The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Byron Bowers cares more about AppleCare than ObamaCare, but that’s his right as an American to have his priorities straight. As Bowers explained in this performance which aired on Tuesday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, a lot has changed in America over the years, despite him still being classified as “accident-prone” …
A lone gunman approached an audience member on the patio outside The Comedy Store early Wednesday morning, shooting and killing him before running away across the Sunset Strip and south down Olive Drive. Nobody else was injured, although several comedians were on the patio, too, when the killing happened around …
(Photo of Josh Gondelman by Mindy Tucker, August 2015) What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they’re comedians? No, that’s not it. It is a fact, though, that America’s biggest …
Eddie Murphy will receive the 2015 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor this weekend at the Kennedy Center, and a whole host of comedy stars will align to honor him — among them, Dave Chappelle, Kathy Griffin, Arsenio Hall, Brittany Howard, George Lopez, Sam Moore, Tracy Morgan, Kevin Nealon, Trevor …
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and former U.S. Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton will face off tonight in their first official debate for the Democratic Party’s 2016 presidential nomination (along with candidates Martin O’Malley, Jim Webb and Lincoln Chaffee), broadcast live on CNN. But for a half-hour late last …
The Kids In The Hall wrapped up a 2015 tour of new sketches for their classic comedy characters with a performance on the all-star Festival Supreme last weekend in Los Angeles. And The Hollywood Reporter managed to wrangle all five members of KITH — Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, …
Tracy Morgan surprised everyone at the Emmys last month by walking onstage to deliver the final TV awards of the live broadcast. On Monday night, Morgan made his first official stand-up comedy performances since almost dying in the June 2014 highway crash that killed his friend and writing partner, James …
Paul F. Tompkins is Crying and Driving in his latest one-hour comedy special, but those are happy tears. After all, Paul has several projects ongoing as we met up once more in 2015 — from reuniting with his Mr. Show cohorts on a new Netflix series, W/ Bob & David, …
POP quiz! True or False: Michael Ian Black will host at least 20 episodes of the Easiest Game Show Ever on TV? True. It’s that easy. The cable TV network that used to be known as TV Guide Channel and is home to Schitt’s Creek announced today that it’ll start …
The 2015-2016 TV season has only just begun, but CBS already has locked down one of its biggest comedy stars to come back with a new sitcom in 2016-2017, ordering 13 episodes for production starring Kevin James. It’s an untitled multi-camera series. James played a UPS driver for 207 episodes …
