The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Netflix is making a big play for sketch comedy this year. They’ve already introduced series from Aussie Chris Lilley and American Tim Robinson. Now they’re adding an even bigger fish: Saturday Night Live alum and Austin Powers star Mike Myers. Myers, last seen on the small screen inhabiting a character …
The Discovery Channel’s new summer ad campaign features a lot of old familiar faces, plus comedian Rob Riggle! Riggle will host a new series for Discovery, Global Investigator, taking him all over the world to explore some of our greatest mysteries, myths and legends. “I couldn’t be happier to be …
Lenny Marcus has eaten food before. So he’s not sure why people in restaurants make such a big deal about it. Watch him explain in this performance on The Tonight Show. Roll the clip.
Kansas City native Chris Porter caught his first big break just months after moving to Los Angeles with a gig competing on NBC’s Last Comic Standing. He finished third that season. Since then, Porter has recorded two comedy albums, a half-hour special for Comedy Central and an hour available on …
Jess Salomon was a war-crimes attorney for the United Nations who married a Muslim woman and immigrated to the U.S. and became a stand-up comedian. As she joked on The Tonight Show and titled her first comedy album, she has made “All the Best Decisions.” Roll the clip.
Wrestling great Ric Flair appeared in a fantasy sequence that opened the new stand-up comedy special from Ron Funches, and now the comedian will emcee a “nightmare” for Flair — the Roast of Ric Flair, throwing down May 24, 2019, in Las Vegas as part of the Starrcast II wrestling …
If you’re not a subscriber to SiriusXM satellite radio, now you can enjoy some of the talk programming on demand, thanks to Pandora. The SiriusXM podcasts available on Pandora now include shows from entertainment, and more. Here are the comedy offerings: Straight from The Hart with Kevin Hart: Comedian, Actor and …
Taylor Tomlinson performed on Conan earlier this week in addition to sitting as Conan O’Brien’s featured guest. Roll the clips!
If you haven’t yet treated yourself to the first season of Cobra Kai on YouTube, better get to it before season two drops next week. The series wonderfully spins the whole saga of The Karate Kid around and around, making you question who really is the hero and who is …
Congratulations to Hannah Gadsby, Bill Hader, Hasan Minhaj, and everyone living in The Good Place for their new biographical notations as Peabody Award winners! Here are the official citations from The Peabodys…they’ll all be feted May 18 in the annual ceremony held in New York City, this year hosted by …
