The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Tickets went on sale over the weekend for 18 new indoor and outdoor tour dates fronted by Adam Sandler this June. Sandler’s heading back out on the road after a successful return to stand-up comedy, with the release of his October 2018 Netflix special, 100% Fresh. In conjunction with Netflix, …
In Milwaukee, the Major League Baseball Brewers have held a “Sausage Race” at home games since the 1990s, allowing fans to root on their favorite human in a giant wiener costume — actually, five different humans in five different tube meat styles: Brat, Polish, Italian, Hot Dog, and Chorizo. Starting …
Tim Minchin arrived at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts at Edith Cowan University some 22 years ago to study music. Minchin returned last week to receive an honorary degree, and with it, deliver this speech. A trusty nugget from his three pieces of advice: You have to be …
Grateful to see comedians Kyle Grooms back onstage Friday night in Miami, just two weeks after he underwent brain surgery to remove a tumor. “It’s tragedy now, but I’ll turn tragedy into comedy,” he said. Way to go, Kyle!
As The Laugh Factory said when announcing Kathy Griffin’s April residency at the Hollywood comedy club, this ain’t no April Fool’s joke. Starting April 1, and continuing for each Monday of the month, Griffin will perform a new hour at the club. “I can’t wait! Why? For the love of …
Tiffany Haddish’s catchphrase, “She Ready,” also served as the title of her Showtime stand-up special in 2017. Now she’s ready to help six of her friends in comedy take the next step, presenting and producing their first half-hour specials for Netflix. It’s called They Ready, with filming taking place last …
As part of Conan O’Brien’s 25th anniversary hosting late-night television, his Team Coco previously announced it had secured the comprehensive archives to O’Brien’s past work on NBC and saved it for our future digital viewing. Of course, one of the quirks/downsides of the digital age has seen TV networks wipe …
Carl Reiner turned 97 yesterday. To celebrate, the living comedy legend announced plans to digitally preserve his personal collection of scripts from The Dick Van Dyke Show. Reiner created, wrote and co-starred on the classic sitcom, which aired on CBS from 1961-1966. His personal scripts include lots of hand-written annotations, …
The first Minneapolis Comedy Festival will kick off during the final week of June with a lineup that includes Bob Newhart, Seth Meyers, George Lopez, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, and YouTubers Rhett and Link. Here are the shows already on sale. Not yet on sale: The June 28 performances …
Here’s a not-so-throwback Thursday for you, from earlier this week, when Andrew “Dice” Clay invited Roseanne Barr onstage with him at The Laugh Factory in Las Vegas. Roseanne tossed some jabs at ABC for killing her off from her own reboot of Roseanne this past year. Click here for the …
