Tim Mason. McEnany stars in the series, expected to premiere later this year. Lilly Wachowski (The Matrix, Sense8) will co-write the first season and executive produce with McEnany and Mason. …
Last week, the folks at JFL (Just For Laughs) announced a slew of additional headliners for the annual comedy celebration that takes place each July in Montreal. They included Wanda Sykes, Blake Griffin, Nick Kroll, Fred Armisen, Ronny Chieng, Steve-O, and the return of Jeff Ross’s The Roastmaster’s Invitational, all of …
Insert seriously, no kidding, or a third thing blatantly acknowledging the stark contrast of a comedian getting into politics. Stand-up comedian Ben Gleib, seen regularly on the fourth hour of the Today show but even more regularly as host of Idiotest on GSN, the Game Show Network, has announced his …
