The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Myq Kaplan has some movie mash-up ideas, and you probably can guess my favorite if you know anything about Kaplan already. If not, please enjoy his most recent performance on Conan, which also included jokes about how Kanye West can be a rapping genius but not so great at talking, …
Tiffany Haddish has become a comedy star in 2017, bursting forth from supporting player on NBC’s The Carmichael Show to scene-stealer on the big screen in Girls Trip, and this fall will co-star with Tracy Morgan in the new TBS comedy, The Last O.G. This past weekend, Haddish got to …
That the French would love Jerry Lewis should surprise no one who saw him perform at his peak from the mid-1950s through the mid-1960s. That Americans would mock the French for it is perhaps more surprising. For the great physicality, cartoonish faces and slapstick sound effects that Lewis used to …
All of the comedians and comedy fans who claim Richard Pryor was the greatest stand-up comedian ever have Dick Gregory to thank for that. Before Pryor or George Carlin embraced the so-called counterculture, Gregory was out there on the front lines of 1960s activism and breaking the racial barriers for …
Lynne Koplitz caught her first wave of success hosting or co-hosting TV shows the likes of Change of Heart, How to Boil Water, and Life and Style. The stylish comedian became friends with the late great Joan Rivers while paired up in the IFC comedy Z Rock, and later became …
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they’re comedians? No, that’s not it. It is a fact, though, that America’s biggest city is also its biggest comedy mecca. Hollywood may …
You know you’ve made it as a comedian when other TV shows let you photobomb them. Especially TV shows that hold someone else’s finances and reputation in the balance. Amy Schumer and her sister, Kim, showed up on TV screens across America on Thursday during Judge Judy. They sat behind …
Conan O’Brien joked on Wednesday night’s Conan that with America is such turmoil, what better time to seek sanity and peace in the Middle East than now? “Conan Without Borders: Israel” will represent Team Coco’s next great field trip overseas, as TBS and Conan have zeroed in on a winning …
A new shirt, jacket and haircut for Dan St. Germain, and still, he “looks like the guy who sold Elvis his pills.” The comedian performed Wednesday night on Conan, and also joked about his ability to get out of traffic tickets, despite his horrible driving skills. “I voted for Hillary …
Comedians and comedy fans were left speechless when Netflix announced a comedy special this summer from Brad Paisley. But as I wrote in my review for Brad Paisley’s Comedy Rodeo, via Decider: It’s not that far-fetched to see a country music act hosting a comedy special. Brad Paisley has co-hosted …
