The Definitive Guide to Comedy
It’s the rare kind of person who loves comedy so much he or she dedicates the better part of his or her life to tracking down and celebrating the lives and careers of other comedians. But Kliph Nesteroff already has done just that, turning his WFMU essays and Celebrity Showbiz …
Wendy Liebman has influenced a generation of comedians by realizing a joke doesn’t have to end…before the next punchline. I met up with Liebman in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where it all began for her, and where she was staying to perform in multiple shows for the Boston Comedy Festival. We spoke …
Randy Syphax was a finalist in New York’s Funniest Stand-Up competition, and here he was making his debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Syphax recalled the first time he did stand-up, when the host reminded him a bit much of Dave Chappelle — cue the impersonation! Syphax is …
Ian Karmel gets two separate video clips from his stand-up performance on Thursday’s Conan because, well, he incorporated his good friend and comedian Ron Funches into it, even insisting that Conan O’Brien mention their friendship in his introduction. Then Karmel leaned in by talking to Funches before delivering his first …
Jacqueline Novak performed on Thursday’s edition of The Late Late Show with James Corden and laid down the law when it comes to food-based social gatherings. Because you cannot call a function a “pizza party” when it’s clearly not a party and not everyone is going home with enough pizza. …
In case you missed it, last night’s weekly late-night installment of Garbage Time with Katie Nolan on FOX Sports 1 broadcast a stand-up sports special taped earlier this week at Comic Strip Live. Nolan’s guests included James L. Mattern, Katie Rich, Travon Free and Nore Davis, an intro walk tribute …
IFC’s Benders follows a group of adult men who act like little boys when it comes to their recreational hockey league in New York City. It’s created by Tom Selliti and Jim Serpico and executive produced by them with Denis Leary. They’re all avid hockey fans and players themselves. But …
Conan O’Brien recently brought his longtime personal assistant, Sona Movesian, to her ancestral homeland of Armenia, as well as a Team Coco film crew to capture the adventure for a special hour of Conan that’ll air Tuesday night on TBS. It’s funny and moving. Here are two preview clips that …
Seeso, the new ad-free pay comedy streaming service set to launch in January 2016, will offer a web-only sneak peek in beta mode for December 2015. Free beta mode previews of Seeso are first-come, first-served, so get on it if you want to get down on it! When the streaming …
The industry trade publications broke news about Iliza Shlesinger’s newest gig just minutes before we sat down in her hotel room to talk during the New York Comedy Festival. Schlesinger is making and starring in a comedy series of minisodes for ABC’s new streaming app. But Iliza has been hustling, …
