The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Pop-up comedy club Team Coco House will open July 18-20 at 401 G Street in San Diego’s historic Gas Lamp District as part of Comic-Con 2019. Team Coco House will showcase a daily lineup of comics handpicked by Conan, podcasts, panels, trivia, giveaways, surprise appearances from friends of Team Coco, …
Michelle Collins has that gift for gab that translates hilariously well both as a stand-up comedian and as a talk-show host. Collins co-starred for one season on ABC’s The View, and has gone on to host several after-shows for reality series. Among them: ABC’s After Paradise, TLC’s 90 Day Live: A 90 …
Did you know you could submit a writing packet to Saturday Night Live right this very minute? Yes, you! My friends tipped me off to this site that welcomes writing submissions for SNL until July 15, 2019. If you can meet the July 15 deadline and submit 3 to 5 …
Walking through the re-created set of Jerry Seinfeld’s TV apartment last weekend at Clusterfest, two thoughts kept repeating: 1) it’s amazing but not entirely surprising how much of a kick people get out of imagining they’re in a hit sitcom, and 2) it’s really surprising Superfly hasn’t brought the Seinfeld …
The critically-acclaimed revival of One Day at at Time, cancelled by Netflix after three seasons, will continue with a new 13-episode fourth season on Pop TV in 2020. And as part of the deal, the new episodes also will air on CBS after the run on Pop. The original sitcom …
Is the National Comedy Center the Hall of Fame for comedy? Whether you believed so or not, you will have more reason to believe next year, when Netflix and legendary stand-up comedy special director Marty Callner, along with Funny Business, Inc., add “The Hall” to the center in Jamestown, NY. …
Nate D. Sanders Auctions is still accepting bids on many items from Moe Howard’s personal memorabilia this week. Hey Moe! The auction opened Monday, featuring more than 1,100 pieces from The Three Stooges frontman. Although some of the lots already ended open bidding, some items remain available via extended bidding. …
You know you’re the hottest comedian in America when the MTV asks you to host the VMAs to relate to the kids. Sebastian Maniscalco revealed he’ll have those honors at the end of this summer. The 2019 VMAs will go live Monday, Aug. 26, from the Prudential Center in Newark, …
Adult Swim has mounted fan fests across the nation and even the world. This November, the late-night version of the Cartoon Network is setting up base camp in Los Angeles for two days and nights of comedy, animation and music. The Adult Swim Festival 2019 will happen Nov. 15-16 at …
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik, a comedic interview series with comedians about comedy, will premiere on Comedy Central this coming Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 at 11 p.m. ET/PT. Comedy Central announced the six-week series today. Jeselnik’s first-season guests: David Spade, Kristen Schaal, Kumail Nanjiani, Natasha Leggero, Nick Kroll, and Tig …
