The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Alingon Mitra performed on Friday’s Late Show and joked that he couldn’t quit drinking while this presidential election was still ongoing. As for the two leading choices, Mitra quipped: “Just because I hate diarrhea doesn’t mean I love constipation.” Mitra also joked about the dilemma of trying not to look …
I’m staying in a 1960s trailer in a backyard with free bicycle rentals, looking over a fence at an abandoned gas station converted into a food truck pod, and down the block sits In Other Words bookstore, with its front-window sign boasting it’s a safe space that will not condone …
Git R Done, indeed. Larry the Cable Guy was enjoying last Saturday’s University of Nebraska football game when a fan challenged him to arm-wrestle. The fan, an Army vet, and Larry wrestled using their left arms in a luxury suite at the stadium. And then the fan’s forearm snapped when …
Kyle Kinane is still loving life, even if he loves it so much it’s making him unhealthy. Perhaps when the aliens come, they will save us all. Or at least Kinane. This is his latest stand-up set on Conan. Roll the clip! Kinane has a new Comedy Central special, “Loose …
I’m in Portland, Ore., to cover the All Jane Comedy Festival, so that makes today’s first sneak peek at season seven of IFC’s Portlandia extra-keeping-it-weird, yes? In this sketch, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein wonder, “What About Men?” Roll the clip! Portlandia returns for season seven on IFC on Jan. …
In case you missed it last night, Fathom Events will screen Young Frankenstein, the classic big-screen favorite by director Mel Brooks with the late greats Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman and Madeline Kahn, plus Teri Garr — with a new introduction by Brooks — one more night, Oct. 18, …
This column originally appeared on Stu Melton’s site, A Comedian’s Notebook, and is republished here with the author’s permission. Top: Illustration by Anthony So “What Your Microphone Grip Says About You” By Stu Melton Every stand up comedian has her or his or her or his own unique microphone grip; …
Looking to capitalize on its increased buzz thanks to “A Closer Look” at Seth Meyers and his politically-minded comedy pieces, Late Night with Seth Meyers is heading to the nation’s capital next week for four nights of tapings. The NBC show will tape shows from Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, through …
Ryan Donahue made his late-night TV debut on Tuesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, and as a grown man, Donahue joked about realizing that he was a kid collecting thousands of photos of athletic men (baseball cards). But a lot of life turned out differently than Donahue thought when he was growing …
What is crazy and what is merely the appropriate emotional response? That’s what Eliza Skinner wanted to explore in her stand-up set on Tuesday’s episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden, where Skinner also works as a writer. She also joked about having a younger ex-boyfriend, which meant …
