The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Stand-up comedian and actor Louie Anderson died Jan. 21, 2022, after being hospitalized in Las Vegas for DLBCL Diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Anderson was 68. Born March 24, 1953, as Louie Perry Anderson, the second-youngest of 11 children grew up in St. Paul., Minn. He began his comedy career …
Jeff Wright was making funny TikToks and other comedy videos when Late Night with Seth Meyers hired him, and now this young Florida man has jokes about “Florida Man,” getting basketballs as therapy, and what it’s like walking around all day every day with a big ol’ smile on his …
Beth Lapides is an actress, writer and comedic performer who has appeared on Will & Grace, Sex & The City, and Politically Incorrect. But she is best known for creating the alternative comedy show UnCabaret, which has been running off and on and mostly on since the late 1980s in …
Raanan Hershberg has stopped drinking, and he’s got some observations about how his life already has changed drastically. He thought that turning 37 meant something, but it’s nothing compared to the two options for you if you’re 75 in America these days. Hershberg explains in this performance on Tuesday’s Tonight …
Robert Lane Saget, known around the world as comedian and TV star Bob Saget, died Sunday after the first weekend of his 2022 stand-up comedy tour. He was 65. Authorities summoned to his hotel room in Orlando, Fla., where he was declared dead, found “no signs of foul play or …
Nick Vatterott grew up in St. Louis but discovered his comedy voice in Chicago. You may have seen him perform on Conan, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, or his own half-hour special for Comedy Central. Or you may have heard him on his podcast series, Get Rich Nick, in which …
Matthew Broussard found that dating a successful woman entirely changed the dynamic of his relationship with her, not once, not twice, but three times already over the past five years. Let him explain it in this performance on Friday’s Tonight Show.
What does it mean to be a geriatric millennial? Andrew Sleighter explains in this performance on The Late Late Show, it has a lot to do with your physical health not matching your financial health. You’ll also learn why he named his new comedy album “Rock Star.”
Justin Spitzer is a television writer and producer who worked as a writing assistant on Queer as Folk and Grounded for Life before breaking into the writers room on The Office, where he worked for seven seasons and received three Emmy nominations. Spitzer went on to create, executive produce and …
It’s time once again for Jason Zinoman, the comedy critic for The New York Times, to sit down with me as we deconstruct the year that was. This time we’re taking our best cracks at 2021. Was anyone bigger in comedy than Dave Chappelle? Was anyone better than Bo Burnham? …
