The Definitive Guide to Comedy
It’s easy to forget that for its entire history, Saturday Night Live, from 1975-2019, has included films that were not, in fact, live. This great piece from SNL showcases the film unit, and what it takes to make funny short films in only a few days. Colon Blow! Happy Fun …
In case you missed it, and according to this YouTube view count of 508, you did miss it entirely, earlier this month at the 2019 Women in the World Summit, comedians Jenny Hagel, Wanda Sykes, Judy Gold, and Cameron Esposito discussed what’s acceptable in joke-telling these days. Juju Chang from …
Belated congrats to comedian David Gborie, who earlier this month started a new gig as the official voice of Comedy Central! Kyle Kinane had been doing most voiceovers for the comedy channel for the past several years.
For more than a century, The Friars Club stood as a testament to the power of the press and of comedy to do good. The organization began in 1904 by press agents, but over the decades became best known for its celebrity roasts, which eventually became a staple for Comedy …
Starting next week, Showtime is doubling up on talk show DESUS & MERO, expanding the show to two nights a week through the summer. Already airing Thursdays at 11 p.m. ET/PT, DESUS & MERO also now will air at 11 p.m. Mondays, too. The two-per-week schedule begins May 6 and …
Move over Chris Hardwick. Fred Savage will host his own after-show talk show, even though the show it’s talking about this summer isn’t an actual show. You get it? What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage will premiere Sunday, June 30, 2019, on FOX. Savage’s comedy talker will focus on a …
I’m Dying Up Here may have died after two seasons on Showtime, but the pay cable network is going directly to the source material for a new four-part docu-series about The Comedy Store and its late great owner Mitzi Shore. This is not news to anyone who has visited the …
Congrats to the seventh class of comedians chosen to participate earlier this month in NBC’s Late Night Writers Workshop: Jill Cepela, Dylan Eshbaugh, Shenovia Large, Alexandria McCale, Mona Mira and Chloe Radcliffe. They were picked from 1,000 applicants to participate in an intensive five-day program at 30 Rock designed to …
Sara Schaefer is a critically acclaimed stand-up comedian, writer, and producer currently based in Los Angeles. She was the co-host of MTV’s late-night show Nikki & Sara Live, which was born out of a podcast she started with Nikki Glaser in her Brooklyn apartment. Sara has won two Emmy awards …
A new book about West Hollywood’s notorious Sunset Strip hotel for superstars goes into deep details about the night comedy star John Belushi died from drugs. The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont by Shawn Levy describes Belushi’s final week at the hotel, …
