The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Barry Crimmins calls his new stand-up special, released in video and audio versions Sunday night by Louis C.K. (who directed and produced it), the “Best spesh by a progressive, rabble-rousing, bigot-baiting,trauma-surviving comic this week!!” Here’s what CK had to say about releasing Barry Crimmins: Whatever Threatens You (it’s his third release …
One of the brightest lights in any comedy club over four separate decades, Kevin Meaney has died suddenly and tragically. Meaney was 60. It’s at once both flippant and altogether appropriate to respond to the news with one of Meaney’s classic bits: “That’s not right.” Meaney’s agent confirmed that the …
Whatever you think it’s going to be, Oh, Hello on Broadway is even better than that. What began perhaps as a goof a decade ago between two young friends in comedy has, all these years later, majestically hit the Broadway stage this fall as a fully thought-out legit stage production, …
In just its opening weekend, Kevin Hart‘s third concert film already has beaten both the box-office debut of his previous stand-up film, 2013’s Let Me Explain, as well as the overall haul from his first such effort, 2011’s Laugh at My Pain. What Now? Indeed. With $12.6 million and counting …
How selfish could Vivendi and StudioCanal be over the profits from 32 years of This Is Spinal Tap? The answer is none. None more selfish. Harry Shearer, who created the fictional yet real metal band Spinal Tap alongside comedians Christopher Guest and Michael McKean, then brought it to life with …
Comedy Central has figured out part of its late-night lineup solution for 2017, and it involves getting high. Paging Doug Benson! Comedy Central announced today it has ordered a 15-minute weeknight late-night series from Benson, The High Court, which will see the comedian smoke up marijuana to get high before …
Earlier this year, NBC announced that season 42 of Saturday Night Live would feature fewer commercial breaks, in exchange for more branded content. While the absence of breaks may not have seemed overtly noticeable over the past three Saturdays, the addition of sponsored sketches certainly should have caught your attention …
With less than a month until the 2016 presidential election, SiriusXM will rebrand one of its comedy channels as “F* Politics” for the week to help you cope with the shockingly grotesque turn in our political discourse. Starting Monday (Oct. 17, 2016), Comedy Greats (ch. 94) will become “F* Politics” with a …
All Def Comedy, the latest stand-up comedy project from executive producer Russell Simmons, will premiere Saturday Nov. 12, 2016, on HBO. Tony Rock hosts the one-hour special, with DJ Drama and performances from Chris Powell, Zainab Johnson, Kevin Tate, and Robert Powell, as well as HBO’s Def Comedy Jam veteran Tony …
He’s back! Chris Rock has been working on new stand-up material for the past couple of years, before and after making his movie, Top Five, and today announced a two-special deal with Netflix. The first of Rock’s two stand-up specials will film during his upcoming global tour and debut in …
