The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Preacher Lawson has been a hit so far on the 2017 season of America’s Got Talent, and he also killed last week in Montreal as one of this year’s New Faces at Just For Laughs. Back on pre-taped NBC television, however, he was still in the running on the Judge …
In Tuesday night’s latest round of “Judge Cuts,” 23-year-old Daniel Ferguson sang impersonations of Marge Simpson, Gollum, and judge Howie Mandel’s Bobby cartoon. Was it enough to get him to the live shows, though? (no) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaOZSFte4sw
Late-night TV talk show hosts love digging up old clips from a celebrity guest’s early career, but this clip Jimmy Kimmel Live found of Billy Crystal is extra special. As ABC prepares to reboot Battle of the Network Stars, Kimmel showed Crystal a clip from the classic years in the …
Harrison Greenbaum told the America’s Got Talent judges before his audition that this was his “make or break moment.” And then the comedian, who actually began his career as a magician, launched into a bit about coming out as a stand-up to his parents, and how they and everyone else …
Leslie Jones hosted the 2017 BET Awards on Sunday night in Los Angeles, and didn’t hold back on making fun of how old-school she is and was, from noting how she’s turning 50 later this year, and showing clips of her first TV credit from Comic View back in the …
San Francisco already has a monthlong comedy festival in January (SF Sketchfest), and a giant outdoor music festival each August (Outside Lands), but how about something that combines elements of both, right at the beginning of the summer? Comedy Central had partnered with the New York Comedy Festival for the …
Benny Feldman is a clever young comedian from the Philadelphia area who has opened for multiple headliners when they’ve come through the City of Brotherly Love. But Feldman also was diagnosed with Tourette’s. So he decided to incorporate it into his routine onstage, focusing intently on one-liners, then taking the …
Rachel Bloom has won a Golden Globe and two different awards from critics for her starring role in The CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and been up for multiple Emmy Awards in recent years. But as Hollywood’s “For Your Consideration” Emmy campaigning hits full steam seemingly across all of Los Angeles, Bloom …
Bill Murray’s singing has been a not-so secret comedic weapon for decades. But not until now has Murray actually put out an album and launched a tour to support it. Would you believe that album is full of classical music? And the tour will also include readings from classic literature? …
Kumail Nanjiani, who graduated from Grinnell College in 2001, returned 16 years later to deliver the commencement address at his alma mater. Nanjiani joked about how the even more famous Grinnell alums never even graduated. Good luck out there with that “gaping maw of uncertainty!” Roll the clip!
