The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Super Deluxe the website has died a second time. Turner shuttered the company’s digital comedy pursuit, again; this time, on Oct. 19, 2018, in the wake of the big AT&T merger/acquisition of Time Warner. Super Deluxe shone as an early beacon for alt comedy in 2007 only to die out …
One of the odder aspects of this year’s Election Day madness, and there were many odd things to choose from, was seeing so many old comedy characters come out of the woodwork for late-night TV sketches and bits. Borat canvassed in Los Angeles for Jimmy Kimmel Live. Dr. Evil announced …
A year after the Upright Citizens Brigade left Chelsea to move their NYC theater up 16 blocks to Hells Kitchen, there’s improv and sketch comedy afoot underneath Gristedes once more. Improv Asylum, based in Boston for 20 years, reopened the joint last weekend. They’re currently offering shows only on Friday …
On the day Conan O’Brien and friends perform in New York City as part of the 2018 New York Comedy Festival, Team Coco has released the premiere date and initial lineup of guests for O’Brien’s podcast Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend debuts on Monday, Nov. 19 with guest Will Ferrell. In a …
Now that the 2018 election results are beginning to sink in, we can all get back to our regularly scheduled ridiculousness. Which means, in the comedy world, wondering if Donald Trump is bad for comedy. A recent debate, sponsored by Intelligence Squared, posed the question. For the Motion: P. J. …
Celebrity Autobiography, the long-running Off Broadway show that’s also played around the world for a decade, will get limited Broadway engagement over four Mondays this fall, starting the week after Thanksgiving. The show, which features celebs reading aloud and acting out the memoirs of other celebs, will have stars such …
Carolyn Taylor, Jennifer Whalen and Aurora Browne met while performing with Second City Toronto. Later, Meredith MacNeill befriended Carolyn on the set of This Hour Has 22 Minutes. These four Canadian women joined forces to create, write, executive produce and Star in their own hilarious sketch comedy series, Baroness Von …
Orlando Leyba has been married for 15 years. Has it changed him? Of course it has! Leyba explained Friday on his debut appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Roll the clip!
JB and KG performed two songs on Thursday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live as Tenacious D. Here are “Woman Time” and “Colors.” Roll the clips! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v75uIWxdnnc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bD1eKsbfAI
Last year’s Comics To Watch showcase was so successful, several of the stand-ups who performed for Team Coco eventually earned spots on Conan in 2018. Will this year’s crop prove just as promising? The ninth annual Comics To Watch at New York Comedy Festival happens Nov. 7 at Carolines on …
