Remembering Matt Villines, half of comedy directing duo Matt & Oz
by Matt Villines died in July after a two-year battle with kidney cancer. Villines was only 39, still approaching the heights of his career as a …
Anniversary of Lucille Ball’s birthday greeted with new statue, all-star comedy fest and prep for a national comedy museum in her New York hometown
Lucille Ball would have turned 105 today. To celebrate, Ball’s hometown of Celeron, N.Y., unveiled a brand-new statue of the iconic TV comedy legend today …
Mark Normand on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Mark Normand owns a suit! A nice summer suit at that! I joke because for years, Normand always wore the same lucky track jacket in …
Review: David Cross, “Making America Great Again!” (Netflix)
David Cross has been mocking Trump both in his material and in the title of his stand-up comedy tour throughout 2016, but he couldn’t have …
Hannibal Buress’s Hannibal Montanabal Experience 2016 stand-up comedy tour
As he starts appearing for the fourth season as Eric Andre’s talk-show sidekick on Adult Swim, and makes select appearances on the fourth annual Oddball …
Denis Leary updates classic song with James Corden: “Trump’s an Asshole”
Denis Leary’s first big comedy song celebrated how he’s an asshole. More than two decades later, Leary updated the song with a parody version targeting …
Jeff Dye on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Stand-up comedian Jeff Dye has done so much television over the past few years since competing on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, I almost didn’t believe …
Interviews / TV
The 9/11 Seinfeld spec script you absolutely have to read today
Seinfeld went off the air on NBC in May 1998 with 76 million viewers tuning in to see Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer get their …
Funny or Die lays off 37, shutters Silicon Valley engineering office
Just a few days after throwing its annual bash in Montreal for the comedy industry gathered at Just For Laughs, Funny or Die announced today …
Louis CK performing surprise show to benefit Acme Comedy Co. in Minneapolis
This just in: Louis CK is making an unscheduled extra stop on his stand-up tour in Minneapolis tonight. As Acme Comedy Co. told fans in …