Episode #184: Kev Adams
by Kev Adams is France’s biggest young comedy star, with 6 million Twitter followers and another 5 million checking out his Instagram. He was performing one-man …
Chris Laker on Jimmy Kimmel Live
As Jimmy Kimmel told Chris Laker: “You really do have beautiful hair.” Laker joked that he gets mistaken not only because of his hair but …
Tom Thakkar on Conan
Tom Thakkar made a memorable debut on Conan on Wednesday night, but would you have remembered him as much if he went by his birth …
HBO’s “All Def Comedy” hosted by Tony Rock will air as planned, just without Russell Simmons onscreen or in the credits
All Def Comedy returns to HBO tonight, premiering the first of five weekly stand-up showcases hosted by Tony Rock on Friday nights from Dec. 1-29. …
R.I.P. Jim Nabors, aka Gomer Pyle (1930-2017)
Jim Nabors, best known in his younger years for playing country bumpkin Gomer Pyle on two different hit TV sitcoms, and in his later years …
R.I.P. Ken Shapiro
Before Saturday Night Live, before The Groove Tube even, Ken Shapiro was making funny faces on television with Chevy Chase when nobody knew their faces. …
David Wain’s Doug Kenney/National Lampoon biopic, Robin Williams documentary both will premiere at 2018 Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival has announced its slate of world premieres for January 2018, and among them are two notable new comedy projects. Futile and …
Who is Randy Credico? Comedian linking Roger Stone and Wikileaks profiled in 2003 Laura Kightlinger documentary, “60 Spins Around the Sun”
In a year when the truth is more ridiculous than comedy, why not learn that a comedian could be at the center of the investigation …
Review: Brian Regan, “Nunchucks and Flamethrowers” on Netflix
Brian Regan went on a riff earlier this month when he played Carnegie Hall for the first time as part of the 2017 New York …
Review: Bob Saget, “Zero to Sixty” via Comedy Dynamics
In 2017, when every comedian wants to be on Netflix, it’s rare to find someone put out their new stand-up special everywhere BUT Netflix. But …