The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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 …
I had a nice chat with Colin Quinn earlier this week about how much New York City has changed since he and Donald Trump were kids, which not only conveniently brought us back to themes such as immigration — which play the primary role in the narrative arc of Quinn’s …
Wyatt Cenac not only celebrated the fourth anniversary of his weekly comedy showcase this Monday night, but recorded a 17-minute performance at his Night Train show in Brooklyn, which he has released now as a free EP for anyone who subscribes to his email newsletter. Night Train presents Wyatt Cenac: …
Before the first season wraps up this Sunday night, Comedy Central has announced a second-season renewal for Kevin Hart’s stand-up showcase series, Hart of the City. “Stand-up comedy doesn’t just belong to New York and LA —‘Hart of the City’ is about shining a light on some of the most …
If you thought there weren’t enough comedy festivals in 2016…and there’s got to be some of you out there…or if you really feel there isn’t a significant enough comedy festival in the United States to trump (pardon the term) Montreal’s Just For Laughs, the Edinburgh Fringe or Melbourne, then Comedy …
Dan Levy started comedy at the age of 9 and was competing at the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen while still a college student at Emerson College. Levy has toured with Aziz Ansari, John Mulaney and Whitney Cummings, and his 2012 album for Comedy Central, “Congrats on Your …
