The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Well, isn’t this special?! Perhaps because I was the only person to actually review 2021’s New Faces of Comedy (check out my Substack, it’s called Piffany!), the folks at Just For Laughs decided last night to start posting the showcase sets individually to YouTube. This is unprecedented. Usually you had …
There’s a new episode of “The Set Up” from Team Coco Originals, and it’s the 12th in an ongoing series, so a great time as any to check in with the webseries in which J.P. Buck, the longtime comedy booker and producer for CONAN, sits down with stand-up comedians to revisit their …
“This is comedy now. It’s in a park. There’s no microphone. You’re basically just a hobo screaming to strangers…in the park.” Behold Mark Normand, in “Park Normand,” a video posted yesterday following him on three gigs in New York City’s Central Park, trying to find live audiences for stand-up comedy …
Comedians love to criticize anything and everything, onstage and off. But criticize a comedian via social media? Rut ro. Then you’re part of the so-called “cancel culture.” Which isn’t a thing. But this is: A sketch of comedians hating on comedians who hate on comedians. Meta satire! It already has …
TV’s Andy Daly, star of Comedy Central’s Review, which ran for three seasons from 2014-2017, has brought critic Forrest MacNeil back out to remind you he’s still reviewing life and everything about it, just now for private clients. What happened to his foot, though?
You may have heard that some comedy clubs have begun reopening after three months since the COVID-19 pandemic forced most of America into self-quarantine. I haven’t seen any of the shows yet (since I’m based in New York City), but this is the first official footage I’ve seen of stand-up …
Chris Rock got tested for COVID-19 today before appearing on live TV alongside New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and actress Rosie Perez for Cuomo’s daily briefing to the New York Capitol press corps as well as the world, since many broadcasters simulcast Cuomo’s press conferences during the pandemic. Rock praised …
We could all use 22 minutes of serenity now. And thanks to Joe Pera and the folks at Adult Swim, we have some footage and narration to help us do just that. They released this special bonus episode of Joe Pera Talks To You last week, compiling various shots they …
Todd Glass invited Scott Moran over to film him from a distance as he offered tips for everyone to enjoy themselves safely during the pandemic. You know, like becoming an expert ventriloquist. Because, of course. On second thought, maybe don’t try any of this at home. Or anywhere. Unless you’re …
Sam Morril and Mark Normand both had hourlong stand-up specials on Comedy Central. For their follow-ups in 2020, though, neither could convince Comedy Central, or anyone else, to broadcast them on regular, cable or streaming TV. So they each went to YouTube — after self-producing their tapings. They connected over …
