Boom Chicago celebrates 25 years of improv in Amsterdam
by Alumni from Boom Chicago reunited in Amsterdam over the weekend to celebrate 25 years of American improv comedy by the celebrated company. Among the attendees …
Arden Myrin writes on comedy’s painful resistance to change in the #MeToo movement
In just the past year, comedians as big as Bill Cosby, Louis CK and Chris Hardwick have found their careers halted or suspended due to …
Chris Cope on Conan
Chris Cope lost 55 pounds, which is great. Not so great? He almost died five years ago. Cope can joke about all of it now, …
Oliver Graves auditions for America’s Got Talent 2018
Oliver Graves from Santa Rosa, Calif., looks the part of sad clown, doesn’t he? Watch as Graves auditioned for America’s Got Talent 2018 on Tuesday …
Nick Hart on Conan
South Carolina native Nick Hart made his debut on Conan on Monday night, and let us know he still has a lot to learn. Such …
Sacha Baron Cohen stars in new satire series, Who Is America? for Showtime
It makes perfect sense in hindsight. We hadn’t heard or seen much of anything out of Sacha Baron Cohen since The Brothers Grimsby movie premiere …
Episode #215: Clusterfest 2018 with Jeff Ross, Matt Broussard and the art of roasting
This is a special edition of Last Things First, recorded live during Clusterfest 2018 in San Francisco. Comedy Central was kind enough to ask me …
Interviews / TV
Dave Flebotte talks inside comedy baseball of his Showtime series with Jim Carrey, “I’m Dying Up Here”
I’m Dying Up Here almost didn’t survive to a second season. Dave Flebotte, who with Jim Carrey created the Showtime adaptation of William Knoedelseder’s best-seller about …
Listen to and read Doug Stanhope deliver eulogies for Sean Rouse
Doug Stanhope, who booked the late Sean Rouse on his Unbookables tour and captured it for a documentary, has written a beautiful eulogy to his …
Review: W. Kamau Bell “Private School Negro” on Netflix
A decade ago, W. Kamau Bell promised to end racism in an hour, titling his touring one-man show that to bring the audience in and …