The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The New Yorker has published an interesting short film and interview with stand-up comedian Nore Davis about the economics of trying to make it as a stand-up comedian in New York City. Davis, from Yonkers just north of the city, has appeared recently on MTV’s Nikki and Sara LIVE, and also …
Talk about your NOT ready for primetime players… Nyima Funk, a Second City alum who has appeared on TV in Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Key & Peele, and Wild ‘N Out, but her improv and sketch comedy skills obviously aren’t ready for Saturday Night Live. Am I right, Kenan …
Donald Glover is an actor (currently and most notably, on NBC’s Community, which he is only partially on for the upcoming season), a writer, a comedian and a rapper. For the latter, he has adopted a nom de plume or nom de rap of Childish Gambino. And for his latest album, “because …
Feel like you’re not seeing enough yet of new Saturday Night Live cast member Beck Bennett? Sure, you could just wait for another commercial break on TV and hope that it’s one of his AT&T ads at the little kids table. Or you could watch this behind-the-scenes montage of SNL’s …
Judd Apatow and Maria Bamford reflected on the 1990s for Vanity Fair’s 100th anniversary as a magazine. Fun times. For you, maybe. For them, definitely. At least in this clip. Roll the clip!
Today we’re treated to a newly animated bit from the posthumous Patrice O’Neal album, “Mr. P.” This is his stand-up bit, “Black Women Get You Refunds.” Of course it’s not safe for work. What did you expect? The clip arrives with news of a new digipak version of O’Neal’s other …
Thank you for Tim Minchin. Minchin, a brilliant musician and comedian from Australia who made his comedy name in the U.K. and wrote the music for the Broadway adaptation of Matlida — among many other things he has accomplished, now has accomplished this: A sincerely lovely and noteworthy guidepost to …
Fans of the late George Carlin may know that Carlin’s comedy career actually began first as a radio disc jockey, and then as a duo with Jack Burns. But few who think of the legendary stand-up comedian remember or are quick to recall it was Carlin’s knack for impersonations — …
Here’s a short documentary for your Throwback Thursday needs, no matter what day it may be. Improv Legends has put together several minutes of interview footage with founders and early participants in The Second City improv and sketch comedy company in Chicago — including the late Bernie Sahlins and the …
In Kanye West’s world, he growls “I Am A God.” In our comedy world, that script is flipped, and Saturday Night Live‘s Jay Pharoah impersonates Yeezus with a dash of Wilfred in this music video parody, “I Am A Dog.” The video is from Above Average, the webseries production shingle …
