The Definitive Guide to Comedy
R.I.P. Richard Belzer. My thoughts on Belz, a new radio tribute on the four-year anniversary of the death of Brody Stevens, festival submission information for both JFL New Faces (!) and the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, plus all of the past week’s comedy news, new stand-up specials, late-night appearances and …
Nathan Macintosh performed on The Tonight Show on Friday, fresh off of a rave from Jason Zinoman in the NYT. He’s got a theory on why people who don’t live in cities are more likely to have kids, but sometimes forget that babies grow up to become future adults. And …
Dylan Adler performed on Wednesday’s Late Late Show, and revealed the time he and his twin brother had a crush on the same classmate in elementary school. That might not have worked out the way he’d hoped, but he has a new dream about him and his brother starring in …
Comedian and storyteller Gabe Mollica’s one-person show, “Solo,” begins with the declaration that upon turning 30, he realized he had no friends. Wait. Was that true? Is it still true today? After taking his show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2022, as well as Winnipeg, Dublin and Dallas, Mollica’s …
Did you see all of the comedians in this year’s Super Bowl ads???? The photo above is from the Roast of Mr. Peanut, which featured Roastmaster Jeff Ross and a dais of Atsuko Okatsuka, David Lucas, Yamaneika Saunders, Sarah Tiana, Natasha Leggero and Frank Castillo. But we also got the return of …
Orlando Leyba was back on The Tonight Show on Wednesday, this time joking about the TV show Yellowstone versus visiting the real Yellowstone National Park. Sponsored by Ford?! 😉
James Corden abandoned his usual introduction for stand-ups on Tuesday night when he introduced Elon Gold as one of his “favorite comedians on planet Earth.” Gold joked about being dad to teenage kids, and the lack of appreciation he gets for it. He could be doing a job in which …
Josh Blue is a former Last Comic Standing champion who finished third when he competed on America’s Got Talent in 2021. How’d he do on AGT: All-Stars? Not as well. Not that that stopped him from getting a standing ovation.
Dave Chappelle made it 4 for 4 with yet another Grammy win for one of his Netflix specials, nabbing the Comedy Album of the Year prize at Sunday’s pre-telecast awards ceremony. More on that, plus the viral video of a stand-up comedian falling offstage in Chicago that got everyone laughing …
Jono Zalay made his late-night TV debut Thursday on The Late Late Show, and joked about how your early 40s feels like the later seasons of your favorite TV show. If you’re not there yet, “brace yourselves!”
