The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Fuse is filming a new stand-up showcase series this weekend in Irvine fronted by YouTube star Jimmy Tatro. Uproarious features 30 up-and-coming comedians from both old-school stand-up and new-school social media with both elements included in the series, hosted by Tatro, who himself has attracted 2.5 million subscribers to his …
Comedy Central officially announced renewals or episode extensions for much of its current programming slate, just two days ahead of its annual Upfronts presentation to advertisers. Rookie sensation Not Safe with Nikki Glaser (reviewed here) receives 10 additional episodes, extending its first season through the summer. Originally the first season …
Gabriel Iglesias wore a suit for his third stand-up performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. A suit! If you’ve seen Iglesias do stand-up, you’re used to Hawaiian shirts and jorts. Not this time. Fluffy cleans up nice, doesn’t he? He also joked about how fancy the NBC facilities …
Comedy Central’s fake game show, @midnight, aired an unprecedented full-hour episode last night devoted to Trump vs. Bernie — aka comedians Anthony Atamanuik and James Adomian — as host Chris Hardwick moderated a debate version of the show instead. Click here to watch the @midnight Trump vs. Bernie episode in …
Are you wearing your suspenders and sweatpants? Then snap out of retirement and stop trying to ghost Josh Gondelman. Because that’s not what ghosting is. Gondelman explains in his TV debut on Wednesday’s Conan. Roll the clip! Gondelman’s first comedy album, “Physical Whisper,” is out now.
Showtime will roll the Dice with the first season of Andrew Dice Clay’s semi-autobiographical comedy series, streaming all six half-hours at once for on-demand viewing on April 10. It’s the first series to receive the binge-worthy release from Showtime, and at only six episodes, that’s a three-hour viewing session you can …
What the world needs now is Joe Pera. Now more than ever. Thankfully, Adult Swim dedicated a quarter-hour early this morning to Pera and his musings for the latest episode in its Infomercials series (the same series that brought us Too Many Cooks). This is Joe Pera Talks You to …
Emily Galati on Monday’s Conan explained how birth control is far from a sin, but rather one of the few things that keeps her religious. Or several of the things. There are more similarities than you might think. Roll the clip!
When Ellen DeGeneres invited comedian Quincy Jones onto her daytime talk show last week to talk about his dying wish to record a stand-up special, DeGeneres made an appeal to TV networks to pick it up for broader distribution. “But what I want also, if someone from HBO is watching …
Jimmy Carr is the first British comedian to produce an original stand-up comedy special for Netflix, and Carr celebrated the occasion with a five-minute performance Thursday night on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. So here’s a sampler platter of one-liners from Carr’s new special, Jimmy Carr: Funny Business. Roll …
