The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Most of my comedian friends obsess over the iTunes charts, especially when they or one of their friends releases a stand-up comedy album. (Same goes for me and my podcasting friends about the iTunes podcast charts) But over on Billboard, the comedy charts have been ruled by country music star …
The biggest, longest comedy festival in the United States is coming back in 2018, and SF Sketchfest boasts an equally impressive lineup, to be presented by Audible at 16 venues across San Francisco for 18 nights in January (Jan. 11-28, 2018). Tickets go on sale this Friday for most events. …
Matt Braunger’s routine about an elevator ride from hell has become the first animated Snapchat show for TBS and Conan’s new series, Team Coco’s Comedy Club. New animated stand-up routines will debut Sundays throughout the winter, developed specifically for Snapchat’s mobile platform. You’ll be able to catch them on Snapchat from …
Colton Dunn began performing improv comedy while still a teenager in St. Paul, Minnesota. Dunn moved to New York City just in time to join the upstart Upright Citizens Brigade, then went to Amsterdam to perform with Boom Chicago. When he returned to the U.S., Dunn wrote and performed on …
“Wait til she takes her own clothes off, then pull your thing thing out, OK?” Tiffany Haddish addressed Louis CK, sexual harassment and the week’s headlines in her monologue hosting Saturday Night Live, as well catching the rest of America up on her rags-to-riches story, even if she jokes that …
The U.S. Justice Department has ordered RT America to register as a foreign agent of Russia by Monday, or risk the federal government seizing the assets of the Kremlin-backed cable channel. RT America, in turn, vowed to challenge the order in court, which is based on 1938 legislation signed to …
Chris Gethard revealed on last night’s live episode of The Chris Gethard Show that it wouldn’t be the last time to tune into Gethard and friends on truTV. In fact, the network will bring TCGS back for 10 more hour-long episodes in spring 2018. So far this fall, Gethard has …
Good news for Gad Elmaleh and Gad’s fans today! Netflix announced Elmaleh will star in an eight-episode series based on his life, career and move from France to the United States, called Huge in France, as well as a second English language stand-up special. His first comedy special in English, Gad Gone …
Within hours of The New York Times story publishing on-the-record accounts of women recounting incidents in which Louis CK forced them to watch him masturbate, Netflix announced it has dropped plans for the second in a two-special deal with the comedian, while HBO not only unlisted him from its upcoming …
