The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Get ready to add Jo Koy to the list of stand-up comedians who’ve made it to the big time of headlining Madison Square Garden. Koy is just one of the 14 acts announced today as headliners for the 2022 New York Comedy Festival, happening Nov. 7-13, 2022, mostly across Manhattan …
A brief update on the ongoing legal saga between Spotify and stand-up comedians…on Monday, the distributor for record labels distributed by The Orchard (which includes Blonde Medicine, A Special Thing, Stand-Up Records, Helium, and BSeen) managed to get their albums by stand-up comedians reinstated on the giant streaming platform after …
Comedy doesn’t have a Human Resources department, so leave it to The Comic’s Comic to dole out honors and/or discipline accordingly. Our Employee of the Month for July 2022 is Janelle James. Congrats Janelle! NOTE: This is a feature I introduced on my Substack, Piffany, in 2021, and have transferred over to …
You can quibble (I certainly can) with JFL’s definition of “New,” but I dare not stand in the way of congratulating all of these comedians on the come-up who will get their moments in the spotlight this week in Montreal. Here are your New Faces for 2022! CLASS OF 2022: …
Jak Knight had to wait outside The Comedy Store for his big break. Not yet 21, Knight had sprinted down Sunset Boulevard from an early spot at The Laugh Factory upon hearing Dave Chappelle was performing at the Store — only to watch the goings-on in the “O.R.” from the …
Comedy doesn’t have a Human Resources department, so leave it to The Comic’s Comic to dole out honors and/or discipline accordingly. Our Employee of the Month for June 2022 is Joel Kim Booster. Congrats Joel! NOTE: This is a feature I introduced on my Substack, Piffany, in 2021, and have transferred over …
The trade magazine usually waits to time this announcement for late July, celebrating their “10 Comics To Watch” at Montreal’s Just For Laughs, but Variety is out with the 2022 list now! For anyone who hasn’t been keeping track, the Variety list is really more of who’s already hot, and …
Comedy doesn’t have a Human Resources department, so leave it to The Comic’s Comic to dole out honors and/or discipline accordingly. Our Employees of the Month for May 2022 are The Kids In The Hall. Congrats Dave, Bruce, Kevin, Mark and Scott! NOTE: This is a feature I introduced on my Substack, …
Stand-up comedian and actor Louie Anderson died Jan. 21, 2022, after being hospitalized in Las Vegas for DLBCL Diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Anderson was 68. Born March 24, 1953, as Louie Perry Anderson, the second-youngest of 11 children grew up in St. Paul., Minn. He began his comedy career …
Robert Lane Saget, known around the world as comedian and TV star Bob Saget, died Sunday after the first weekend of his 2022 stand-up comedy tour. He was 65. Authorities summoned to his hotel room in Orlando, Fla., where he was declared dead, found “no signs of foul play or …
