The Definitive Guide to Comedy
This just in! Now that Rob Lowe’s The Grinder sadly got disbarred from FOX’s primetime schedule, that leaves his summer schedule open for Comedy Central to roast him. But what if they didn’t? No, of course they will! You Grinder fans get it. But what if they didn’t? OK, now …
Kenny and Keith Lucas — aka The Lucas Brothers — visited Jimmy Fallon again on Wednesday night to perform on The Tonight Show. This time around, they wondered, if people imagine what life would be like if they were tall enough to play in the NBA, what would NBA players …
Comedy Central unveiled a new and improved website for the late, great sketch comedy series, Key & Peele. The site includes everything you saw (or didn’t see) on TV the first time around — including 176 sketches that hadn’t yet made the leap to online archives for sharing and caring. …
Kevin Bartini is a stand-up comedian and writer who audiences see first when they attend tapings of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore on Comedy Central. Bartini also has warmed up TV audiences for The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, and sometimes now The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He …
Canadian stand-up comedian D.J. Demers made his American TV debut a couple of years ago on Conan, and will be filming a one-hour comedy special later this month in Toronto. But Demers has higher aspirations down here in the United States. “I wear hearing aids. I’m from Canada. Two disabilities,” …
What is a Laughter Coach? Tita Begashaw, a 62-year-old from Seattle, is here to fill us in. She went by just her first name, Tita, when she approached the judges on Tuesday night’s second episode of auditions for America’s Got Talent 2016. Does laughter begat more laughter? Is laughter contagious? …
Jhpiego is an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University that works to bring quality health care services to women around the world. Many comedians have supported the agency’s causes, and at a “Laughter is the Best Medicine” Gala last month, the agency recognized Comedy Central President Kent Alterman and actress Julie …
Maya Rudolph joined Tina Fey onstage at SNL years ago for a Mother’s Day episode monologue to sing together, and last night, Fey returned the favor for the second episode of NBC’s Maya and Marty. Both former SNL stars copped to loving 1970s-era variety TV series — citing Sonny and …
The Goddamn Comedy Jam has been making the rounds of major North American comedy festivals for the past year (next stop: Bonnaroo!), and later this month, will film its first hourlong special for Comedy Central. The Goddamn Comedy Jam TV special will feature Pete Davidson, Adam Devine, Jim Jefferies, Natasha Leggero and …
Celebrity isn’t so much a foreign concept to Bo Burnham, now close to a decade since YouTube thrust him and his musically comedic skills into the limelight and our broader public consciousness. But how the famous interact with the rest of us continues to intrigue and puzzle Burnham, and in …
