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“I look forward to this speech every year. The State of the Industry — some of you have seen this, some of you are new — this is the best moment of the festival. This is where Andy Kindler goes through everything in comedy this year and tears it apart, …
If the atmosphere at the New Faces Characters showcase at Montreal’s Just For Laughs feels a bit more heightened than in years past, it’s likely because the opportunities for actors and actresses to break out in sketch comedy roles is that much obvious to both the performers and the industry. With …
Who’s ready for Montreal Just For Laughs? Are you ready? Before we hear what Andy Kindler has to say about the State of the Industry this year, here’s a peek at the latest video from stand-up comedian J-L Cauvin, who’s making his mark via YouTube videos this year with his …
Five years ago doesn’t sound like that much, until you realize how much has changed since then. When ReelBlack showed up at Helium Comedy Club in February 2008 to film Patrice O’Neal, Kevin Hart and Keith Robinson backstage after a “Crazy Sexy Comedy” show, Fool’s Gold had opened #1 at …
JC Shakespeare is one of a few young comedians who appeared in an infomercial about college loans in 1990, and 23 years later, he uploaded the video to YouTube today. Shakespeare writes in the description: “This was my first paid gig as an actor, and perhaps it was for Patton …
Anjelah Johnson isn’t just making a habit out of making music videos as character Bon Qui Qui. Johnson is going to make a full album of songs with Atlantic Records. Here is her new song, with the video debuting over the weekend on NUVOtv — where Johnson’s one-hour special, “The …
Amy Schumer allowed her sometime opening act to perform the closing number this time for the first season of Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer. Bridget Everett also appeared in the “Sex Tips” magazine sketch earlier in the season finale of Schumer’s series, before performing a musical number, “Titties,” at the …
You may have noticed a couple of weeks ago, when Zach Sherwin appeared on FX’s Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, Bell introduced him not as MC Mr. Napkins, but as Sherwin. That’s how it’s meant to be now. Sherwin has dropped his comedy moniker for his more common nomenclature. …
Nick Thune taped his first hour-long TV special last week in Brooklyn, and the stand-up comedian and guitarist mentioned how he’d had to postpone the taping due to a broken arm. You don’t have to wait to find out why he broke his arm or what he did in the …
The Upright Citizens Brigade’s 15th annual Del Close Marathon, which wrapped up another weekend of around-the-clock improvised comedy, attracts thousands of comedians and comedy fans from around the world and offers surprises of all sorts. Performers you wouldn’t expect to see on a show but do — Michael Cera acted …
