The Definitive Guide to Comedy
For two seasons over two different channels (FX and FXX), W. Kamau Bell joined elite company as host of his own late-night TV talk show, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. He’ll return to your cable TV on a regular basis in 2016 as host of United Shades of America …
What would you do if the pizza delivery shows up just as your grandmother dies? Do you get a discount on a grandma slice? Only one of these questions does Randy Liedtke answer in his stand-up performance on Tuesday’s Conan. As a bonus, though, Liedtke does let you listen in …
It took almost five years, but actress Ellen Page finally got Conan O’Brien to air her stand-up comedy audition tape during Tuesday night’s episode of Conan. Page explained that she was only 23 when she filmed these few minutes of stand-up in a home, substituting a hairbrush for a microphone, …
All is well in NBCUniversal! To promote the premiere of Jay Leno’s Garage on CNBC, Jimmy Fallon ceded his own stage during the monologue Tuesday night for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon so Leno could tell a few minutes of jokes about the 2016 presidential campaigns and the state …
How would you describe Craig Ferguson in a word? Comedian? Host? What about a word that starts with the letter P? Weird Al Yankovic had an idea for one, as he uses Ferguson as a clue in an upcoming episode of Celebrity Name Game, which will air on Wednesday, Oct. 7, …
Steve Rannazzisi spoke out for the first time in almost a month since the revelation that he’d been lying for 14 years about where he was Sept. 11, 2001. The comedian and star of FX’s The League apologized again this morning, this time on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM morning radio program. …
“I’m Hannibal Buress, and this is my job: Stand-up comedy. This is the only job I’ve ever had. Most people in America do real jobs for a living, though. And those jobs usually involve real skills. I don’t have any of those skills! But for the sake of television, I’m …
Just when you were ready to swear off Mondays, now you can have Lewis Black do it for you, thanks to this new talking bobblehead. Here’s the description, straight from Lewis Black’s website, where they just went on sale for $25. Perfect gift for birthdays or holidays for your favorite …
The Bentzen Ball, an annual comedy festival curated by Tig Notaro and presented by Brightest Young Things since 2009, was an unequivocal smash hit this past weekend in Washington, D.C. From the moment it began on Thursday with an all-star lineup sitting on the sofa with Dr. Katz (Jim Gaffigan, …
Gad Elmaleh already is the most famous comedian in France, where he has millions of Twitter followers and is commonly referred to by people who don’t know him as the Jerry Seinfeld of France. And true to form, Gad not only is an observational comedian but also has voiced Seinfeld’s …
