The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The Onion has gone after some big billionaires this past month. First Elon Musk for suggesting he could start his own online humor publication. And more recently, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. Take this June 15 open letter, for example, written from the voice of a Zuckerberg baby and titled Daddy, I Don’t …
Where can the Upright Citizens Brigade go after playing Carnegie Hall? Hollywood, apparently. The UCB4, as co-founders Amy Poehler, Matt Besser, Matt Walsh and Ian Roberts are lovingly called by their students and improv comedy fans around the world, started performing ASSSSCAT in New York City in bars, former strip …
Michele Ganeless, former president of Comedy Central, has joined forces with talent manager Olivia Wingate to form a new outfit, MO Studios. As first reported in Deadline, NYC-based MO Studios will serve as a production company investing in the development of women and minorities in comedy. “Authentic stories and strong …
Daily Show correspondent Ronny Chieng is getting his own TV show on Comedy Central, but you can only watch it via the network’s app. Ronny Chieng: International Student, will premiere as the network’s first-ever app exclusive original series on Monday, Aug. 13. All seven half-hour episodes will be available for …
Comedy Central has sometimes leaned into stunt casting celebrities for its roasts. How else to explain “The Situation”? The situation for 2018’s upcoming Roast of Bruce Willis is much more legit, stacked with stars who either have gravitas and/or deep connections to the roastee of honor. Of course, Comedy Central …
Congratulations to this year’s class of “10 Comics to Watch,” as anointed by Variety magazine and toasted in July at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival. Variety usually compiles its list by a combination of asking industry influencers, plus forecasting based on what comics already have lined up in the coming …
Andy Huggins is a stand-up comedian from Houston who has been in the game long enough to perform in the clubs at the same time as America’s Got Talent judge Howie Mandel. But Huggins jokingly told the judges this year before his audition that nap time is the best time. …
Bryan Kellen received more stage time on Last Comic Standing than he did on this summer’s edition of America’s Got Talent. Strange but true. Roll the clip.
It takes some je ne sais quoi to put on an eye patch, an accordian and a bad French accent to deliver one-liner puns for your audition on America’s Got Talent. But that’s just what Kevin Bennett, a comedian from Northern Colorado, did. Going by the name “French Accent,” he …
In perhaps an unprecedented move (I’m still waiting for my interns to report back to me!), the hosts of three late-night shows on three different networks joined forces for a singular response to President Donald Trump. Because while we fight over immigration and racism and everything else, the president of …
