The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Ryan Niemiller, whose social media handle is @cripplethreat8, joked tonight on live TV during America’s Got Talent about not having wrists or functional hands. “A lot of people want to get uncomfortable that I want to joke about my disability, but this is my life. This is who I am. …
Whether or not Donald Trump is crazy for suggesting the United States could buy Greenland, Conan O’Brien is definitely going to go there. Soon. O’Brien announced his next Team Coco “Conan Without Borders” trip on Monday night’s Conan. With some advance negotiation tactics and offers. Roll the clip!
James Corden, winner of seven Emmy Awards and nominated for another seven this year, has extended his contract with CBS through 2022. Corden took over The Late Late Show in 2016. “James Corden has burned his way to the top of American television with a daring, energetic and inventive broadcast …
Forbes came out with its annual rankings of the wealthiest comedians by how much they earned in the fiscal year ending in June. And until we get a look at their tax returns, or someone else comes up with a better calculation, this is the list to which everyone will …
Joel McHale’s first ever full-length comedy special, Live From Pyongyang, which actually was filmed at the San Jose Improv, is out now on the Comedy Dynamics Network via iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play, xBox, and other platforms. Here’s the thing about McHale, the stand-up comedian. If all you know about him …
There’s a moment in Jim Gaffigan’s first Amazon comedy special, which also is Amazon’s first Amazon Originals comedy special, in which the comedian reveals: “I do sometimes lie up here.” He says it as a segue to jokes about needing to lie to one’s children, and other jokes, including 10 …
Kip Addotta, a stand-up comedian who performed 32 times on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in the 1970s-1980s and whose punny songs found great success through the Dr. Demento radio show, has died. Addotta was 75. Born June 16, 1944, in Rockford, Ill., Addotta’s family had immigrated to Rockford …
The FCC announced yesterday that it reached financial settlements with several broadcasters for misusing the national Emergency Alert System. You know, those interruptions in which you hear the tones, followed by the announcement that “this is only a test” of the system, but if it weren’t a test, they’d let …
The Paley Honors: A Special Tribute to Television’s Comedy Legends. is happening Nov. 21, 2019, in Beverly Hills. And legends they are, assembling for one night only: Carol Burnett, Norman Lear, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner and Lily Tomlin. “From the hilarious antics of Carol Burnett, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, and Lily Tomlin …
After releasing four separate stand-up specials in calendar year 2017 for Netflix and winning two Grammy Awards (thanks to Grammys eligibility years cutting off each September), Dave Chappelle is back with his fifth Netflix stand-up special already! Called Sticks & Stones, we can presume Chappelle isn’t afraid of anyone calling …
