The Definitive Guide to Comedy
James Cannizzaro, who works security at Gotham Comedy Club, is recovering from the coronavirus, three weeks after he first entered the ER in Brooklyn. The 58-year-old Cannizzaro, known to many in comedy as “Jimmy Big Balls” during his previous marriage to comedian Lisa Lampanelli from 2010-2014, had remarried. He told …
Bummer. Variety broke the news Friday night that Comedy Central isn’t going to be airing any new episodes of Lights Out with David Spade on Comedy Central. Head writer Sean O’Connor shouted out his writing staff tonight: Connor McSpadden, Keith Carey, Candice Thompson, Bobby Miyamoto, Sarah Tiana, Cullen Crawford, John …
The Sandman is here to cheer us up, and perhaps even more importantly, shout out the need to support our doctors and nurses fighting to keep as many of us alive as possible through the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Adam Sandler performed a new original song on Thursday’s Tonight Show. Behold! …
Nobody knows how long we’ll be suffering from coronavirus, or holed up in quarantine. Two of the biggest annual global comedy festivals already have cancelled on 2020 because of it — first came the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, which would be happening right now in Australia; and now comes word …
You don’t need to watch the upcoming #LaughAid on your computer, phone or tablet. Unless you want or have to. That’s because AXS TV will broadcast the all-star benefit event, Comedy Gives Back Laugh Aid — this Saturday, April 4 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. Viewers can enjoy the Comedy Gives Back Laugh Aid simulcast …
Will Smith’s “This Joka” stand-up showcase will be coming to Quibi this year as a 16-episode series. Smith filmed the showcases last fall in Las Vegas, as I first reported. From today’s announcement by Quibi: This Joka is a co-production of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Media and …
Lane Moore is a comedian, writer, actor, and musician. She hosts the show Tinder Live, swiping through dating profiles and baiting potential suitors, with a panel of funny people and a live audience to guide her. She also fronts the band, It Was Romance. And as a writer, Lane Moore …
At the end of Women’s History Month (it happens each March), SiriusXM announced the launch of a new satellite radio channel celebrating women in comedy. She’s So Funny (channel 105) features superstars and up-and-comers alike around the clock. Coincidentally, Howard Stern announced this week that everyone’s getting free access to …
Moves like Jagger? Jon Daly’s got ’em! The comedian and actor, directed by Jake Fogelnest, learned the choreography Mick Jagger strutted around to for The Rolling Stones 1981 single, “Start Me Up,” and presto change-o some of the lyrics, and here we go. Start it up! And if you need …
Here’s a pretty, pretty good video from Larry David, filmed on behalf of California, imploring all of us to keep our distance and just stay inside.
