The Lonely Island announces first-ever tour, heading across America summer 2019
by Last summer, The Lonely Island performed live in concert for their first time as a band at Comedy Central’s Clusterfest in San Francisco. This summer, …
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Episode #247: Dane Cook
In 2019, Dane Cook is heading out for his first full national tour in six years, and he’s calling it his Tell It Like It Is …
Comedy winners at the 2019 Writers Guild Awards
Congrats to Bo Burnham and the rest of this year’s WGA winners from the Writers Guild, announced Sunday night. Burnham jokingly pointed out in his …
Marc Maron played himself interviewing Krusty The Clown on The Simpsons
In case you missed it, yes, that was Marc Maron as Marc Maron, becoming Simpsonized as The Simpsons put in his WTF podcast as a …
Garry Shandling’s estate donates $15.2 million to UCLA for medical research
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. announced this month that the estate of the late Garry Shandling has bequeathed $15.2 million to the med …
Comedy Central bringing back David Spade and Crank Yankers!
Back in the mid-2000s, Comedy Central boasted weekly episodes of The Showbiz Show with David Spade and Crank Yankers. Is it 2005 again? Both Spade …
Mo’Nique and Steve Harvey hash it out on a televised heart-to-heart
On Steve Harvey’s show last week, Mo’Nique sat down and things got rather heated, rather quickly. You see, Mo’Nique is still mad about who did …
Samantha Bee returning to DC for second annual “Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner”
The actual White House Correspondents’ Dinner may not feature any comedians in 2019. Which makes Samantha Bee’s Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner even more …
Paramount Network’s “I Am Richard Pryor” documentary will premiere at SXSW 2019
Paramount Network announced that the next installment of its award-winning I Am documentary franchise will focus on the late great Richard Pryor. I Am Richard Pryor will …
Review: Roy Wood Jr., “No One Loves You” on Comedy Central
Roy Wood Jr. made what I still believe was the best stand-up comedy special of 2017. For his second hour on Comedy Central, No One …