The Definitive Guide to Comedy
In 1967, Carol Burnett launched The Carol Burnett Show because she had an option in her CBS contract that allowed her to do 30 episodes of a comedy-variety series. Problem was, CBS executives never expected Burnett to use her option. And they couldn’t imagine her fronting a variety series. As …
Improv gets a bad rap from stand-up comedians, but when Saturday Night Live roasts its own, it does so like this short video from the 43rd season finale, Chicago Improv. The sketch imagines NBC stretching for ideas after already green-lighting three dramas from Dick Wolf with Chicago in the title …
All of us have a mom, and if you’re lucky to still talk to yours this Mother’s Day, then Alyssa Limperis knows what she’ll tell you. Limperis, a sketch performer with Maude team The Gift at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York City, and one of two head comedy …
Donald Glover pulled double-duty as host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live, but as he joked during his monologue, he’s not just a triple threat, he’s a threat! Actually, more promise than threat. Glover has lived up to his youthful promise and potential, and then some. Sure he was …
Michelle Wolf let ’em have it right from the get-go in her keynote address at the 2018 White House Correspondents Association Dinner. Wolf, acknowledging the audience might not know her, said she was 32, “10 years too young to host this event, and 20 years too old for Roy Moore.” …
The National Comedy Center has an official opening date: Aug. 1, 2018. That’s just a few days after the end of Montreal’s annual Just For Laughs festival, and located in the American center for celebrating comedy is located not too far away, in upstate New York — Jamestown, to be …
Canadians now have another streaming platform of their own to pitch their stand-up comedy specials. CraveTV‘s first original comedy special, Darcy Michael Goes To Church, premieres Friday. It’s the first of three stand-up projects coming to CraveTV in partnership with Just For Laughs, filmed last September during the JFL42 festival …
Grace Helbig and Mamrie Hart are best comedy friends who have become YouTube stars (Helbig has 3 million subscribers; Hart, 1.2 million), written best-selling books (Grace’s Guide: The Art of Pretending to be a Grown-Up; You Deserve a Drink) and written and/or starred in their own TV shows (The Grace …
Funny or Die‘s evolution will continue this summer, jumping its main website to Vox Media’s platform. Last year, The Ringer made a similar move, leaving Medium for Vox. The new partnership between FoD and Vox means that Funny or Die will remain editorially independent with its own sales team, just …
Adam Sandler’s Netflix special is going to be a doozy! He has been filming himself performing on stages from Los Angeles to New York City — last night, back at Comic Strip Live in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. But he also took his accompanist and went in partial …
