The Definitive Guide to Comedy
To celebrate the release of his newest comedy album, Myq Kaplan performed on Wednesday’s episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden. No Kidding! No, really. That’s the name of his album. You know how words work. And you shall laugh at Kaplan’s bit about meeting a medium, which …
When Chris Hardwick isn’t talking walkers and zombies and survivors on AMC, he’ll still have a spot on the cable channel for all of the other Sunday nights, too. AMC announced Talking with Chris Hardwick, which premieres 11 p.m. ET/PT on April 9, 2017, the week following the seventh-season finale …
This is the second time already in 2017 that I’ve had the chance to take another look at a comedian I saw onstage the year before in their Off-Broadway run of a show. First came Neal Brennan’s 3 Mics. And now comes Mike Birbiglia’s Thank God For Jokes on Netflix. …
Almost as if I’d just produced my annual list of comedy festivals and asked the folks at Superfly for details about their planned summer shindig with Comedy Central in San Francisco, here comes Colossal Clusterfest! It’s happening June 2-4, 2017, at the Civic Center Plaza & Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, …
PLEASE GO TO MY NEWLY CREATED COMEDY FESTIVALS PAGE FOR A MORE TIMELESS LISTING OF ALL OF THE FESTIVALS Last year, it seemed as if there were a comedy festival somewhere in the world every weekend, if not more than one. How does 2017 stack up compared to 2016? Here’s …
Emmy-nominated actor and comedian Billy Gardell starred in the hit CBS sitcom, Mike & Molly as Officer Mike Biggs for six seasons, and you can see him still in syndication there, as well as in his other previous recurring roles on Lucky; Yes, Dear; and My Name Is Earl. He …
Everyone’s talking about how the Oscars ended last night, but everything that came before that Best Picture mixup was very on brand for Jimmy Kimmel, who treated his first time hosting the Academy Awards as if it were an extended edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live. Kimmel usually, in fact, hosts …
Oh, Hello! John Mulaney and Nick Kroll have such great comedy chemistry and timing, built up over the years and refined to a peak with their Broadway run of Oh, Hello!, that having them deliver the opening monologue together at Saturday night’s Film Independent Spirit Awards shows why two hosts …
Carmen Lynch performed on Friday’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and she finds herself here more reflective of the aging process, whether it’s joking about being able to date fathers and sons now, or her dad’s elderly issues, and what to do when a cat bites your …
If you’re wondering why I haven’t gotten back to you about your stand-up comedy album, then please allow me to remind you just what kind of comedy boom you’re a part of these days. In 2015, TV networks and streaming services produced 44 stand-up hours (or specials). That seemed like …
