The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Chicago fans of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah can see Noah and his correspondents up close and personal this October, as Comedy Central is taking the show on the road to the Athenaeum Theatre. “The Daily Show Undesked Chicago 2017: Let’s Do This Before It Gets Too Damn Cold” will broadcast Monday, …
Great news for fans of this summer’s new late-night entries on Comedy Central, as the network announced during the summer TCAs that it has granted extensions to both The Jim Jefferies Show and The President Show through the end of 2017. The Jim Jefferies Show, which has aired at 10:30 …
Ahamed Weinberg made his network debut Tuesday night on Late Night with Seth Meyers, and he let us all know what it’s like to grow up white and Muslim, versus what it’s like for his parents, who both converted to the religion. If you think old people are scared of …
Puddles Pity Party continues to dazzle the audiences and the judges on this 2017 season of America’s Got Talent, so you’ll be sure to see more of him this summer during the live primetime episodes you can vote on on NBC. So far, in fact, he’s the only comedy-based performer …
Steven Scott‘s mother still leaves rather long and detailed voice mail messages for him, which the comedian proves sounds more worthwhile and funnier back when he could fast-forward through them. His impersonations impressed the judges on America’s Got Talent, but was it enough to get him through to the live …
The Quiddlers, a physical comedy group out of Michigan that already performs in Vegas, specializes in Dorf-style act outs. Their homage to the judges of America’s Got Talent, however, didn’t get them past the Judges Cut round this year. Roll the highlight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ub9YtZSelo
OK. So I’ve only sat down to podcast with 28 of the comedians performing this week so far as part of the 2017 Just For Laughs festival in Montreal. But that’s a start! Each of these fine, funny folks regales me (and now you) with inspirational stories about how they …
Joe Mande may not win any actual awards for his first hourlong comedy special, although many comedians would consider getting Netflix to release Joe Mande’s Award-Winning Comedy Special is recognition enough. Mande, speaking to me a few days ago, said he was “very happy it ended up (on Netflix). I didn’t really …
Here they are, they’ve auditioned multiple times, many of them for multiple years, to get here. A coveted spot in Montreal’s “New Faces” at Just For Laughs. What used to just showcase stand-up comedians aiming for the big time from comedy club bookers, casting agents and development deals from the …
Judd Apatow has one of the most impressive comedy resumes of anyone, anywhere. His Apatow Productions has produced and developed the television series Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared, Girls, Love and Crashing, he has directed the hit movies The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny People, This Is 40 and Trainwreck, and …
