Comedy News for March 6-12, 2023
by Jimmy Kimmel hosted the Oscars this year. It didn’t suck! And nobody got sucker-punched! There were some choice moments for comedy fans and comedy nerds …
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Chris Martin on The Late Late Show with James Corden
Somehow I missed that comedian Chris Martin performed on last Friday’s Late Late Show, and I can only presume it’s either because I didn’t realize …
Greg Barris on The Late Late Show with James Corden
Greg Barris has a new stand-up comedy album out, and he celebrated by making his late-night TV debut on Wednesday’s episode of The Late Late …
Episode #421: Matt Knudsen
Matt Knudsen is one of those character actors with a face you can’t quite place, which is why the memoir he’s writing is called, “Have …
Comedy News for Feb. 27 to March 5, 2023
Joe Rogan landed his Comedy Mothership in Austin finally this week, after two years of planning. Just in time for SXSW 2023? Not exactly, although …
Nat Towsen and Allison Reese on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show has done a segment called Battle of the Instant Songwriters for years now, but this past Friday, they expanded the segment to …
Kelsey Cook on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Kelsey Cook is putting out a new special this month on YouTube, and she got to promote it with a performance Tuesday on The Tonight …
Mike E. Winfield and Ana-Maria Margean on the finals of America’s Got Talent: All-Stars
No, a comedian still hasn’t won AGT, and a ventriloquist didn’t win AGT: All-Stars this year, either. But both Mike E. Winfield and Ana-Maria Margean …
Comedy News for Feb. 20-26, 2023
That might not be an actual Dilbert strip above, but it’s a reflection of the current state of cartoonist Scott Adams, whose ramblings about how …
R.I.P. Rick Newman
Just a day after Richard Belzer died, we learned that Rick Newman also has left us. Newman, the founding owner of Catch A Rising Star …