The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Alamo Drafthouse, a 25-location chain of movie theaters based in Austin that prides itself on offering high-quality food with their movie offerings (and has expanded to include its own festival, Fantastic Fest, and entertainment website, Birth.Movies.Death), is celebrating the grand opening of its newest location in downtown Brooklyn this weekend …
Jon Glaser took his love for subverting reality TV tropes (as seen previously on Adult Swim’s Delocated), perhaps found some inspiration from the heightened ridiculousness of Comedy Central’s Review, and satires not only gadget gurus, outdoorsy types but also himself once more in the outlandishly funny new truTV series, Jon …
Almost four years ago, after appearing in the documentary, I Am Comic, comedian Ritch Shydner began walking back down Memory Lane through his life as a stand-up comedian during the comedy boom of the 1980s, sharing stories with his Facebook friends. In the beginning of 2013, Shydner even shared more …
Sporting the same “Nasty Woman” black T-shirt as Samantha Bee on Monday’s Full Frontal, Ana Gasteyer appeared on Monday’s Late Night with Seth Meyers under the pretense of putting on a Christmas musical special with Donald Trump. Because, sure, why not, all things are possible in 2016. So here is …
Orlando Baxter made his late-night stand-up debut on Monday’s Conan, and the Boston-based comedian joked about how this compares to his previous job as an in-suspension schoolteacher. Baxter took his one-man show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer. How’s he doing in his new career? Let me put it …
When Bill Maher takes the stage in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, you won’t have to be in the seats at Largo to see or hear Maher take on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Maher’s set, #WhinyLittleBitch, will livestream exclusively on Facebook Live (https://www.facebook.com/Maher and www.facebook.com/ATTN). “I had this killer …
Straight from the press release desk at TBS! TBS‘s late-night show CONAN will be heading back to New York City for the first time since 2011 for a week of shows airing Oct. 31 – Nov. 3. Joining host Conan O’Brienduring the week will be special guests Louis C.K., Ryan Reynolds and Tracy …
CBS broadcasts the most popular sitcoms on TV, but all of the Emmys and Golden Globes for best comedy series recently have gone to series that aren’t necessarily all that funny. Go figure! So Saturday Night Live got two-for-one when it made this parody of shows such as Amazon’s Transparent …
Greg Fitzsimmons first met Kevin Meaney when Fitzsimmons was just a kid, and Meaney was just a teenaged waiter at the country club the Fitzsimmons belonged to in Westchester County. After Meaney died suddenly on Friday at the age of 60, Fitzsimmons paid tribute to his lifelong friend and mentor …
Barry Crimmins calls his new stand-up special, released in video and audio versions Sunday night by Louis C.K. (who directed and produced it), the “Best spesh by a progressive, rabble-rousing, bigot-baiting,trauma-surviving comic this week!!” Here’s what CK had to say about releasing Barry Crimmins: Whatever Threatens You (it’s his third release …
