The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Kurt Metzger may be the nicest and most reasonable person onstage and off, who simultaneously is joking about things and using language to which many strangers might take offense. Perhaps he truly is “White Precious.” That’s the title of his first hourlong stand-up special, which debuts tonight on Comedy Central …
After nine years of shows on two coasts, Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal’s “Hot Tub” variety show will get the double-album treatment in both vinyl record and digital formats this fall, thanks to Kill Rock Stars. They’ll be recording shows the following two Monday nights at The Virgil in Los …
Black dudes in hoodies: A scary thing, but how scary, really? That’s the question Ian Edwards poses and answers in his stand-up set on Tuesday night’s Conan. Hint: Not as scary as white dudes in suits. And then there is the Rev. Al Sharpton, in a suit. Which is a …
You probably heard about, if you didn’t also already see, the hologram of the late Michael Jackson performing at Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards, televised live to an audience of millions. The Billboard Music Awards are perhaps the least surprising awards of all in “Awards Season,” as each of the …
This is different. Comedy Central has released a YouTube video of Marc Maron’s latest stand-up record, “Thinky Pain,” as a record. You can hear Maron talk about his life, career and thoughts while watching his record spin on a turntable. And yes. They flip the record. Enjoy! Here’s a link …
Conan O’Brien recorded a couple of music sessions on vinyl in 2010 for Third Man Records when he was making the transition from NBC to TBS, from The Tonight Show to Conan. Now he and Team Coco are ready make their own records. Or CDs, mp3s or whatever you kids …
Jim Gaffigan is a comedian obsessed. On a superficial level, Gaffigan continues to be obsessed with food. It’s definitely food. It always has been. From Hot Pockets to bacon to well, everything else. If he continues to be a glutton for his own punishment, then it is serving him well, …
Gary Gulman has a way of hitting my comedy sweet spot every time, what with his pop-cultural references and combining the high, low and middlebrows with his six-foot-everything observations on life as it is now and how it was when we were younger. In Gulman’s performance on Thursday night’s Late …
If he wasn’t already a bona fide star upon leaving Saturday Night Live, Tracy Morgan certainly was when he returned to the 30 Rock fold in the sitcom that loosely fictionalized him and the makings of TV sketch comedy. With an emphasis on loosely. As Morgan prepares to unveil his …
When Patton Oswalt walked onstage last summer at the Spreckels Theater during San Diego Comic-Con, an adoring crowd receives him with a standing ovation as the tune of The Ettes’ “Crown of Age” thunders through the speakers. “They asked me to pick the most rocking song that you like right now, …
