The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Comedians, assemble! The group Comedy Gives Back is hosting town hall forums today and next Monday to hear from the comedy community about what Comedy Gives Back should focus on in helping comedians. Health care for all comedians? Mental health support in the form of suicide prevention, therapy, medication and …
David Wain has been on the cutting edge of digital comedy since the turn of the century, making short films for his live comedy shows with Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black, debuting a webseries (Wainy Days) on the streaming platform My Damn Channel in 2007, helping Rob Corddry take …
Bill Murray may have won the buzz buzz buzz for agreeing to redo Groundhog Day when it coincided with Super Bowl Sunday. But there were plenty of stand-up comedians and comedic performers who also broke big, or sold out, for the biggest calendar day for TV advertising. My personal favorite …
It was a big weekend for women in comedy at the 2020 Writer Guild Association’s awards festivities, held as usual in both New York City and Los Angeles. Because writers can’t afford to all travel to one place? Or more likely because the WGA itself has separate East and West …
The 2020 Super Bowl is being played on Groundhog Day. So JEEP recruited Bill Murray, his brother Brian Doyle-Murray and Stephen Tobolowsky to redo scenes from their 1993 hit movie, with a Jeep. Roll it! I have more than a few thoughts about this movie and the lessons I take away …
Netflix is staying in the Adam Sandler business. The streaming platform announced Friday a deal extending the partnership with Sandler and his Happy Madison production company to include four more new Netflix movies. They previously made waves in October 2014 with an exclusive deal for four films for the comedy …
The Madison Square Garden Company announced today that Ali Wong, with an eight-show residency this spring at the Beacon Theatre, will become the third comedian to perform that many times on its stage, and first among women. Only Jerry Seinfeld (who has 81 shows and counting in his long-running monthly …
You may have seen a viral video on social media this week catching James Corden in the act of filming a “Carpool Karaoke” segment for The Late Late Show, without actually driving the car. Corden decided to address this on his show, after joking that the Tweet video, with 13 …
Perhaps the only thing more important to Ray Harrington than pronouncing words correctly is remembering when the funniest jokes take place. Timing! Here’s his set from Conan for you to enjoy right now.
Joe Pera is a Buffalo native who studied film and began his stand-up comedy career at Ithaca College. After college, Pera moved to New York City, where he started a regular showcase with his childhood friend Dan Licata and Charles Gould called the Dan, Joe and Charles Show. Pera’s comedy …
