The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Daniel Tosh will continue making fun of your Internet videos on Comedy Central through 2020. The network announced the contract extension today. Tosh.0‘s 10th season will premiere March 27, 2018. “Knowing when to move on in show business is highly overrated,” said Tosh. “I know it makes Daniel uncomfortable to publicly …
Congratulations to Jena Friedman on perhaps becoming the first stand-up comedian to devote a TV performance to the rise of American Nazis and also the scariness of men in general. Fun times! Here’s Friedman from Thursday’s episode of Conan. Roll the clip!
Bonnie McFarlane knows how to raise a child in the digital age. It’s all about phone management, as she jokes about in this set from Thursday’s edition of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. McFarlane also joked about how to stay true to her veganism, and being a feminist who …
In this partnership video between Funny or Die and HBO’s Crashing, “What’s Your Worst Crashing Story?” finds comedians Beth Stelling, Ian Edwards, Jackie Kashian and Moshe Kasher sitting down with Pete Holmes (creator and star of Crashing) to talk about some of their most awkward encounters with strangers both on …
Jamie Lee has a new stand-up comedy album out, so she returned to The Late Late Show with James Corden to perform a short set from that, including jokes about getting married in her 30s, her bro-ish husband, and the thought of having children with him. You can also see …
Seann Walsh is a 32-year-old British comedian, which doesn’t seem old until you hear him talk about his jealousy toward young people, and how they never had to live in a world that included illegal downloading of music. Actually, that just makes me feel old. But Walsh, performing for his …
Jacob Williams has appeared on live TV via America’s Got Talent and performed for years on MTV’s Wild N Out, but he hadn’t made his late-night network debut until now, performing on Friday’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Williams joked about being confused for a “real celebrity” …
Fusion. It’s a TV channel. You may have it! Once you’ve found it, starting next week you can tune in to a new weekly sketch comedy series, Happy Ending with Nando Vila. The 10-episode series explores political issues and news beyond the headlines and tries to explain it all with …
Jordan Temple made his debut on Tuesday night’s Conan, and expressed hope in seeing more black people in more inspiring occupations. And not just in porn. Temple also joked about the upcoming Harriet Tubman money, Tim Burton movies, and going to a white boarding school in a black neighborhood. Roll …
After two seasons, Showtime has decided to stop rolling the Dice with Andrew Dice Clay’s semi-autobiographical sitcom. The formal announcement came Tuesday, but the writing had been on the wall, ever since its notable absence at the winter TCA sessions. Ratings also were never great for the sitcom that pondered …
