Bryan Kellen auditions for America’s Got Talent 2018
Bryan Kellen received more stage time on Last Comic Standing than he did on this summer’s edition of America’s Got Talent. Strange but true. Roll the clip.
“French Accent” Kevin Bennett wins over the crowd on America’s Got Talent 2018
It takes some je ne sais quoi to put on an eye patch, an accordian and a bad French accent to deliver one-liner puns for your audition on America’s Got Talent. But that’s just what Kevin Bennett, a comedian from Northern Colorado, did. Going by the name “French Accent,” he …
Sean Donnelly on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sean Donnelly (no relation, we swear) got to perform on the Late Show when Letterman hosted, and now he’s back in the Colbert era, apologizing for looking like the kind of guy who would have voted for Trump. Donnelly does admit to having one thing in common with Trump: He’s …
CollegeHumor mocks Bassem Youssef for leaving heart surgery and Egypt for comedy in Hollywood
Bassem Youssef left a career as a heart surgeon to become a successful comedian in Egypt, with a talk show the likes of Jon Stewart’s the garnered tens of millions of viewers until he had to flee. So flee he did. To Hollywood. The kids at CollegeHumor have some questions …
Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon join forces and Conan O’Brien, too, in joint monologue about Trump
In perhaps an unprecedented move (I’m still waiting for my interns to report back to me!), the hosts of three late-night shows on three different networks joined forces for a singular response to President Donald Trump. Because while we fight over immigration and racism and everything else, the president of …
Episode #213: Paula Poundstone
Paula Poundstone started her comedy career in Boston in the late 1970s before taking her act and her life on the road to San Francisco. Poundstone broke through in a big way in 1984 when Robin Williams asked her to perform stand-up on the episode he guest hosted of Saturday …
Fallon sorry about playing nice with Trump; Trump, of course, not so nice
America has so many problems to deal with, just including new ones created by the Trump Administration, but of course, this guy occupying the White House has a cable-news alert set to anyone besmirching his name, so the unpresident has questioned Jimmy Fallon’s manhood. Yep. This is America. In a …
Roseanne without Roseanne: ABC orders The Conners to 10-episode season
After all this, ABC is still making more episodes of Roseanne. Just now, without Roseanne. The rumors quickly ramped up after ABC cancelled the once-revived hit thanks to Roseanne Barr’s racist Tweets, and it’s now official. The Conners, a spinoff of Roseanne, will come back this fall with 10 new …
“OUT on Stage” concert film showcases gay comedians in one-night movie theater event
Since you already were thinking about Pride this weekend, now’s a good time to let you know that Fathom Events is hosting a special one-night movie event in July featuring 90 minutes of stand-up from gay and lesbian comedians called OUT on Stage. Hosted by comedian Zach Noe Towers, the lineup …
The facts and fantasy of the “comedy gold rush” in 2018 Los Angeles
Comedians had a fine time last week chewing on and chewing out a feature in The Hollywood Reporter purporting to take a snapshot of the “L.A. Comedy Gold Rush” happening right now. It’s easy from my perch to see how this all went askew. First, the headline. Any problematic news …