The Definitive Guide to Comedy
It’s unconscionable that men have behaved so poorly for so long that women can have so many #metoo stories to share. That anyone continues to become victimized by men, or by the society that seemingly supports it, is a horrible injustice. Somewhere down the line from that is the dilemma …
And how was your Labor Day? The New Yorker Fest announced its star-studded list of attendees for one-on-one talks Oct. 5-7, 2018, and one name stopped several of the stars from attending. Steve Bannon, the co-founder of Cambridge Analytica, the data-mining firm that helped Donald Trump win the White House …
Jonathan Katz won Comedy Central’s first-ever Emmy Award for his critically-acclaimed animated series, Dr. Katz, in the mid-1990s. He followed that up with a Peabody Award in 1998. Twenty years later, he’s entertaining us anew with therapy sessions with his famous funny friends in a brand-new Dr. Katz: The Audiobook, …
Ten months ago, the long-whispered rumors about Louis CK became reality when The New York Times published on-the-record allegations, followed by a public statement by the award-winning comedian in which he confessed to masturbating in front of female comedians without their consent. Over the weekend, CK showed his face in …
Brad Wenzel performed on Wednesday’s Conan, and taught us that you can buy redwood trees, but you cannot simply put people to sleep by closing their eyes. What else is on Wenzel’s mind? Let’s start the clock!
Every year since 1982’s A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy, Woody Allen has directed and released a feature film. Until now. Not only is Allen not working on any projects at the moment, but his most recent film, A Rainy Day In New York — which wrapped in November 2017 — …
I’d watched Drew Michael’s HBO special, interviewed him about it, and written a review for Decider before reading anyone else’s takes on it. And of course, I’d seen Drew perform stand-up multiple times in the past few years, too, so it’s not like his material itself would surprise me. But …
If you want to know a lot about Bert Kreischer, then listen to my podcast with him recorded live at Montreal’s Just For Laughs two summers ago. If you want to know why Bert performs shirtless, it’s mostly a party trick that became a habit, and now he’s simply more …
Dean Delray couldn’t have had a more supportive welcome wagon for his late-night debut on Monday’s Conan. First guest Marc Maron has a story involving Dean and himself in Maron’s most recent Netflix special; and second guest Bert Kreischer is a fellow LA-based stand-up and regular at The Comedy Store …
Andy Kaufman once (or maybe many times, depending upon the audience) read a great work of literature onstage to see how far the audience would go along with him. HBO is now making a comedy special that’s just that? Well, sort of. Hit British comedy podcast My Dad Wrote a …
