The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Dating is difficult. Especially when you realize how many men are faking it ’til they make it with a woman, as Fahim Anwar observed in his stand-up performance on Tuesday’s Conan. He joked that real dating isn’t like what you see in a romantic comedy — unless and except for …
Franchesca Ramsey will join The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore as a new writer and correspondent this week, making her first appearance on Tuesday night’s show. “We’re very excited to have Franchesca and her tremendous skill set join the show. We were just going to hire her skill set, but we …
Hacksaw Jim Duggan is the latest greatest hall of fame wrestler from the ranks of the WWE to trade the ring for the stage as a stand-up comedian. Duggan starts his “The 2×4 Tour” in his hometown of Glens Falls, NY, on Tuesday, with stops planned the next couple of …
This is a week for surprise streaming TV deals, isn’t it?! Netflix just announced it already has eight half-hour comedy specials in the can for a new limited series called The Characters. They’re not stand-up specials, per se. Rather, Netflix just gave each of these funny people a half-hour to …
The Screen Actors Guild honored Carol Burnett this year with a Lifetime Achievement Award, introduced by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, and escorted to the stage by Steve Carell. Burnett grew up in Hollywood and even climbed the famed Hollywood sign as a child. She joked that she enjoyed climbing …
In a time when comedians and comedy fans argue about who stole jokes from whom and what’s parallel thinking and are there any original jokes still, it’s a perfect opportunity to look back on our past and celebrate the comedians who blazed the trails before us. Which is exactly what …
Jason Jones and Samantha Bee left Comedy Central in 2015 for a package deal with TBS — Bee is hosting her own weekly late-night talk show, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, which premieres on Monday, Feb. 8, 2016; she also co-created The Detour, starring her husband Jones leading a family …
There’s a fine line between heckling and helping, and it’s drawn via invitation. A shout from the audience? Unwarranted. No, thank you. You don’t have a microphone or a spotlight on you, nor audience members paying to see you, so please, do keep your comments to yourself. Replace those word …
“I wear a lot of flannel, ’cause I’m pretty butch for a lady.” Or because he’s the weak paper towel version of Brawny. Find out more about young Brad Wenzel from his first stand-up comedy performance on Conan. He was a finalist for the “Conan Just Sayin Contest” back in …
For as much as we think we know about the making of each Saturday Night Live episode, we still don’t get to see the magic of those early Monday pitch meetings, when the cast and writers meet with that week’s host and offer up ideas for sketches. I imagine JB …
