The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Another legend of improv comedy has passed. Keith Johnstone, who wrote the seminal book on improv, “Impro,” and founded Theatresports, died March 11, 2023. He was 90. “People who know the history of improv comedy know that Keith’s philosophy is as important to the craft as Viola Spolin or Del …
Jimmy Kimmel hosted the Oscars this year. It didn’t suck! And nobody got sucker-punched! There were some choice moments for comedy fans and comedy nerds alike. I’ve got you covered on that, Marlon Wayans in character interviewing New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Bert Kreischer announcing dates and lineups for …
Somehow I missed that comedian Chris Martin performed on last Friday’s Late Late Show, and I can only presume it’s either because I didn’t realize they’d broadcast a new episode instead of a repeat, and/or because this British comedian also shares a name with a popular British musician. I can …
Greg Barris has a new stand-up comedy album out, and he celebrated by making his late-night TV debut on Wednesday’s episode of The Late Late Show, joking about not heeding “red flag” warnings. No wonder he needed “Deep Healing.” That’s the title of his new album!
Matt Knudsen is one of those character actors with a face you can’t quite place, which is why the memoir he’s writing is called, “Have I Seen You In Anything?” One of Knudsen’s first big breaks in show business was playing Jesus Christ as a therapist to Bryan Cranston’s character …
Joe Rogan landed his Comedy Mothership in Austin finally this week, after two years of planning. Just in time for SXSW 2023? Not exactly, although that festival does have a bunch of comedy planned around the heart of Texas this coming week. All that, plus fallout from Russell Brand’s promotional …
The Tonight Show has done a segment called Battle of the Instant Songwriters for years now, but this past Friday, they expanded the segment to stand-up comedians. How convenient that they found two “self-proclaimed comedians” in the studio audience! Nat Towsen wrote jokes and performed them on the spot about …
Kelsey Cook is putting out a new special this month on YouTube, and she got to promote it with a performance Tuesday on The Tonight Show.
No, a comedian still hasn’t won AGT, and a ventriloquist didn’t win AGT: All-Stars this year, either. But both Mike E. Winfield and Ana-Maria Margean made it to the finals, so kudos to them. Here you can relive their finale performances.
That might not be an actual Dilbert strip above, but it’s a reflection of the current state of cartoonist Scott Adams, whose ramblings about how race relations are doomed got his strip pulled from syndication over the weekend. So a few words on his trolling and whatnot, how comedy, journalism …
