The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Sebastian Maniscalco is feeling like the king of comedy this weekend, performing four shows at Madison Square Garden. But all was not always hunky-dory on his way up the comedy ladder. As Maniscalco revealed on Friday’s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the comedian actually drew a blank onstage during his …
Roy Wood Jr. has a new hour coming out on Comedy Central this month, and on Thursday’s Tonight Show, Wood explained how firefighters are cooler than cops, and joked about how even firefighters have their own hierarchy. Even though nobody ever asks questions about these guys. Roll the clip!
Joel Kim Booster doesn’t like having to drive in Los Angeles, but he explains why in this performance from Wednesday’s Late Late Show. Unlike most people these days, at least he owns his stupidity. And he’s willing to suffer through some bad dates because of it. Holy guacamole! Roll the …
Janelle James is having a moment. From touring with top of the A-list comedians in arenas and theaters, to hosting her own comedy festival over the winter in Brooklyn, James is on the rise. On Tuesday’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, she joked about how we all have that one …
Piff The Magic Dragon may not have won America’s Got Talent, nor even advanced to the finals of AGT: Champions, but he revealed on Monday’s show that he’s already a winner. Just getting the AGT audition helped him stay in America, and since appearing on TV, his comedy/magic act has …
William Stephenson and I once shared 50 straight hours together inside The Comic Strip. Stephenson was hosting. I was live-blogging. We may have been the only folks in the joint to go stir-crazy and still keep a friendly sense of humor about the 50-hour stand-up comedy marathon that set a …
Fred Armisen was one of the longest-serving cast members of Saturday Night Live, spending 11 seasons as Fericito, Prince, Barack Obama and more. He has since gone on to star in eight seasons of Portlandia on IFC, two seasons of Big Mouth on Netflix, another two seasons of Documentary Now! on IFC, …
Ireland’s Sean Finnerty has lived in America for a couple of years now, and he has some observations to share in his first appearance on The Tonight Show. Roll the clip.
Mekki Leeper may be a man, but he’s not a scary one. There is more to him than meets the eye, though. Roll the clip.
The Beast took years longer than expected to open, but the Upright Citizen Brigade’s theater in the East Village will close with relatively short notice. Time’s up in a month, after shows on Saturday, Feb. 9. UCB-NY Artistic Director Michael Hartney delivered the bad news via email late Wednesday. The …
