The Definitive Guide to Comedy
It’s not every year we get major news on four different major awards in 24 hours, but 2018 is not every year. The Golden Globes decided they enjoyed seeing Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg present one award together so much, they asked the two actors to pair up and host …
You probably could name at least one famous person who came out of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City, if not several dozen. But everybody who performed at the UCB could tell you about Chuck Dauble. They’d describe Dauble as affable and irritable, sometimes at the same …
Hannah Gadsby took to the podium this week at the 2018 Women in Entertainment gala. It’s been quite a year for Gadsby, and a year for women in entertainment, too. Gadsby took aim at “the good men” in show business and everywhere else, and delivered some real talk. “I want …
Sam Morril jokes that men are so bad at being good, it’s making him look that much better in comparison! From Wednesday’s Late Late Show with James Corden. Roll the clip!
The Academy Awards will have a brand-new host for 2019: Kevin Hart. Hart broke the news himself tonight via social media. “For years I have been asked if I would ever Host the Oscars and my answer was always the same…I said that it would be the opportunity of a …
Rosebud Baker has two famous names if you know where to look. Her family business isn’t exactly Citizen Kane, although if you were paying any attention to politics, then you know a life of stand-up comedy and podcasting about Justin Bieber is a far cry from her grandfather’s past as …
How do trampolines lead to drugs? Watch and learn from Jourdain Fisher on his performance Thursday from The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Fisher also has done the research on our racial tensions and has some solutions for that. Roll the clip.
YouTube is pivoting away from both original programming and premium subscription services. Sounds like a bad thing. And yet. Even though you shouldn’t be pitching your new original comedy ideas to the video giant, you will be able to continue watching comedy on YouTube for free. YouTube is dropping what …
The Madison Square Garden Company and the Garden of Dreams Foundation are proud to announce the return of Garden of Laughs – the successful bi-annual all-star comedy benefit that has raised nearly $5 million so far. The 2019 show, hosted by Steve Schirripa, will include performances by Jerry Seinfeld along …
Dave Attell has long been one of the top joke-writers and joke-tellers in the comedy game. Turns out he’s even funnier when he has someone else onstage to work off of. Who knew? Attell figured that out a few years ago, inviting comedians onstage to join him in his late-late-night …
