The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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 …
The 10th annual Streamy Awards took place remotely, obviously, thanks to 2020, with hosts Trixie and Katya on a party bus. You can watch the whole thing here: But here are the comedy-related winners who might pique your interest as honored influencers for the past year: COMEDY: Sarah CooperTwitter • …
Streaming site Topic announced today that Maria Bamford’s new talk show What’s Your Ailment?! will premiere on the service Dec. 26. In the series, Maria speaks candidly with performers about their struggles with mental health. This isn’t Bamford’s first hot Topic rodeo. Two years ago, she starred in Ave Maria Bamford, a 12-part …
In case you haven’t yet seen the Netflix movie for Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, or even if you have, then here’s the extended uncut version of the interview with Benedict Cumberbatch. Rabbit rabbit! Roll the clip!
This news bulletin is a two-for-one. Just For Laughs announced today that Kevin Hart would return to the Montreal festival this July — he performed at the Bell Centre arena last year — but for 2019, he’ll be presiding over his own brand-new one-on-one interview series. Hart to Heart will …
Stand-up comedian Tig Notaro apparently has been living Under A Rock. Notaro claims she doesn’t watch a lot of TV or movies, or pay attention to pop culture, and hasn’t for a while. So for this new Funny or Die webseries, she’s hosting a talk show with celebrities she doesn’t …
Billy on the Street may not air on TV any longer, but as promised, Billy Eichner is continuing to invite celebrities with him to deliver pop quizzes to pedestrians around Manhattan. Today, it’s The Jonas Brothers. Video from Funny or Die. Roll it!
Today is the final deadline to submit your short-form and long-form series ideas to Just For Laughs for festival’s annual “Stand Up & Pitch” contests in Montreal. So let’s take a look at one of last year’s winners: Myrtle & Willoughby. Brittany Tomkin and Jorja Hudson’s comedy mini-series about two, young female …
Megan Amram, writer for The Good Place (and before that, Parks and Recreation), almost pulled off an incredible feat last year, getting nominated for two Emmy Awards by writing and starring in a webseries which she only wrote and starred in for the purposes of winning an Emmy. Amram is …
Sometimes, we all could use the serenity that the late Bob Ross offered with his PBS painting show, The Joy of Painting. Ross died in 1995. But his spirit and his TV episodes live on, inspiring all of us to paint happy little clouds and trees. You may have seen …
