The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Tony Hendra has died at 79. His wife, Carla Hendra, told The New York Times the cause was amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, often known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, which was first diagnosed in 2019. Tony Hendra began his career at Cambridge University with the famed Footlights as the comedy partner of Graham Chapman, …
Overnight, an FBI wanted plea on Twitter became a mourning ground for comedy fans as it slowly dawned on many of them that what, at first, jokingly appeared to be comedic actor Jay Johnston in photos from the U.S. Capitol insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021, kept being confirmed by comedy …
For his sixth appearance on The Tonight Show, Pete Lee filmed this set from Acme Comedy Co. in Minneapolis. He’s happy to be back performing for live audiences, even more so at his home club. If you want more where this came from, Lee also just filmed his first hour …
There’s a new episode of “The Set Up” from Team Coco Originals, and it’s the 12th in an ongoing series, so a great time as any to check in with the webseries in which J.P. Buck, the longtime comedy booker and producer for CONAN, sits down with stand-up comedians to revisit their …
If you’re on the go and just need a fast laugh, and wondering why Quibi hasn’t filled that need for you, well then, now Netflix has something for you. It’s called Fast Laughs. From Netflix HQ: Fast Laughs offers a full-screen feed of funny clips from our big comedy catalog …
While waiting for VIacomCBS to flip the switch and relaunch CBS All Access as Paramount+, I thought, hey, why not see what’s cooking, so to speak, over on Discovery+? After all, they’re promising 55,000+ real-life TV episodes on the new Discovery+ streaming platform, and if you have Verizon Wireless, you …
Richie Tienken, the founding owner of The Comic Strip on New York City’s Upper East Side and former manager of Eddie Murphy and Adam Sandler, has died. As Sandler said back in 2012 for a TV tribute to Murphy: “I tried to do everything he did in his career,” Sandler …
Gary Anthony Williams has been improvising since the 1980s, when he was part of an Atlanta troupe called Laughing Matters. You’ve seen Williams on TV shows such as Boston Legal, where he played a crossdressing lawyer, or as Abe on Malcom in the Middle. He also co-starred on The Soul …
Dan Ahdoot is a stand-up comedian who has performed on The Tonight Show, and developed TV shows with FOX, CBS, NBC and Freeform. But Ahdoot is enjoying his greatest success now, with recurring roles on not one but two Netflix hit series — as a car salesman for “Karate Kid” …
Feel like you missed out on what happened this past month? Let’s catch up! LAST THINGS FIRST, MY PODCASTS! Episode #324: Erin Jackson Episode #325: Patton Oswalt Episode #326: Lucas Brothers HEADLINES Seth Meyers renewed his Late Night contract with NBC through 2025. That’s coincidentally conveniently lining up with the …
