The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Last year, Netflix kicked off 2019 with a global gauntlet of stand-up comedy, Comedians of the World. This year, Vulture asked some of our worldly comedians about the sometimes daunting task of adapting their stand-up acts from their native tongue into English — and how much jokes may change in …
Huge ups to Ramy Youssef and Awkwafina, who took home their first Golden Globe Awards over the weekend. Youssef won Best Actor in a TV Comedy for playing a fictionalized version of his younger self in the Hulu series, Ramy. Awkwafina won Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical or …
Great news for fans of Jacqueline Novak, especially if you haven’t yet gotten yourself to her Off-Broadway show, Get On Your Knees. Novak’s show has received one more extension, running through Feb. 16, 2020, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. It took a break in the fall to make way for …
PBS aired the Mark Twain Prize honors for Dave Chappelle last night. In case you missed it, then you can watch it all on PBS online. Here’s the real deal, though. Chappelle himself, accepting the prize, and talking about the importance of comedy today. Even the bad comedy. Even the …
In case you missed it over the holiday season, or have gotten all your attention diverted to Iran, here’s a reminder that Hong Kong still remains unhappy with living under control of China. Samantha Bee went to Hong Kong to investigate for herself in a special episode of her TBS …
Stand-up comedian and TV game-show host Ben Gleib has ended his quixotic bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, just two days before 2020. Gleib, 41, never found a way to get traction for Gleib2020 in a crowded Democratic field. Gleib wrote on Monday: “We don’t have a clear …
Neil Innes, often referred to as “the seventh Python” due to his musical collaborations with the legendary Monty Python troupe, has died. Innes was 76. Born on Dec. 9, 1944, Innes learned piano and guitar as a child, and started a band while in university called The Bonzo Dog Dada …
He’s back! After far too long, Eddie Murphy finally returned to deliver some fresh comedy (and some old favorites) to Saturday Night Live. Here’s his monologue, with a little help from his friends Tracy Morgan, Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle. “What a moment we’re having!” Speaking of some old favorites… …
Angelo Lozada, a beloved stand-up comedian from The Bronx, has died. Lozada was 53. Lozada warmed up audiences for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, and also toured the globe with Noah as his opening act. Lozada’s son, Martique, launched a GoFundMe on Dec. 15, just three days after his …
truTV has announced its first-ever feature-length film, Impractical Jokers: The Movie, directed by Chris Henchy (Daddy’s Home, Eastbound & Down) and produced by Funny or Die, coming Feb. 21, 2020. James “Murr” Murray, Brian “Q” Quinn, Joe Gatto, and Sal Vulcano, the guys who formed the comedy troupe The Tenderloins before getting on truTV as Impractical Jokers, star as themselves in …
