The Definitive Guide to Comedy
If you haven’t yet read The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy, then what kind of comedy nerd are you, anyhow? Kliph Nesteroff’s book gives you an overview of our nation’s comedy scene with extra peeks into the naughtiest, weirdest nooks and crannies of it. But …
Everything Jackie Kashian knew about relationships before getting married, she’d learned from being in stand-up comedy, and as she told the Conan audience on Wednesday night, that boils down to only three stereotypical jokes. Fortunately for Kashian and for us, she knows how to roll with anything, and role play …
Conan O’Brien and Team Coco head to San Diego for their third straight trip to Comic-Con International, and Conan has announced its guest list for next week’s episodes there. CONAN‘s Comic-Con® International shows will be taped at San Diego’s historic Spreckels Theatre on Wednesday, July 19 – Saturday, July 22. Episodes will air …
“It was 2007, and at this point, the Internet was basically just a place for perverts to talk dirty to each other,” says writer/director Adam McKay. “It was rubble,” added comedy star Will Ferrell. “It was just a vast field of rubble.” Enter Saturday Night Live alums McKay and Ferrell, …
Harrison Greenbaum told the America’s Got Talent judges before his audition that this was his “make or break moment.” And then the comedian, who actually began his career as a magician, launched into a bit about coming out as a stand-up to his parents, and how they and everyone else …
With Jordan Klepper jumping ship to launch his own late-night show on Comedy Central, as Stephen Colbert had done before him, there’s a slot open on The Daily Show for that snarky know-it-all white guy correspondent. Comedy Central has found him in Michael Kosta! Kosta will make his debut tonight with …
Kevin Hart is ready to let you in on what the comedy star has planned for his new funny video hub, LOL Network. Hart’s Laugh Out Loud Network, in partnership with Lionsgate, will debut Aug. 3, 2017. The streaming video service will feature original, unscripted programming from Hart, plus others …
After hemming and hawing with me about starting up the ol’ video podcast/talk show again, Norm Macdonald is going ahead and releasing his comedy wolves this summer. Norm Macdonald Live returns with new weekly episodes, beginning July 25, 2017, on YouTube and Amazon Prime, via Jash. Roll the teaser clip, …
It’s all happening. The Emmy®-winning comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm, starring Larry David, returns for its ten-episode ninth season Sunday, Oct. 1 (10-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), on HBO. The show brings back cast favorites Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman and JB Smoove, among many others. Larry David created and executive produces the series with …
Dylan Brody looks like he could be Dana Gould’s big brother. Both in life and in comedy. They’re both funnier and smarter than even the above-average stand-up comedian, still funny more than three decades after they started hitting the comedy club stages, and perhaps more appreciated by their peers than …
