The Definitive Guide to Comedy
If Election Day 2016 has stressed you out, then watching the live voting results on an actual news station may be too much for you. Perhaps you need some comedians to dissect it for you? In Comedy Boom 2.0, plenty of such option exist! To wit: Noon EST: Live, 12 …
Rory Albanese joined The Daily Show with Jon Stewart shortly after graduating from college in 1999, and rose from the ranks to become executive producer by the time he left in 2013, and was the showrunner for The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, also on Comedy Central, where you also …
This 2016 election cycle has brought out a lot of fears, a lot of opinions on immigration, and a rise in Islamophobia, all of which concerns Maz Jobrani. And not just because the comedian was born in Iran. As Jobrani explained in his stand-up comedy set on Friday’s Late Show, …
Dana Carvey changed the game when it comes to comedy via celebrity impersonations. Did you know that? I’m not sure I truly did until I reflected on his new Netflix stand-up special, coming out today as it does on the weekend before the 2016 elections, and how differently we treat …
Liza Treyger knows she could lose weight through exercise or eating more yogurt with fruit in it. But on the other hand: “Pancakes for the table? That’s a power move.” As Treyger joked in her performance on Thursday’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, women are so preoccupied with their looks …
Roast Battle was such a smashing success for Comedy Central this July, they’re not waiting until next year to get started on a sequel. In fact, the preliminary regional matchups for Roast Battle II already are set, taking place over the coming weeks in Atlanta, New York City, Denver and …
Wow. DOUBLE WOW!! Dave Chappelle will make his Saturday Night Live debut when he hosts the long-running live comedy showcase on Nov. 12, 2016. And he’ll do so with that night’s musical guest, A Tribe Called Quest, celebrating the release of that hip-hop group’s first album since 1998. Stay tuned …
Rory Scovel has performed multiple times on Conan. But never before on a stage like the Apollo Theater in Harlem, where Team Coco has taken the TBS late-night show for the week. So Scovel made the most of it, wandering into the crowd, down an aisle, interacting with audience members …
If Jimmy Fallon had to be in prison, you figure he might pick Nate Bargatze as his cellmate. Bargatze already has racked up five stand-up performances on Fallon’s Tonight Show. On Wednesday’s show, Bargatze joked about the awkwardness he felt performing in an actual prison, how social media apps on …
You realize how 2016 is the year for women to exert their political influence. You do realize that, right? And yet, no matter what Queen Beyonce tells us about who runs the world, in America, some very weird laws and customs still go back to men plural (and as a …
