Let’s Not Just Talk About Sex: Not Safe with Nikki Glaser on Comedy Central (review)
by Show, don’t tell. An old rule about writing that applies even more so to television. Why talk about sex when you can show it? Or, …
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Eye of the “Late-Night” Hurricane: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee debuts on TBS (review)
Such is the state of late-night TV in 2016 that of the two best, most necessary must-see programs, one doesn’t air on weeknights, the other …
Review of Hannibal Buress: Comedy Camisado (Netflix)
Like how this photo of Hannibal Buress frames one of the chandeliers as a halo above his head? He’s no angel. But Buress is one …
Picture This! with Brandie Posey illustrates stand-up comedy while also commenting upon it
There’s a fine line between heckling and helping, and it’s drawn via invitation. A shout from the audience? Unwarranted. No, thank you. You don’t have …
Review: Whitney Cummings, “I’m Your Girlfriend” (HBO)
There’s a moment in the beginning of I’m Your Girlfriend, the new hour stand-up special from Whitney Cummings (and her first for HBO), in which …
Tom Segura: Mostly Stories, on Netflix
Tom Segura has a funny new stand-up special out on Netflix called Mostly Stories, and I wrote a review of it for my friends at …
Matt Besser Breaks The Record, on Seeso
Matt Besser has made his mark on a generation of comedians as one of the co-founders of the Upright Citizens Brigade troupe and comedy theaters …
Rory Scovel: The Charleston Special, on Seeso
Rory Scovel’s first stand-up hour special, The Charleston Special, takes the comedian back home to familiar ground in South Carolina, but asks viewers to go …
Mike Epps: “Don’t Take It Personal” on Netflix
Mike Epps is the life of the party this Friday, the Next Friday, the Friday After Next, and so on and so forth. You get …
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Bill Burr’s “F is for Family” on Netflix: Going #TBT Home for the Holidays
Home for the holidays? Bill Burr’s new animated series for Netflix, F is for Family, will put you in just the right mood while also …