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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 …
The Museum of Drunk History opens today for an exclusive run at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills through Jan. 20, 2019. The free exhibition from Comedy Central includes dioramas about each episode of the new season of Drunk History (which premieres Jan. 15). Scenes include “The Creation of Frankenstein,” “The …
Round one of AGT: The Champions aired Monday night on NBC, and if everything else proceeds as this did, we’ll see 10 all-stars perform each week, with one receiving a “golden buzzer” from the judges, one advancing thanks to votes from the audience, and the rest enjoying their brief time …
Gina Brillon was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, and already knew she wanted to be a stand-up comedian before she grew up, starting her career when she was still 17. Brillon became the first Latina winner of NBC’s Stand Up For Diversity competition in 2012, and since then …
