Austin will host a Harvey Relief Benefit comedy show on Sept. 5, 2017
by Austin’s Paramount Theatre has gathered some all-star comedians together to put on a big ol’ benefit fund-raiser to help out fellow Texans flooded and hurting …
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See Nathan Fielder live before the crazy fourth season of Nathan For You on Comedy Central
Just when you thought Nathan For You couldn’t get any crazier, Comedy Central has unveiled the trailer for season four. Check it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ9xBooAADM It all starts Sept. …
Who wants to be a virtual stand-up comedian? “Comedy Night” video game on Steam lets you do just that, or be in the virtual audience
Certainly we’re past the peak of this comedy boom now that anyone can play pretend stand-up comedian and/or pretend heckler in a video game, right? …
Review: Ryan Hamilton, “Happy Face” on Netflix
I wrote a glowing review of Ryan Hamilton‘s first Netflix stand-up special over at Decider, because he earned it! Watching Ryan Hamilton: Happy Face will make …
Hannah Gadsby and John Robins share Best Comedy Show honors at 2017 Edinburgh Fringe; Natalie Palamides Best Newcomer
For the first time ever, the Edinburgh Comedy Awards declared not one but two individual winners of the Best Comedy Show at the Fringe, with …
First look at Jerry Seinfeld’s first Netflix special: “Jerry Before Seinfeld”
Jerry Seinfeld’s first Netflix special, Jerry Before Seinfeld, premieres Sept. 19, 2017. In a year in which every A-list stand-up has released a new hour …
Hoda and Kathie Lee torture three aspiring comedians and Craig Ferguson during morning “happy hour”
Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford, drinking white wine at 10 in the morning, forcing sober comedian Craig Ferguson to sit next to them on …
Here is the schedule for Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents half-hours for Fall 2017
Formerly known as Comedy Central Presents, and later The Half Hour, Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents… will deliver 13 new half-hours of stand-up comedy from up-and-comers, coming at …
Episode #169: Ryan Hamilton
Ryan Hamilton grew up in a small town in Idaho and studied broadcasting before turning to comedy. Hamilton calls several comedy scenes home, and that …
Jack Black and Richard Linklater on their unlikely partnership on 2003’s feel-good hit, School of Rock
Scott Rudin needed to persuade both star Jack Black and director Richard Linklater that Linklater was the right choice to direct 2003’s film, School of …