The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Can you believe Pardcast-a-thon has been going on for a decade? Well, if you noticed the recent celebrations over 10 years of Comedy Bang! Bang!, then believe it! The 10th annual Pardcast-a-thon takes place Saturday from noon to midnight Pacific time. Announced guests will include Jon Hamm, Jameela Jamil, John …
Well, this got interesting. Evan Shapiro, who made IFC known for offbeat comedies a decade ago, then tried to get NBCUniversal to see the light with Seeso, has joined the National Lampoon as its new president. Shapiro will oversee all development, acquisitions, and production on television, digital and audio content …
Are you in a New York state of mind yet? Billy Joel holds the record for sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden, thanks to a monthly residency he started there years ago, and now Jerry Seinfeld has become the all-time Beacon Theatre performer in a similar vein. Seinfeld will hit …
There are too many comedians who say horrible things, and then tell you later it was all a joke. Or don’t tell you, and just let you think it must be a joke because they’re comedians — even though the rest of the set involves them telling sincere stories about …
In this video for the Child Mind Institute, comedian Ray Romano reflects and realizes that all the anxiety and depression he faced when he was younger would turn out to benefit him as a comedian. Because people connect by identifying with each other. Roll the clip!
J. Anthony Brown writes for Steve Harvey’s daytime talk show, but the two comedians go back a long way, all the way back to 1985, when Harvey was just starting out and Brown was one of only a few black stand-ups to headline comedy clubs. Harvey recounted it all for …
Chad Daniels jokes that everyone has daddy issues, which, considering he is father to a teen-aged daughter, makes him especially uncomfortable sometimes. Daniels jokes all about it, and his college-aged son who wants to be a gamer, in this performance on Tuesday’s Late Late Show. Roll the clip!
Looking for funding help to become a comedy filmmaker? The Harold Ramis Film School (“HRFS”) at The Second City today announced a partnership with NBC to create the Emerging Voices Scholarship that will awarded up to four students from diverse backgrounds to study in Chicago. Eligible candidates for the Emerging Voices …
Nore Davis has a transgendered brother, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to let his brother flex on him. As he explained in this performance on Conan, Davis also has thoughts on Black Panther, the lack of engagement sneakers as a thing for him, and more. Roll the clip.
“After quitting comedy, I became the most talked-about comedian on the planet.” That’s Hannah Gadsby, near the start of her TED Talk this month in Vancouver, B.C., in which she explains “How I Broke Comedy.” This is how she decided to stop disguising her traumas for comedy, bur rather tell …
