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 Show.
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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 made it to the finals, so kudos to them. Here you can relive their finale performances.
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 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 …
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 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 …
Episode #420: Marcella Arguello
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 …
Comedy News for Feb. 13-19, 2023
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 on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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 on The Late Late Show with James Corden
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 …
Episode #419: Gabe Mollica
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 …
Comedy News for Feb. 6-12, 2023
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 …