Alex Edelman on Conan
Alex Edelman got to meet the late, great Neil Armstrong in real life once, but it wasn’t so great. Armstrong is no Koko the Gorilla, it turns out. Edelman explains in this performance on Conan. Roll the clip!
Episode #278: Matt Besser
Matt Besser is known as one of the co-founders of the Upright Citizens Brigade, which began as a sketch comedy group in Chicago, moved to New York City, got a TV series on Comedy Central, and opened up theaters and schools teaching improv and sketch comedy in both New York …
Kelly Bachman addresses Harvey Weinstein, the elephant in the room at Actor’s Hour
You’re invited to perform at a monthly live show in the part of the East Village formerly known as Alphabet City, and you’re excited not only because the show promises a chance for networking, but also a free videotape, which you really could use to show to club and TV …
Announcing TLB Records
The Laugh Button has corralled 800 Pound Gorilla Records and Robert Kelly’s RiotCast Podcast Network into launching a new, joint record label called TLB Records. They’ll debut formally next week with the release of Mike Feeney’s “Rage Against The Routine.” Feeney’s stand-up album, recorded at New York Comedy Club, will …
Comedy Dynamics works with company to put stand-up video in Uber, Lyft vehicles
Do you want a laugh with that Lyft? Comedy Dynamics announced a deal Thursday with Surf, a company that’s working on its own deal with ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft to hang interactive video tablets for the passengers in the back seat to enjoy stand-up comedy during their …
Brooks Wheelan on Late Night with Seth Meyers
Brooks Wheelan grew up in a poor town in Iowa, but only realized that much later in life, as he explained in this performance on Wednesday’s Late Night, where he was very much in the moment. Roll the clip!
Jay Larson on The Late Late Show with James Corden
Jay Larson doesn’t have a favorite child, per se, but he can tell you why he likes his daughter, as he explains in this performance on Wednesday’s Late Late Show. Roll the clip.
Jay Jurden on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jay Jurden made his TV debut last night on The Tonight Show, and came out as what show business describes as everyone’s “black best friend.” He’s also got other revelations to share, so roll the clip.
Dulcé Sloan on Conan
Dulcé Sloan moved to New York City to work on The Daily Show, but as she related in this performance on Monday’s Conan, Sloan isn’t happy about living in America’s biggest city. Not that living in East L.A. was easy for her as a single woman, either. Roll the clip. …
All Things Comedy producing a Patrice O’Neal documentary for Comedy Central
Comedy Central announced a collaboration today with All Things Comedy to produce a documentary about Patrice O’Neal. O’Neal died in 2011 at the age of 41. Michael Bonfiglio, who directed Gary Gulman’s new HBO documentary special, The Great Depresh, as well as Jerry Seinfeld’s Jerry Before Seinfeld for Netflix, will …