The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Alice Wetterlund has fun with her role on the new TBS sitcom, People of Earth, and made plenty of fun faces in her stand-up performance on Monday’s episode of Conan. Wetterlund joked about mothering cats and hating men, not that that’s what feminism is all about, is she right, ladies? …
Jessica Kirson has a captivating stage presence that bowls you over with laughter, whether you’re a schmuck in the front row or one of the so-called celebrities on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice. Kirson has a featured role onscreen and behind the scenes in the new Robert De Niro movie about an …
I wrote about Michael Che’s new Netflix hour, Michael Che Matters, for my friends at Decider. Here’s an excerpt: Michael Che has run afoul of the social media mobs before, as less reputable outlets have taken his Twitter, Facebook and Instagram posts and thrown them back in his face. But …
One of the all-time greatest cast members of Saturday Night Live, Dana Carvey found his comedy greatness early, winning the San Francisco Comedy Competition when he was 22, then co-starring in a sitcom with Mickey Rooney and a young Nathan Lane, and a bit part in This Is Spinal Tap. …
David Letterman had his memorable moments manning the drive-thru line at Taco Bell, and this past weekend, to prepare for Thanksgiving 2016, his successor at The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, tried his hands at answering phone calls from actual customers to the Butterball turkey talk line. How’d he do? Let’s …
Kurt Braunohler has waited tables before, because most comedians usually have worked other jobs before making a living full-time in show business, but as Braunohler joked on Monday’s episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden, he recently encountered a waitress so bad at her job, she may just …
Remember a year or two ago when Dave Chappelle filmed his stand-up for purported specials in Austin, Chicago and who knows where else? Chappelle has made a date for them with Netflix, and so should you! Netflix announced the arrangement today, which includes not only a brand-new stand-up hour-plus from …
Yousef Erakat has upward of 10 million YouTube subscribers for fouseyTUBE and won the 2016 Entertainer of the Year honors at the Streamy Awards, and yet he said during his acceptance speech at the Streamys that he might also be the most hated personality on YouTube. And still, he reads …
Iliza Shlesinger performed on The Late Late Show with James Corden, and delivered comedy on something we all can agree on, no matter our politics. A woman will keep applying makeup and changing her hair until her date arrives, no matter how much time that takes and regardless of whether …
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they’re comedians? No, that’s not it. It is a fact, though, that America’s biggest city is also its biggest comedy mecca. Hollywood may …
