The Definitive Guide to Comedy
After all of these years of people and comedians speculating about whether Dane Cook stole jokes from Louis CK, or whether the two comedians were secretly or publicly feuding about said allegation, we finally get to see Louis CK and Dane Cook sit down in a room together for a …
UPDATED! (9:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1) Word from my sources at The Onion have informed me that the labor dispute described below has been resolved. Details forthcoming. Last night, former and current contributors to The Onion — America’s leading humor print and online publication — received an appeal by email …
Marc Maron had introduced Andy Kindler at the State of the Industry Address two summers ago in Montreal, and this afternoon, Kindler kindly returned the favor with a lengthy and heartfelt introduction of Maron for his Keynote Address at the 2011 Just For Laughs Comedy Conference. “I emailed him and …
One thing that always brings comedy industry scouts, agents and managers to Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival each July is the opportunity to scoop up rising comedic performers before they sign with some other talent management or agency and get that fabled six-figure development deal that people remember from 15 …
Greetings readers! If you’re now landing here — and especially if you aren’t — then you probably sensed something different. Something special in the air. I’ve decided to launch a major redesign and overhaul of The Comic’s Comic to take it big-time, and I’ve found a partner in My Damn Channel to help me …
Here’s some industry news to chew on just as the comedy industry settles into Montreal: Olivia Wingate has just announced that she’s no longer head of Olivia Wingate Artists, instead helping The Artists Organization expand into comedy management by bringing her eclectic mix of U.S. and U.K. clients into their …
Plenty of comedians attended Comic-Con 2011 in San Diego last weekend. But only a few, so far, have produced their own walkabouts from the convention. Let’s take a look and then decide amongst ourselves who did it best! First, here’s Jordan Rubin, who brought along proud comic-con nerd Brian Posehn …
It’s that time of year, people. Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival heads into the homestretch, and with it, many show business scouts, agents, managers and executives brush up on their French and head toward Canada to talk about the best and brightest comedic talents. As it has in past years, Variety puts out its …
Dear members of the mainstream media, gossip sites and bloggers, Your coverage of Dave Chappelle’s comedy “comeback” has grown beyond wearisome and expanded into outright ignorance. Sure, Chappelle had a rough gig Friday night as the closing act of a charity event that had included seven acts over two hours …
BBC America announced today that it has ordered 13 episodes of a new comedy game show featuring American comedians and hosted by British chat show host Graham Norton. Would You Rather with Graham Norton will debut later in 2011, inserted into the cable channel’s “The Ministry of Laughs” programming. It’s …
