The Definitive Guide to Comedy
New York City comedians likely knew or heard about last year’s inaugural Skankfest, which brought in Doug Stanhope, Todd Glass, the Impractical Jokers and more alongside organizers Legion of Skanks (Luis J. Gomez, Dave Smith and Big Jay Oakerson) at The Creek and the Cave. For their second year, they’re …
After almost a year off the air since Comedy Central abruptly canceled The Nightly Show, Larry Wilmore is Black on the Air. That’s the title of Wilmore’s new podcast, announced today by The Ringer as part of its podcast network. Wilmore will kick off his podcast series with guest Norman …
San Francisco’s first-ever Colossal Clusterfest this June will include interactive exhibits for fans of hit sitcoms South Park, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Seinfeld. The Seinfeld set-up at Clusterfest features a full-scale re-creation of Jerry’s apartment in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, a Festivus pole, and food from Monk’s …
I’d reviewed Chris Gethard’s one-man show, “Career Suicide,” more than a year ago while he was still performing it at his comedy home, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City. Enjoyed it then, and perhaps even more now that Gethard had the time to workshop it across America, …
Aunty Donna is an Australian sketch comedy group that includes no aunts and no Donnas, but instead one Mark Samual Bonanno, Broden Kelly and Zachary Ruane. They burst onto the comedy scene Down Under with their first show in 2012 at Melbourne’s comedy and fringe festivals. They produced a new …
You can put a suit on Pete Lee, but it’s not going to disguise his wholesome face and Midwestern accent, as he proved and then joked about in his performance on Friday’s Tonight Show. Lee crushed with a series of jokes mocking his supposed softness and earned multiple applause breaks …
For Jimmy Kimmel’s final day of paternity leave this week, he turned over hosting duties of Jimmy Kimmel Live to David Spade. Spade joked that he’s what previous night’s guest host Kristen Bell “would look like in 15 years.” Spade further made fun of his looks by playing a game …
I’ve been telling you since Anthony Atamanuik first stepped onto the UCB stage to debate James Admonian as “Trump vs. Bernie” for the first time, that we were watching something special. Sure, you can find plenty of other Trump impersonators, and plenty more since Trump became president. You may laugh …
Bill Hicks left a comic legacy and influenced at least a generation of stand-up comedians. One of the things Hick wrote offstage was his 12 Principles of Comedy. They were (reprinted via Chris Hardwick on Nerdist, circa 2009) 1. If you can be yourself on stage nobody else can be …
Thursday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live began with a warning, because a broadcast network was allowing a woman to host a late-night talk show! Hooray for Kristen Bell! In her monologue, she joked that although this was a first for her, “I legitimately hate Matt Damon,” so she should be …
