The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Something remarkable happened on Wednesday’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. It wasn’t one of the many game shows within Fallon’s talk shows, or something his musical guest performed, or anything from Fallon’s monologue or from his overly enthusiastic interactions with his guests. Nor was it even particularly …
Kathleen Madigan is going on her very own theater tour to kick off 2018, taking her to at least 30 cities between January and June. Madigan announced her “Boxed Wine & Bigfoot Tour” from one of her favorite local bars. “I had most of the summer off, then this September …
Congrats to Ellis Rodriguez from Sacramento, who won the 42nd annual San Francisco Comedy Competition, which wrapped up its monthlong contest around Northern California this past weekend. Wait, who won again? The other finalists: 2nd Place: Tyrone Hawkins (Cincinnati, OH) 3rd Place: Mark Smalls (San Francisco, CA) 4th Place: Matt …
Matt Goldich supplies monologue jokes and other punchlines for Seth Meyers on a nightly basis, but on Wednesday night’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, Goldich also got some major face time with a stand-up performance to promote his new album, which is out this Friday. Not a soft opening. Roll …
James Veitch is one of those fancy British comedians, and he brought something different with him across the pond to perform on Tuesday’s episode of Conan. Instead of a traditional stand-up set, Veitch performed with visual aids behind him, so you really could see how pesky of a flat mate …
Budd Friedman, with help from Tripp Whitesell and interviews from dozens of the famous comedians, musicians and actors who worked for Budd over the past 50 years, has just published an oral history of his club, The Improvisation, which became simply The Improv and then much more than that. Among …
Comedy acting couple Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen have a new partner for their program Hilarity For Charity (HFC), which raises awareness and money among millennials to help deal with and fight Alzheimer’s. It’s Netflix! I'm thrilled to announce that Netflix has joined HILARITY FOR CHARITY as a presenting …
FOX’s Emmy-winning Bob’s Burgers will become a major motion picture. Twentieth Century Fox announced it’ll release the Bob’s Burgers movie on July 17, 2020. “We’re thrilled to be invited to bring Bob’s Burgers to the big screen,” show creator Loren Bouchard said. “We know the movie has to scratch every itch the …
Fans of Lizzy Caplan won’t have to wait much longer to see her back on Showtime. The pay-cable network has acquired the BBC series Ill Behaviour, starring Chris Geere (FX/FXX’s You’re The Worst) and Caplan (Masters of Sex). Ill Behaviour will air on Showtime on Monday nights, beginning Nov. 13, 2017, following …
IFC will become FODtv (Funny Or Die Television) on Saturday nights, starting this Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. The network announced the venture today. “IFC has been hacked, but we are not calling IT,” said Blake Callaway, EVP, Marketing and Digital Media, IFC. “FODtv takes a bit of inspiration from cable access programs, and …
