The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Kurt Braunohler released a “Perfectly Stupid” new stand-up comedy special last month via Moment, where it’ll be available on demand exclusively until next week, when you can start watching it on demand elsewhere and purchase/stream the album. So what better time to promote it than now, presenting a small set-piece …
Born in China, Jioaying Summers first came to America for college in Kentucky speaking no English, then went to Hollywood looking for stardom. Summers has found it so far already on TikTok, where she has gained more than 1.2 million followers, and has created her own stage, The Hollywood Comedy, …
Comedy doesn’t have a Human Resources department, so leave it to The Comic’s Comic to dole out honors and/or discipline accordingly. Our Employee of the Month for October 2022 is Sarah Sherman. Congrats Sarah! NOTE: This is a feature I introduced on my Substack, Piffany, in 2021, and have transferred over to …
Caroline Rhea performed on the Halloween night edition of The Tonight Show, and also did panel with Jimmy Fallon afterward. For her stand-up set, Rhea jokingly compared her house to an old man, and breastfeeding for her first time in her 40s, which means the former co-star of Sabrina the …
Mike Farah was the first producer hired at Funny or Die, and he has been a vital part of the upstart digital production studio since 2008, when Funny or Die was still known only as an online comedy video platform. The company has produced the critically-acclaimed Brockmire for IFC, Emmy-nominated …
Isabel Hagen studied viola at Juilliard and has performed with the orchestra for several Broadway productions. But have you ever seen viola combined with stand-up? Now you have, thanks to her booking last night on The Tonight Show.
Andrea Jin is a Chinese immigrant who moved to North America as a young girl. Her comedy album, “Grandma’s Girl,” won the Juno Award in Canada this past year. For her late-night TV debut on The Late Late Show, Jin joked about how you can learn a lot about yourself …
Ariel Elias made her broadcast network TV debut Monday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live, thanks to how she handled a bad heckler in a video that went viral earlier this month. If you hadn’t seen said video, not to worry. Kimmel played a clip from the clip in setting up …
Tenacious D. Flight of the Conchords. The Lonely Island. We have plenty of examples of goofy guys getting together and making mirthy music. Where do the Wolves of Glendale fit in? Eric Jackowitz and Ethan Edenburg both came out of South Florida rock bands, and after performing for the Todd …
Subhah Agarwalis a bicoastal writer and stand-up comedian who grew up outside of Chicago, where she first started hitting open mics while still in high school. Subhah has written for Comedy Knockout on TruTV, The Jim Jefferies Show on Comedy Central, and Arsenio Hall’s live 2022 talk show for Netflix. …
