The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The first Netflix special for Wanda Sykes also is the first for any black woman in stand-up, which jeepers creepers, should not be considered normal for 2019. And yet. Here we are. Onscreen, Sykes has found a lengthy and lucrative career as the audience’s voice of reason — whether as …
What weird, wacky stuff. Then, and now. In 1969 and 2019. The star that ties it all together still? Lily Tomlin! Laugh-In landed right in the middle of the zeitgeist, finding the seam between the broad strokes of The Carol Burnett Show and the scandalous satire of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (both also on …
Josh Gondelman remains an optimist in New York City, which makes more sense when he tells you about his career before comedy as a pre-school teacher. Gondelman fills you in on his positive vibe in this performance on Tuesday night’s Late Late Show. Roll the clip!
Dave Chappelle dropped into San Francisco today to lend his support to a public rally to save the venerable Punch Line comedy club, a fixture of the city for more than 40 years. “I’m telling you, you guys have one of the best comedy rooms literally on Earth,” Chappelle said. …
Billy on the Street may not air on TV any longer, but as promised, Billy Eichner is continuing to invite celebrities with him to deliver pop quizzes to pedestrians around Manhattan. Today, it’s The Jonas Brothers. Video from Funny or Die. Roll it!
James Corden can go home again. The Late Late Show with James Corden will tape another week of shows in London next month, broadcasting June 17-20, 2019, from Central Hall Westminster. His guests across the pond will include Gillian Anderson, Millie Bobby Brown, Jessica Chastain, Michael Fassbender, Paul Giamatti, Tom …
Jamie Morton was working behind the scenes of British television when his father emailed him a link under the name Rocky Flintstone, a link that revealed an erotic novel actually written by Morton’s father. A horribly written novel at that. And more where that came from. Morton and his good …
Fresh off of his second Peabody Award, comedian Hasan Minhaj now will preside over a TV special for the prestigious organization on FX later this summer. Stories of the Year will bring together other Peabody-winning writers and producers to talk about today’s vital social issues. It will “showcase award-winning content …
Brendan Schaub, a former UFC fighter who has turned to podcasting and now stand-up comedy, released his first comedy special over the weekend on Showtime. All of this talking has presumably softened the rough edges of this heavyweight fighter. Although You’d Be Surprised aims to let audiences know he’s always been a …
Sammy Shore, the stand-up comedian who founded The Comedy Store in West Hollywood with his wife Mitzi in 1972 before giving her complete ownership in their divorce two years later, has died. Shore was 92. He was surrounded by his current wife and family in his home in Las Vegas …
