The Definitive Guide to Comedy
When Will Smith emerged in the 1980s as a rapper and sitcom star, there was no denying his comedic sensibilities. Some three decades later, though, the idea of performing stand-up comedy still scared The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air enough that he had it on his “Bucket List,” which he crossed …
The National Comedy Center in Jamestown, NY, now is officially that, thanks to legislation passed this week by Congress and signed into law by President Trump on Tuesday. “Jamestown is now to comedy what Cooperstown is to baseball and Cleveland is to rock and roll,” said Rep. Tom Reed, the …
Jimmy Carr has a new Netflix special out this week, and to celebrate, he told some new jokes on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Roll the clip!
In response to criticism from black women in comedy, flustered and upset that the 10th annual Laughing Skull Comedy Festival couldn’t find room for any of them in its upcoming stand-up competition, here’s an open letter from the festival’s owner and founder, Marshall Chiles. Reprinted in full. To Our Beloved …
Ryan Conner is married, and has been for seven years, but cannot be convinced yet that having children would be a good idea. As he explained in this set on The Late Late Show with James Corden. Roll the clip.
Jimmy Carr has crafted a career for himself as the savviest wordsmith. Self-aware of his offensiveness, he uses wordplay and timing more to demonstrate how clever he is than to make fun of some other person or thing or group. He’ll explain how it’s politically correct to make jokes if …
The Comedy Store closed on Monday night for a private event, the memorial for the late great comedian Steven Brody, aka Brody Stevens, aka Steven Brody Stevens. His best friend and comedy benefactor, Zach Galifianakis, walked onstage first before the memorial itself began officially to address the crowd of friends …
Jerry O’Connell has filled in before for Wendy Williams on her syndicated daytime TV talk show. Now Jerry O is giving it a try himself. Funny or Die and Debmar-Mercury will produce the three-week test-run of Jerry O, which will air on FOX stations this summer starting Aug. 12, 2019. …
Keith Malley and Chemda Khalili began podcasting out of their apartment in Queens in March of 2005, three months before Apple recognized podcasting officially on iTunes. “Keith and The Girl” quickly became one of the most popular podcasts, and by 2011, they’d launched a VIP service that garnered some 50,000 …
Kyle Mooney has worked as a cast member on Saturday Night Live for six seasons now, but he’s not getting on air nearly as much as he used to. Which makes his short video about a new cast member struggling to make it on air that much more meta, knowing …
