The Definitive Guide to Comedy
By now, you’re well past used to seeing Saturday Night Live open cold at 11:30 p.m. Eastern with a political sketch lampooning Trump. Not this Saturday night. Instead, 10 cast members from SNL — Aidy Bryant, Kenan Thompson, Melissa Villaseñor, Mikey Day, Luke Null, Chris Redd, Kyle Mooney, Colin Jost, Beck …
Sadiki Fuller, a stand-up comedian from Houston who got his start in comedy in San Francisco, has died unexpectedly. He was found in his bed Saturday morning. Fuller started doing comedy in 1999. In his even younger days, Sadiki worked as a professional mascot for the Golden State Warriors. Off …
Memphis comedian and morning radio show host Spanky Brown has died, apparently from a heart attack. Born Byron Yeldell on March 13 (his Facebook bios alternately joke the year was 1908 or 1937), “Spanky” graduated high school in Memphis in 1980, and in his last two years, could be heard …
I really love this set by Dov Davidoff on Friday’s Tonight Show. A great opening joke, followed by an even greater pivot into one long bit that allows you to get a real sense of Dov’s humor and POV. Roll the clip!
What happens when someone mistakenly texts comedian James Veitch, thinking James is actually Phil, the building superintendent? Find out here as Veitch explains his joking text replies in this performance on Conan. Roll the clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beb8zCGMsbI
An early happy Mother’s Day for Monrok, who performed last month on Conan, joking about motherhood, housewifery, and whether lesbians are just female roommates over 30. That and how white people feel about India and Indian Americans. Roll the clip!
Heather Pasternak made her TV debut Tuesday night on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and at 30, she wanted to let us know just how loud her biological clock is ticking. Pasternak joked about her search for a husband who can make her a mother, and how much she’s …
Laugh Out Loud Presents: Just For Laughs Eat My Shorts!, a competition in search of the funniest short films, is back for another year. Submissions are accepted from today through May 31, 2018. Check out the submission guidelines posted on the Just For Laughs ComedyPRO site, then follow the instructions. Here’s Kevin …
Jim Florentine rose to fame with his bestselling recordings “Terrorizing Telemarketers” and by voicing the wildly popular character Special Ed for Comedy Central’s Crank Yankers. Florentine has won an Emmy for his work on HBO’s Inside the NFL and had two Billboard top-ten comedy albums within a single year. He …
Donald Glover pulled double-duty as host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live, but as he joked during his monologue, he’s not just a triple threat, he’s a threat! Actually, more promise than threat. Glover has lived up to his youthful promise and potential, and then some. Sure he was …
