The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Variety has announced its annual “10 Comics to Watch” list for 2016, almost two months before they’ll be feted at the end of July at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival. Without further ado, congratulations to… James Adomian and Anthony Atamaniuk for their “Trump vs. Bernie” mock debate tour and specials …
Two years ago this weekend, after a Friday night gig in Delaware, Tracy Morgan and his entourage were on their way home when a Walmart tractor trailer slammed into their SUV on the New Jersey Turnpike, killing comedian “Jimmy Mack” and almost killing Morgan and his opening act, Ardie Fuqua. …
FOX has ordered a pilot presentation for That’s My Bus, the animated series about a New York City bus driver from comedians Dan Perlman and Will Julian that won the New York Television Festival’s pitch contest last year at Montreal’s Just For Laughs. It’s too late to submit for the …
Would you settle for Bernie Mac, Redd Foxx, Dean Martin and Andy Kaufman? The Hollywood Reporter reported tonight that a hologram of the late, great George Carlin would perform as a key piece of the soon-to-open National Comedy Center museum in Jamestown, N.Y., quoting the museum’s chief curator, The Comedians author …
Just For Laughs has announced the lineup for its fifth annual edition of JFL42, a 42-show headliner stand-up comedy festival held at the end of September in Toronto. Getting top billing in 2016? Jim Gaffigan, Tig Notaro, Trevor Noah, Jim Jefferies, Roseanne Barr, Anthony Jeselnik, Demetri Martin and Chris D’Elia. Of …
Dan Mer wanted nothing to do with me at first. What’s in a name, anyhow? I moved to Tempe, Ariz., at the end of June 2001, into an apartment only a few blocks from the Tempe Improv and all of Arizona State University. Found out the day I moved in that …
Phil Hartman was “The Glue” that held together the all-time greatest cast among several generations of famous funny comedians on Saturday Night Live over the past 41 years. So Hartman’s death at 49, murdered by his third wife in his sleep on May 28, 1998, brought a brilliant career so suddenly …
Last night, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump (you voted for him) visited Jimmy Kimmel Live, where Kimmel presented a debate challenge from Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders. Trump said yes, but only if Sanders pays up, for charity. “If he paid a nice sum toward a charity, I would …
ACME Comedy Co., a beloved Minneapolis comedy club by comedians worldwide since it opened 25 years ago, believes it’ll have to close before celebrating its anniversary this November should a planned apartment developer get its way. The club sent out an email alert this week to fans urging them to …
Hey gang! Late-breaking news here…The Comic’s Comic has joined NYC PodFest, which is happening this weekend due to a last-minute schedule change, and if you haven’t already attended one of the sold-out sessions last night, you should get in the game! I’ll be speaking with The Daily Show writer and …
