Orlando Leyba on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Orlando Leyba is a Yelper. That’s right. He’ll snitch on you if you do him wrong, as he explained in this performance on The Tonight Show. Roll the clip!
R.I.P. Angelo Lozada (1966-2019)
Angelo Lozada, a beloved stand-up comedian from The Bronx, has died. Lozada was 53. Lozada warmed up audiences for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, and also toured the globe with Noah as his opening act. Lozada’s son, Martique, launched a GoFundMe on Dec. 15, just three days after his …
Episode #285: 2019 Comedy MVPs with Jason Zinoman of The New York Times
As we put a bow on 2019, it’s time once again for me to sit down with New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman to look back on the year’s best and brightest moments in comedy, and which comedians brought out the best. We couldn’t help but discuss cancel culture, …
Stuart Goldsmith on Conan
Stuart Goldsmith wonders what happens to his friends after they have children, and now he knows. Goldsmith clues us in on this performance from Conan. Roll the clip.
Impractical Jokers: The Movie coming in 2020
truTV has announced its first-ever feature-length film, Impractical Jokers: The Movie, directed by Chris Henchy (Daddy’s Home, Eastbound & Down) and produced by Funny or Die, coming Feb. 21, 2020. James “Murr” Murray, Brian “Q” Quinn, Joe Gatto, and Sal Vulcano, the guys who formed the comedy troupe The Tenderloins before getting on truTV as Impractical Jokers, star as themselves in …
Jordan Klepper returns to correspondent duty on The Daily Show
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah announced today that Jordan Klepper has rejoined the cast as a special 2020 election correspondent, filing field pieces from now through next November. Klepper’s first report, filed from Hershey, Penn., will air tonight. His field reports will carry the banner, “Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse,” …
Kumail Nanjiani reveals his Marvel superhero look for Eternals
About five years ago, comedy fans lost their minds when they saw Chris Pratt, their lovable big goof from Parks and Recreation, get buff for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Now comes Kumail Nanjiani, showing off his new Marvel body. Nanjiani is part of an all-star cast of the upcoming …
R.I.P. J. Scott Homan
Stand-up comedian J. Scott Homan died on Friday after a two-year bout with melanoma. He was 56. Homan grew up in a military family, which means he moved around a lot, winding up in Texas for high school (Austin) and college (Stephen F. Austin State University). His stand-up comedy career …
Caitlin Weierhauser on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Caitlin Weierhauser jokes about feeling like a part-time girl, growing up raised by a single dad in the woods of Oregon, updating genders and more in their TV debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Roll the clip.
Writers Guild recognizing Merrill Markoe and Paula Pell with special honors
The WGA Awards in February will reward Merrill Markoe and Paula Pell with individual honors for their successful careers in comedy writing. Pell will receive the WGA East’s Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence, presented to writers who embody “the spirit, commitment and comic genius of Mr. Sargent, as well …