The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards, handed out Sunday night live on ABC, saved its biggest prizes for repeat winners but had plenty of opportunities to reward first-timers in the first half-hour of the telecast. In just the first few categories: Louie Anderson won his first Emmy Award, in the supporting …
Becoming a New Yorker means gaining a sense of entitlement while also lowering your standards. At least that’s how Jon Fisch feels after living in the city for 15 years, as he joked on Friday’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Take Fisch’s apartment, for example. Or his …
Doug Stanhope‘s new hour of stand-up comedy is so great, I officially signed up for Seeso. Here are a couple of money quotes from Stanhope’s new hour. In which he considers ISIS a threat. To his comedy. “I’ve never felt threatened by any comedian. I’ve never had a comedic rival …
After talking with Cedric the Entertainer yesterday, I’ve followed up with a formal review of his Netflix special. Here’s an excerpt: Cedric manages to balance the light material and the more serious topics in his act, and breaking into song allows him to segue seamlessly between the two moods. From …
In 2014, Comedy Central ordered an animated pilot for Power Moves, based on the book of the same title, that was based on the Twitter feed of @DadBoner, aka Karl Welzein, aka comedian Mike Burns. Comedy Central passed on the pilot. But today, it’s here for you to watch and …
Saffron Herndon signed up for her school’s orchestra today. That would’ve been the biggest news for most any 11-year-old. But we also learned today that A&E will broadcast a 10-episode reality series following her exploits away from school as Saffy follows her dreams of a career in stand-up comedy. She’s not …
The late great Mike DeStefano will get some posthumous love thanks to a new stand-up comedy CD, “Puppies & Heroin.” It’ll get a sneak preview debut on Friday thanks to SiriusXM, with a full play starting at 5 p.m. EDT on SiriusXM Raw Dog Comedy channel 99, with interviews about …
Cedric The Entertainer already has spent a couple of hours on the phone, waking up before dawn, before ringing me up to promote his new Netflix stand-up special, Live from the Ville. “In between I’ve been teaching Spanish to a bunch of British kids!” Ced joked. How does he find the …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D08rghJjDA UPDATED: And here’s the longer version of the ad for even more Leguizamo characters! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1go0gvhldJk
Watch Mary Mack earn “the worst applause break in history” during her stand-up performance on Wednesday’s Conan. Those are Mack’s words! And she cracks Conan O’Brien up while doing so, as she also joked about performing in Los Angeles, the weirdness of San Francisco residents claiming “the Bay Area,” and …
