The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Jimmy O. Yang has a new memoir out, How To American. It’s about how his family brought him to the States from Hong Kong when he was 13, and how he discovered comedy. It’s also a great time for Yang, as he stands to benefit from T.J. Miller’s departure from …
Five years after winning the Funniest Person in the Twin Cities contest, Ali Sultan has leveled up, taking home the title of Best of the Midwest in the 2018 Gilda’s LaughFest competition. Sultan beat out seven other up-and-coming stand-ups from the region for the title and the $2,500 prize Thursday …
If you thought it was crazy enough that a suitcase model from Deal or No Deal would become British royalty in 2018, then get ready for more craziness, because the entire game show itself is coming back with new primetime episodes by the end of the year. Without Meghan Markle. …
Now don’t get yourself too excited. The late-night chairs aren’t spinning again just yet. Even though James Corden just launched a new Snapchat series called James Corden’s Next James Corden as a reality competition to find his replacement on CBS, that’s not actually happening. Almost like a real reality TV …
Lest we become savages, Jacqueline Novak lays down the laws of the land when it comes to the distribution of french fried potatoes. Listen up. As performed on Friday’s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Roll the clip!
Adult Swim has put on live interactive tours in summers past, but this October, it’ll go one step further by throwing its first-ever Adult Swim Festival. Happening Oct. 6-7, 2018, in downtown Los Angeles, the Adult Swim Festival will include two stages of comedy and music, along with premiere screenings, …
Joyelle Nicole Johnson made her network TV debut Thursday night on Late Night with Seth Meyers, and she will not have you thinking she enjoys lady things just because she is a lady, she will explain what makes her go into actual fits of rage, and she will tell you …
Most comedians who portray themselves as being above it all or better than everyone else also undercut that persona with buffoonish behavior or ideas that let us all in on the joke. Ricky Gervais is not most comedians. And he’s slightly self-aware of that, at least in naming his first …
Jews. Gays. Mark Normand isn’t really afraid of telling any jokes that may offend you onstage, or on TV, as he demonstrated again Tuesday night on Conan. “I wish I cared about anything as much as you cared about that joke.” And as he pointed out, you’re much more able …
What’s it like growing up in the woods of northern Wisconsin? Mary Mack tells all in her most recent performance on Conan. Including the emotional capabilities of lettuce versus tater tots. Nothing beats mashed potatoes, though. Who knew? Roll the clip!
