Taylor Tomlinson on Conan
Taylor Tomlinson performed on Conan earlier this week in addition to sitting as Conan O’Brien’s featured guest. Roll the clips!
Enjoy this pitch perfect 30 For 30 treatment of “The Karate Kid” #TBT
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 …
2018 Peabody Awards winners include Hannah Gadsby, Hasan Minhaj, “Barry,” + “The Good Place”
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 …
HBO announces finalists for 7th annual American Black Film Festival “Comedy Wings” Competition
Five finalists emerged after a semifinals showcase for the ABFF Comedy Wings Competition this week held at the HaHa Comedy Club in Los Angeles, and hosted by Chris Spencer. The finalists will receive an all-expense paid trip and (2) festival passes to the 23rd American Black Film Festival from June …
Viceland kills VICE LIVE after just seven weeks of late-night live TV
After just 28 episodes over seven weeks, VICE LIVE has died at the hands of its creator, the TV channel Viceland. The live late-night program featured comedians Marie Faustin, Zack Fox, Sandy Honig and rapper/host Fat Tony. “For the past two months, Vice Live has been doing it live from our …
Episode #255: Hampton Yount
Hampton Yount has already seen the past, present and future of cinema, as spoken through the character Crow T. Robot he voices on Netflix’s new edition of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Before that, Yount had emerged from the DC comedy scene with a job writing and performing on MTV’s long-running …
Ronny Chieng on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Ronny Chieng performed on Friday night’s Tonight Show and made the argument that adding Asians to the equation improves just about any formula. In addition to his role as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Chieng also co-starred in last year’s hit movie, Crazy Rich Asians, which …
R.I.P. Ian Cognito, English comedian dies onstage from heart attack
English stand-up comedian Ian Cognito died Thursday night while performing a gig onstage in the town of Bicester, suffering a fatal heart attack. Cognito was 60. In this clip of Cognito from 2012, when he was 53, he joked about his declining health, aging, and followed a rape joke by …
The Simpsons entire archives moving to new subscription service Disney+
You really get the sense that the Disney company has a big tent when you see just how many different brands they now fit underneath. From Marvel to Star Wars to Pixar to National Geographic, plus the original gigantic library of Disney properties, and now add FOX. Which, for comedy …
The Onion sold once more
If you’re wondering how the writers at The Onion felt about Univision selling the parody paper of record, then just see what they had to say about Univision’s rival, Telemundo, on Monday: “With its soaring ratings, commitment to putting out only the best product, and clearly defined vision for the …