The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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 race relations are doomed got his strip pulled from syndication over the weekend. So a few words on his trolling and whatnot, how comedy, journalism …
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 and former manager of Pat Benatar, died at the age of 81. A year ago, when Rick and his wife were deep in health problems …
Marcella Arguello is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor originally from Modesto, Calif., who has made a name for herself in the Los Angeles comedy scene by standing tall and true to herself. Her regular show, “Women Crush,” started as a weekly showcase at NerdMelt, and is now monthly at …
R.I.P. Richard Belzer. My thoughts on Belz, a new radio tribute on the four-year anniversary of the death of Brody Stevens, festival submission information for both JFL New Faces (!) and the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, plus all of the past week’s comedy news, new stand-up specials, late-night appearances and …
Nathan Macintosh performed on The Tonight Show on Friday, fresh off of a rave from Jason Zinoman in the NYT. He’s got a theory on why people who don’t live in cities are more likely to have kids, but sometimes forget that babies grow up to become future adults. And …
Dylan Adler performed on Wednesday’s Late Late Show, and revealed the time he and his twin brother had a crush on the same classmate in elementary school. That might not have worked out the way he’d hoped, but he has a new dream about him and his brother starring in …
Comedian and storyteller Gabe Mollica’s one-person show, “Solo,” begins with the declaration that upon turning 30, he realized he had no friends. Wait. Was that true? Is it still true today? After taking his show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2022, as well as Winnipeg, Dublin and Dallas, Mollica’s …
Did you see all of the comedians in this year’s Super Bowl ads???? The photo above is from the Roast of Mr. Peanut, which featured Roastmaster Jeff Ross and a dais of Atsuko Okatsuka, David Lucas, Yamaneika Saunders, Sarah Tiana, Natasha Leggero and Frank Castillo. But we also got the return of …
Orlando Leyba was back on The Tonight Show on Wednesday, this time joking about the TV show Yellowstone versus visiting the real Yellowstone National Park. Sponsored by Ford?! 😉
James Corden abandoned his usual introduction for stand-ups on Tuesday night when he introduced Elon Gold as one of his “favorite comedians on planet Earth.” Gold joked about being dad to teenage kids, and the lack of appreciation he gets for it. He could be doing a job in which …
