The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Marlon may not be the first to notice that President Trump treats the White House like a reality TV competition, or even that “Donald Trump is the Flavor Flav of white people.” He probably does win a “too soon” award, however, for his impression of Wendy Williams fainting, though, now that …
Need your Buddy Cole fix? Scott Thompson from Kids in the Hall is reviving his lounge lizard character and taking his one-man show on the road for a spring tour of America. Après Le Déluge: The Buddy Cole Monologues, an evening of humorous tales told since KITH went off the air …
If you’re not yet excited about this year’s SXSW, which starts in just over a week from now in Austin, then get a load of these comedy offerings happening between March 9-18, 2018. 2018 SXSW Comedy Festival Participants Adam Lustick • Adam Pally • Aparna Nancherla • Baron Vaughn • …
Steve Martin and Martin Short have been touring together for years now, so it’s about time somebody recorded their act and made it available for your on-demand viewing pleasure. Anyone surprised that it’ll be on Netflix? Here are the fellas with their announcement. Are they calling it Steve Martin Short, …
Debra DiGiovanni jokes that she looks great for her age not because of botox, but because of food. But as she noted in this performance on Conan, there’s something to be said about catcalling. Mostly because there are plenty of other things that scare Debra. Roll the clip.
Kevin Smith, writer/director of Clerks and so much more, had just finished recording the first of two shows of his comedy storytelling for a new special when he almost died Sunday night. I’ll let Smith tell you what happened in his own words: I was trying to do a killer …
In past years, I’ve assembled a chronological list of comedy festivals across America and the world. Seeing festivals come and go and shift their schedules, this year, I’ve organized all of the comedy festivals by location instead of by date. And I’ve given them a permanent home on my LIVE! …
John Oliver has beat back a defamation lawsuit filed against him and his HBO show, Last Week Tonight, by Murray Energy Corporation coal magnate Robert Murray. The judge in the case in West Virginia’s second judicial circuit, Jeffrey Cramer, wrote: “I find the arguments set forth in the Defendants’ Motion to …
Candice Thompson is a former finalist on Stand Up NBC’s talent search who has performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and served as a correspondent on the E! series, The Comment Section. She has starred in her own YouTube sketch comedy series, and written for the game show …
Turning a podcast into a TV special, let alone a four-part series, doesn’t make sense for most podcasts. But 2 Dope Queens isn’t any podcast. The hit WNYC podcast from Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams is part two-woman comedy duo, part improv, part chat show, part stand-up storytelling showcase. It …
