The Definitive Guide to Comedy
All lists ranking or otherwise grouping the funniest and/or hottest comedians are inherently biased — subject to the whims of the list-maker. And yet, online media outlets continue to pump out the lists, in part because comedians remain so driven by ego and insecurity that they’ll certainly share any list …
The second season of stand-up showcase, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, premieres late-night Tuesday on Comedy Central after @midnight. If you’re lucky in Los Angeles this week, you’ll see co-host Jonah Ray spinning a custom-made sign on the sidewalks. “I was thinking of wearing short-shorts, tank tops and a …
This movie trailer lives on an electronic device you’re holding, down by the river! Or something like that. Here’s your first look at the new documentary, I Am Chris Farley, which opens in select movie theaters across America at the end of July. (Trailer via Buzzfeed) I Am Chris Farley, …
Dana Gould will deliver the 2015 Just For Laughs Keynote Address at ComedyPRO in Montreal this July, presented by Comedy Dynamics. Gould’s address already has a title, “You’re Doing It Now.” You’ll find out what that means at 1 p.m. Thursday, July 23, during JFL. Gould’s extensive TV writing and producing …
Hasan Minhaj describes and reflects upon his winning audition for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in a scene from his one-man show, Homecoming King, as seen here in Jessica Pilot’s webseries, “This is Stand-Up.” See more of “This is Stand-Up” in The Village Voice.
Mark Normand has changed up his lucky TV jacket, though it hasn’t affected his success on his third appearance performing stand-up on Conan, as he demonstrated on Thursday night’s episode. Normand made a very strong case for ditching whatever racist or sexist stereotypes you may hold, using a cute and …
Comedy Central kicks off #JonVoyage, aka “Your Month of Zen,” today as an epic tribute to Jon Stewart’s 16-year reign supreme in late-night TV as host of The Daily Show, which he’ll close out on Aug. 6, 2015. It covers multiple platforms — online streaming, satellite radio, cable TV and mobile …
This spring, Matt Oberg acted as the head writer on “The Billy and Josh Show” the comedy show within a comedy show, FX’s The Comedians. This summer, Oberg will go even deeper into meta character, serving as the host of a very real yet ridiculous reality TV competition that reminds …
Award-winning cartoonist Jim Benton published this six-panel strip this week, “The Joke,” that’s really more about the audience acting as pre-emptive comedy police by heckling the stand-up comedian mid-premise…but I’m interrupting your enjoyment of the strip even by writing this. So. Take a look! Of course, after Benton posted the …
NBC allowed comedians to start spreading the word, one month ahead of the premiere of season 9 of Last Comic Standing, that they’re appearing and competing among the Top 100 stand-ups selected for the “Invitationals” round of auditions — taped this spring before judges Roseanne Barr, Keenen Ivory Wayans and …
