The Definitive Guide to Comedy
MADtv‘s revival happened quickly. Four months ago, The CW announced it’d reboot the old FOX late-night sketch comedy series from the 1990s and 2000s, with the original creators finding a new cast. Two months ago, they announced their new cast. Last week, they premiered in primetime! It’s more than a …
For his late-night network TV debut, Brendan Eyre showed how you can make a nervous energy work in your favor, as his opening bit on Monday’s Late Night with Seth Meyers brought the crowd into his corner to share his embarrassment at trying and failing to groom his body hair. …
Dino Archie showcased this week as a New Face at Montreal’s Just For Laughs, but already taped this performance for Jimmy Kimmel Live which aired on Thursday night. Archie joked about finding TV shows he can watch with his girlfriend without getting ahead of her on Netflix. They eventually settled …
Comedy Central really didn’t like seeing Stephen Colbert bring back The Colbert Report‘s version of “Stephen Colbert” and the “Word” last week to The Late Show on CBS. So much so that Viacom’s lawyers stepped in to make sure it wouldn’t happen again. On Wednesday night’s episode of The Late …
Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle opens its four-night run tonight on Comedy Central with perhaps two of its most epic showdowns of insult joke-offs ever, both tragically and comedically. The first round taped overnight from Montreal’s Just For Laughs with four battles, presided over by host Brian Moses, “The Negro …
For Tape Face‘s first performance as one of the final 36 contestants on the live editions of America’s Got Talent 2016, the British mime managed to convince both judge Heidi Klum and host Nick Cannon to join him onstage within a four-minute performance that included two main gags. Both tied …
The 2016 season of America’s Got Talent began its live show elimination competitions on Tuesday night, and two of the three remaining comedy acts among the final 36 performed tonight. Lori Mae Hernandez, all of 13, came out of the gates, and after acknowledging she was on the stage in …
MADtv returns with a new cast and new episodes on a new network in a new timeslot — primetime on Tuesday nights — starting tonight on The CW. The show tapes on Fridays, so they’ve already released a couple of sketches from tonight’s premiere. Each week, former cast members from …
Matthew Broussard has such good hair, he looks like the bad guy in a 1980s movie. “I get it. I’ve seen mirrors.” So Broussard joked on Monday’s Conan that he had joined a support group for people who peaked in high school. Roll the clip.
Jared Logan says living in the South is far cuter than living in New York City. It’s literally the difference between a bunny rabbit hopping across your street, and rats everywhere. Then again, you should see what Logan sees when he and his wife try eating vegan. Or try to …
