The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Larry Wilmore hasn’t shied away from telling his Comedy Central viewers exactly what he thinks of Bill Cosby. And on Tuesday night’s episode of The Nightly Show, Wilmore doubled down and then some. First he noted that Super Bowl 50 reminded him “that’s the number of women who have accused …
Adam Cayton-Holland says parents can be funny when they find out you want to become a professional stand-up comedian, although their version of funny is only suddenly taking pride in your decision once everyone sees you on TV. When you find yourself teaching teenagers, though, the rules are different. Or …
South By Southwest has filled out its 2016 feature film slate for SXSW, and a Robert Klein documentary directed by Klein himself will round out a comedy bill that’s quite meta. Last year, hit flicks Trainwreck and Spy both made their world premieres in Austin for SXSW. For 2016, the comedy movies …
Show, don’t tell. An old rule about writing that applies even more so to television. Why talk about sex when you can show it? Or, if not show it, then at least tease it, put people in varying degrees of comfortable situations regarding it, and have lots of laughs about …
Of course, Dulcé Sloan knows you can see her bra during her late-night TV debut on Conan. Don’t you think she knows that? Don’t think you can embrace her bosom, though, just because you call yourself gay. There are still rules of decorum when it comes to Sloan, who recently …
Daniel Sloss is only 25 but already has eight tours of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival under his belt, plus five appearances on American television via Conan in the past couple of years. How did he get so big in Scotland and around the world at such a young age? And …
Such is the state of late-night TV in 2016 that of the two best, most necessary must-see programs, one doesn’t air on weeknights, the other isn’t even on in “late-night,” neither airs more than once a week and both owe much to their previous boss, who isn’t on TV now …
“Thank you and welcome to the Triumph 2016 Election Special. This year, America is faced with one of the most critical choices in this country’s history,” says Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, “for me to poop on.” As he spits out one cigar to chew on another, Triumph continues: “For …
Today’s guest, Milana Vayntrub, is recognizable to anyone who watches TV, owns a cell phone or even watches TV on their cell phones, as she has portrayed the friendly saleswoman Lily in TV ads for AT&T since 2013. Vayntrub also has appeared in episodes of Silicon Valley, ER, Key and …
KFC teased another change to its ranks of comedians playing the late great founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Colonel Sanders. Colonel Sanders was a handsome man. From the looks of this ad, he still is. https://t.co/5hnviEnd6V — Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) February 7, 2016 And just before kickoff of Super Bowl …
