The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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 …
If you want to see what happens when a porn site puts on a comedy show, now’s your chance! “Brazzers Presents: Comedy Spit Roast,” recorded in August at Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles, is up for free on YouTube. So it’s almost safe for work? But no. Definitely NSFW. Bob …
IFC has revealed its slate of potential new comedies in development for the coming year. They include: Almost Asian, about a perpetual outsider, Katie (Katie Malia, The Mindy Project), and her desperate journey to find her identity as both a dancer and a mixed-raced millennial struggling in Los Angeles. As with the web-series …
SiriusXM today announced that Amy Phillips, a comedian who impersonates the Real Housewives of Bravo, will now host her own show, Reality Checked with Amy Phillips, every weekday on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy channel. Her show will include her own parodies, plus recaps and interviews with reality TV stars. “My passion is my job …
“I just don’t want to be her age, playing her,” Tyler Perry said of his famous alter-ego, Madea, who has starred in six major motion pictures, with a seventh on the way in 2019. Perry broke the news earlier this week doing press for his latest movie, Nobody’s Fool, which …
