Michael Yo on the Quarterfinals of AGT 2020
by The live episodes of America’s Got Talent 2020 began on Tuesday without a live audience, per se, although NBC had judges and a crew on …
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Mark Normand on Performing in Central Park
“This is comedy now. It’s in a park. There’s no microphone. You’re basically just a hobo screaming to strangers…in the park.” Behold Mark Normand, in …
Meet the “Comedians Against Comedy”
Comedians love to criticize anything and everything, onstage and off. But criticize a comedian via social media? Rut ro. Then you’re part of the so-called …
Team Coco Calls For DIY Fan-Made Conan Episode
You still have three weeks to submit your own favorite moments from Conan for a special fan-built episode called DIY CONAN, and a chance for …
EPIX Showcase Series “Unprotected Sets” Will Also Become A Podcast
In case you missed the stand-up showcase series Unprotected Sets when it aired on EPIX in 2018, don’t worry. You’ll soon also be able to …
Comedy Dynamics Will Release Previously Unheard Joan Rivers Recordings In 2021
The Joan Rivers Estate has announced a deal with Comedy Dynamics to sort through hundreds of hours of previously unreleased material from the late great …
Yellow Springs, Ohio: Comedy Mecca In Summer 2020
The hottest comedy club of 2020 isn’t New York City’s Comedy Cellar nor even The Comedy Store in West Hollywood’s Sunset Strip. It’s nowhere near …
Episode #308: Sebastian Maniscalco and Pat McGann
Sebastian Maniscalco met Pat McGann in the early 2010s, when Mansicalco was headlining Zanies in Chicago and McGann was the house MC. They eventually became …
Moontower and New York Comedy Festivals Will Skip 2020
Shocking absolutely nobody, both the Moontower Comedy Festival in Austin and the New York Comedy Festival finally announced they were abandoning plans to put on …
Comedy Central Rebooting Ren & Stimpy, Too
Comedy Central is continuing its nostalgia trip into the early 1990s… After previously green-lighting reboots or reimaginings or revivals or whatever-you-may-call-thems of Beavis and Butt-Head …