The Definitive Guide to Comedy
You’ve seen or most likely listened to a Comedy Central podcast before. The TV network has uploaded episodes of its half-hours or audio extras from network talent to iTunes and elsewhere in the past. But now Comedy Central is making it more official with an official podcast network. Comedy Central’s …
The folks at All Things Comedy are putting on their first-ever ATC festival this October in Phoenix. The podcast network founded by Al Madrigal and Bill Burr will celebrate their wide-ranging community of funny folks from Oct. 26-29, 2017, at Stand Up Live in Phoenix. Lineup so far includes many …
Mike Birbiglia will launch a five-part interview series this week on SiriusXM Comedy Greats channel 94 that looks back on the making of his previous stand-up comedy albums. “The Old Ones” kicks off Thursday with John Mulaney talking with Birbiglia about what went into his first album, “Two Drink Mike.” Other …
They used to compete for your laughs on morning radio, and now they’ve joined forces in the afternoon on streaming media. Anthony Cumia announced this week that Artie Lange will join him as his permanent co-host for the newly rebranded weekday broadcast, “The AA Show,” starting Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. …
The stars of truTV’s Impractical Jokers keep shining brighter and brighter. After getting greenlit for a seventh season of pranking each other on cable television, The Tenderloins (Staten Island friends Sal Vulcano, Joe Gatto, James Murray and Brian Quinn) have not only announced the launch of a new weekly radio …
Might Ricky Gervais, the comedian who first got audiences tuned into podcasts with his previous radio show, be coming back to radio? He’s got a new pilot out for SiriusXM radio, Ricky Gervais is Deadly Sirius, and you can check it out now if you haven’t heard it yet on …
Andy Kindler didn’t last more than a minute onstage before he got sidetracked from his intended mission. Instead of one microphone to deliver his 2017 State of the Industry address at Montreal’s Just For Laughs, the festival had set up two mics, neither one near his face. That just made …
High noon will become The Power Hour on SiriusXM come Monday thanks to stand-up comedian Godfrey. SiriusXM announced today that Godfrey will host The Power Hour daily from noon to 1 p.m. Eastern, starting Monday, July 31, broadcasting from New York City on SiriusXM’s Urban View channel (126). A call-in show, it’ll …
OK. So I’ve only sat down to podcast with 28 of the comedians performing this week so far as part of the 2017 Just For Laughs festival in Montreal. But that’s a start! Each of these fine, funny folks regales me (and now you) with inspirational stories about how they …
Episode #6 of my exclusive Laughly audio series, On Second Thought, is out now with featured guest Liam McEneaney. On Second Thought asks: If tragedy plus time equals comedy, then comedy plus time equals what now? Liam McEneaney hosted one of the more popular alternative basement comedy rooms in New York City …
