The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Joe Rogan landed his Comedy Mothership in Austin finally this week, after two years of planning. Just in time for SXSW 2023? Not exactly, although that festival does have a bunch of comedy planned around the heart of Texas this coming week. All that, plus fallout from Russell Brand’s promotional …
No, a comedian still hasn’t won AGT, and a ventriloquist didn’t win AGT: All-Stars this year, either. But both Mike E. Winfield and Ana-Maria Margean made it to the finals, so kudos to them. Here you can relive their finale performances.
That might not be an actual Dilbert strip above, but it’s a reflection of the current state of cartoonist Scott Adams, whose ramblings about how race relations are doomed got his strip pulled from syndication over the weekend. So a few words on his trolling and whatnot, how comedy, journalism …
Just a day after Richard Belzer died, we learned that Rick Newman also has left us. Newman, the founding owner of Catch A Rising Star and former manager of Pat Benatar, died at the age of 81. A year ago, when Rick and his wife were deep in health problems …
R.I.P. Richard Belzer. My thoughts on Belz, a new radio tribute on the four-year anniversary of the death of Brody Stevens, festival submission information for both JFL New Faces (!) and the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, plus all of the past week’s comedy news, new stand-up specials, late-night appearances and …
Did you see all of the comedians in this year’s Super Bowl ads???? The photo above is from the Roast of Mr. Peanut, which featured Roastmaster Jeff Ross and a dais of Atsuko Okatsuka, David Lucas, Yamaneika Saunders, Sarah Tiana, Natasha Leggero and Frank Castillo. But we also got the return of …
Dave Chappelle made it 4 for 4 with yet another Grammy win for one of his Netflix specials, nabbing the Comedy Album of the Year prize at Sunday’s pre-telecast awards ceremony. More on that, plus the viral video of a stand-up comedian falling offstage in Chicago that got everyone laughing …
The film unit that does post-production editing for Saturday Night Live formed a union in the fall, but is still operating without a contract from NBCUniversal. Might they go on strike? They just might! More on that, news you can use if you perform at the newly revived Upright Citizens …
So many Santos impersonations, Craig Ferguson is coming back to late-night?, #RIP Michael Lehrer, last week’s roundup of new comedy specials and late-night sets, and a shameless plug! All in this week’s dispatch From The Comic’s Comic, delivered straight to your email inbox if you subscribe to my Substack, Piffany.
Did you know this cartoon of a dog about to be engulfed in flames is now a 10-year-old meme? More on that (with reflections from the cartoonist), plus the Golden Globes, TCAs, WGA nominations, SXSW film announcements, two more bad sad men in comedy, Louis CK sold out MSG (!), …
