The Definitive Guide to Comedy
If Joe Rogan likes to joke that he’s a moron, then what does that make his audience, which has grown even larger in the past couple of years as his podcast has also grown to include a five-times-a-week video livestream, and his other job broadcasting for the UFC has gotten …
I find D.L. Hughley a fascinating guy to hear opine on just about anything, whether it’s at the bar sharing a bottle of wine (back in the day) or listening to him on the radio. Which is why I felt underwhelmed by his Netflix special, Contrarian. Perhaps it’s because capturing …
2018 is the year that Team Coco has fully embraced its relationship with stand-up comedy. Sure, the Conan team always has supported comedians, and even put out comedy albums before. But over the past 12 months, the brand also has jumped into the festival game, and become a centerpoint of …
Joe Zimmerman performed on Tuesday’s episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden, and remains awed by the fact that something as old-fashioned as rice can fix your cell phone. But that’s not all he has on his mind. Roll the clip! Zimmerman has a brand-new comedy album out …
Ted Alexandro has made multiple appearances on David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Craig Ferguson and The View, had two half-hour specials on Comedy Central, and spent the past couple of years touring theaters and arenas around the world with Jim Gaffigan. He also is one of the co-founders of the New York …
LeClerc Andre stood tall in his TV debut on Friday’s Tonight Show, and not just because he’s already 6-foot-6. Andre had arrived at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival this summer as an Unrepped New Face, and here, a few months later, he delivered that same winning performance for a national …
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah has added Jaboukie Young-White as the latest correspondent to join “The World’s Fakest News Team” which includes Ronny Chieng, Michael Kosta, Desi Lydic, Dulcé Sloan and Roy Wood Jr. Young-White will make his debut on the show tonight, at 11 p.m. ET/PT with an in-studio …
The Impractical Jokers are getting a promotion? The guys who star in truTV’s most popular series will host a brand-new game show for sister “superstation” TBS. Misery Index, a new unscripted series inspired by the outrageously entertaining card game Sh*t Happens, will feature Brian “Q” Quinn, James “Murr” Murray, Joe Gatto and Sal Vulcano from The …
The inaugural Palm Springs International Comedy Festival (PSICF) www.PalmSpringsComedyFest.com continues to come together nicely, a month before kick off. The festival already announced that it’ll present Kathy Griffin with the “Comedian of the Year” Award, and Illeana Douglas the “Pioneer in Comedy Award.” That’s in the first weekend, Nov. 9-11. In the second weekend, …
Jimmy Kimmel Live is heading back to Brooklyn this month. Kimmel announced the news on Friday’s show. ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! returns to Brooklyn for five original shows, Monday-Friday Oct. 15-19, 2018. His guests in Brooklyn will include Adam Sandler, John Krasinski, Cardi B, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mike Birbiglia and musical …
