The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Jimmy Kimmel had the chance to see K. Trevor Wilson perform stand-up comedy last summer when Kimmel judged the Roast Battle competition live from Montreal’s Just For Laughs for Comedy Central. Wilson didn’t win that competition, but a slot on Jimmy Kimmel Live to kick off 2017 isn’t a bad …
The History of Comedy, an eight-part CNN original documentary series, will premiere at 9 p.m. Eastern/Pacific on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. CNN announced the premiere date today, along with a series of one-night stand-up showcases to celebrate the project in partnership with the National Comedy Center. The History of Comedy also features …
When you want live sports coverage previewing the Super Bowl, you think Comedy Central, right? You do now. Comedy Central is going into business with the fellas at Barstool Sports, announcing a limited four-night run of live half-hour specials, broadcast from a sports bar in Houston in the run-up to …
Jen Kirkman‘s second Netflix comedy special is out now, and she gets the name of it from a celebrity’s mantra, that’s also tied into her one and only tattoo. At least symbolically. Kirkman’s first Netflix special was one of the best of 2015. Will Just Keep Livin’? rank among the …
Laurie Kilmartin produced one of the best stand-up specials of 2016, “45 Jokes About My Dead Dad,” streaming exclusively on Seeso.com. Kilmartin is a writer on Conan, a former finalist on Last Comic Standing, and the New York Times best-selling author of “Sh*tty Mom.” You can hear her on the …
What were the nine most-liked shots I photographed and shared on my Instagram page for @thecomicscomic in 2016? Tracy Morgan inviting his daughter to take the mic after his Carnegie Hall performance at the 2016 New York Comedy Festival, and I was fortunate enough to be standing in front of …
Here are the stories that caught your attention more than anything else I posted in 2016. It certainly tells you how different the comedy news landscape is on The Comic’s Comic compared to the rest of the Internet. To wit… Title 1. An Unexpected Gift: The 1993 Answering Machine Recordings of …
Transgender became a much more buzzed-about identity over the past couple of years, from Olympic champion and Wheaties cereal box hero Bruce Jenner transitioning to Caitlyn Jenner to keep up with the Kardashians, to North Carolina’s oppressively obnoxious bathroom legislation, to the award-winning Amazon TV series, Transparent. Ian Harvie made his …
Fans and friends of Laurie Kilmartin already had read her Twitter account of sitting by her father’s side as he lay dying of lung cancer in the winter of 2014. Kilmartin’s heartbreaking and hilarious 140-character thought process as she coped with her impending loss and her family captivated thousands of …
HBO aired a documentary on Don Rickles, directed by John Landis, only a few weeks into the official start of The Comic’s Comic. So I was still feeling out the website’s tone and direction when I took a first glance and pass at Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project. By …
