The Definitive Guide to Comedy
When several comedians convened in November 2016 to pay tribute to the late great Mitch Hedberg, his widow, Lynn Shawcroft, hinted there would be more to come from his estate — even more than the Comedy Central Records limited-edition box set they unveiled that night. Now Shawcroft is backing up …
Eurydice Dixon was just another young aspiring comedian walking home from a gig last week when she was tragically murdered. A 19-year-old man was arrested the following day with her rape and murder on a Melbourne soccer pitch last Tuesday night. Her last text to a friend, heartbreakingly ironic: “I’m …
Ellen DeGeneres, the reigning queen of daytime TV, is finally ready to record her first stand-up comedy special in 15 years. DeGeneres will hit the road for a limited West Coast tour in August, with three dates each in San Diego and San Francisco before taping her performances in Seattle …
Desus & Mero are ready for the big time. Or perhaps, Showtime. Either way, the New York City duo will end their nightly late-night talker on Viceland at the end of this month. Daniel Baker (Desus Nice) and Joel Martinez (The Kid Mero) first broke through in 2013 with their …
Nikki Glaser has been on and off with her ex-boyfriend for years, and she explains why and how in this performance on Friday’s Tonight Show. Being single means having to wear makeup, though, and that’s no fun, is it? Roll it! Glaser also sat for panel, where her ex could …
I could use a dose of Drew Michael’s comedy wisdom every day. Sometime soon, we’ll all be treated to an hour of it. HBO announced today it has wrapped production on Michael’s first stand-up special, which also will feature Suki Waterhouse and be directed by Jerrod Carmichael. Shot in Los Angeles …
Forget The Opposition with Jordan Klepper. Klepper would just as rather you did, as he and Comedy Central are ending that late-night talker to launch a different, new weekly show fronted by the comedian who broke through as a correspondent on The Daily Show. The Opposition will air its final …
Romesh Ranganathan was back on The Late Late Show with James Corden, this time with a fresh clip of his soap opera cameos, as depicted in his Showtime series, Just Another Immigrant. Life in America isn’t always a day at the beach, though, as Romesh explains. If you want to …
Rell Battle, who co-starred on Superior Donuts and was part of the original Roast Battle crew, performed Wednesday on Conan. Battle joked about the downsides of growing up with positive role models, the first gentrifiers in the neighborhood, and why he retired from protesting. Plus, we get to meet Battle’s …
Surprise! It’s a brand-new edition of Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, with guests Jerry Seinfeld and Cardi B! “What’s next in lazy car-based non-comedy?” Roll it!
