The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The “Comics to Watch” showcase at this year’s New York Comedy Festival proves that the talent pool has gotten younger and more diverse thanks to the digital comedy boom. Stand-up comedy not only has given rise to voices from all parts of our whole community, but also inspired kids to …
John Crist, a homeschooled son of a pastor who marketed himself as a Christian comedian (yes, his last name is Crist), has cancelled the rest of his 2019 stand-up tour and seen his planned Netflix special for Thanksgiving put on the shelf, after he confessed to sexual sinning. Crist, with …
Emily Catalano has some thoughts about relationships, and about fantasy sports, and sometimes the two combine for even more jokes, as she demonstrated on Wednesday’s Conan. Roll the clip.
After three seasons, The Jim Jefferies Show will come to a close on Comedy Central later this month. “The Jim Jefferies Show will air its final episode on Nov. 19, concluding a brilliant three-year run on Comedy Central,” said a spokesperson for Comedy Central. “We thank Jim and the team for …
DESUS & MERO have their own beer now, thanks to The Bronx Brewery, which will issue a limited-release batch of “Bodega Boys Beer” this fall. Named after the podcast that Desus Nice and The Kid Mero launched and eventually grew into a late-night talk show on Showtime, the Bodega Boys beer …
Wait. The Onion doesn’t already have a regular podcast? How is that possible? Oh, right, they’re owned by the same company that just killed Deadspin. Anyhow. In brighter news, The Onion is teaming up with Sony Music Entertainment to launch a daily satirical podcast, “The Topical,” which will launch in …
The eighth annual all-star benefit for the late great Patrice O’Neal should be just as great as the previous years, with the added bonus of knowing that Bill Burr and friends are currently working with Comedy Central on a documentary about Patrice and his legacy. Tickets for the Jan. 27, …
The Valleyfolk, a crowd-funded comedy troupe that rose from the ashes of the popular YouTube channel SourceFed last year, and propelled by its fans won this summer’s inaugural Bring The Funny competition on NBC, stunned fans by revealing that they fired one of their four members a week after that …
Comedy Central announced today an order for a one-hour documentary special from D.L. Hughley, How Not to Get Shot and Other Advice from White People, based on his New York Times bestselling book of the same name. Hughley will executive produce and star in the special, following him into the field to explore …
Megan Gailey made her Tonight Show debut on Tuesday, and made light of the myths we tell ourselves when we ask the most basic questions about couples getting engaged, and joked about the differences in how we view uncles and aunts. Gailey knows the truth. Roll the clip!
