The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Iliza Shlesinger has become such the comedy fixture on Netflix that, four specials in, you’re not even surprised that she’s continuing to go by just Iliza. Elder Millennial finds the comedian at a crossroads, in more than one demographic way. She’s not only in her mid-30s now, but she was …
I’m a fan of Jim Jefferies and a bigger fan of his weekly Comedy Central series. Which makes his 2018 Netflix special that much more disappointing. This Is Me Now feels like a cash grab, and filming it in Britain makes feel even more so, as the setting allows him …
After three weeks of show, and heading into the final week of the Edinburgh Fringe, we have our nominees for the best of the fest! Alex Edelman is proving his Best Newcomer win was no fluke, winning over the Scots once more, this time nominated for Best Comedy Show. In …
We already have one stand-up comedian in the semifinals of America’s Got Talent 2018. Can we make it two for two? Samuel J. Comroe performed on Tuesday night’s live show on NBC, and will find out his fate tonight. You can still place votes to tip the scales in his …
For Netflix’s next new talk show, they’re not messing around with weekly episode releases. No, no. For Norm Macdonald Has A Show, you’ll get all 10 at once. Macdonald and sidekick Adam Eget will welcome hourlong conversations with Drew Barrymore, David Spade, Judge Judy, David Letterman, Jane Fonda, Chevy Chase, M. …
Emmy Blotnick used all those hours watching comic book superhero movies figuring out how to make her boyfriend her ex-boyfriend. This might be the first TV credit to include the phrase “drowning in dick” AND a champagne toast from the host. Thanks, Conan O’Brien. And The Rock. Roll the clip!
MTV is still with the Video Music Awards in 2018, and they brought out Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish to open up the proceedings Monday night on live TV with dueling zingers, curse words and even a flubbed joke about who Tiff wants to smash. Oh, and Kev told Trump …
After 10 years, it’s time for Funny or Die to evolve. The website made some announcements today, and here is the official letter of such. In short, the site is migrating to a new platform, Chorus, built by VOX Media. Bigger news? NO MORE proprietary video platform. Instead, they’ll be …
Maeve Higgins was a bestselling memoirist and comedian in her native Ireland when, at the age of 31, she decided to move to America. So immigration isn’t just the subject of her hit podcast, Maeve In America: Immigration IRL, but also a first-hand experience. She co-hosts Neil deGrasse Tyson’s StarTalk …
Twitter, like other social media platforms, has a huge legitimacy problem. Nobody is minding the store, so to speak, to separate the lies from the truth, the facts from the fiction. How’s Twitter responding in August 2018? With a humorous TV ad campaign. Starring Greg Barris. The campaign is called …
