Mark Little on Conan
Mark Little is a comedy star in Canada thanks to his sitcom and sketch experience, but did you know he also has a hit rap song? Follow along as Little performs his hit on Tuesday’s episode of Conan. Roll the clip!
Jeffrey Ross recorded his upcoming Comedy Central special in a Texas county jail
After thriving through another Comedy Central Roast — this time of Justin Bieber — “The Roastmaster” Jeffrey Ross stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live and talked about his next trick, which already has been recorded for posterity. Ross taped his next Comedy Central stand-up special before an audience of inmates at …
Aasif Mandvi’s speech at the 2015 Congressional Radio and TV Correspondents’ Dinner
“Listen, I don’t care how this goes tonight, because tomorrow it’s going to say Muslim Bombs or Muslim Kills. It’s bad for me, either way.” That was Aasif Mandvi, speaking at the Congressional Radio and Television Correspondents’ Dinner last weekend in Washington, D.C. Mandvi, 49, was born in India, grew up …
IFC orders Benders, Apostle’s amateur hockey league, to series
IFC will get into the rink by year’s end, ordering up eight half-hour episodes of Benders, a sitcom about an amateur hockey league executive produced by Denis Leary and his Apostle colleagues Jim Serpico and Tom Sellitti. Production starts this spring, with an air date of late 2015. Serpico and …
The best jokes from The Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber
At least the jokes that made it to broadcast on Comedy Central, that is. In order of appearance, here were the best jokes from the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber: Pete Davidson. “Wow. Ludacris and Snoop Dogg are here. If I was 38, I’d be freaking out right now!” .@PeteDavidson …
Brandon T. Jackson first stand-up to join cast of simultaneous reality series on Esquire and Oxygen
At their Upfront presentations to advertisers today, the Esquire Network and Oxygen announced a first-ever joint project that will feature companion reality series shooting and airing at the same time on both cable channels — one showing the lives of stand-up comedians, the other showcasing the lives of the women …
Trevor Noah will replace Jon Stewart as host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central
Are you ready for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah? Comedy Central made it official this morning, naming Noah — a new correspondent on The Daily Show — to replace Jon Stewart as the show’s host after Stewart steps down later this year. Noah, a South African stand-up comedian who hosted …
SNL #40.16 RECAP: Host Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, musical guest George Ezra
Dwayne Johnson has known how to pump up soft material for going on two decades now, so seeing him show up for his fourth stint as host of Saturday Night Live, you could feel fairly confident on this WrestleMania weekend that no matter what the writers were cooking up for …
Andy Woodhull on Conan
Stand-up comedian Andy Woodhull loves his wife. But he cannot arrive on time to a function if he is waiting for his wife first. And as Woodhull explained on Thursday’s Conan, it’s not as if arguing with her or convincing her to change her ways will do any good, because …
DIY for women in comedy = Bad Assery, the first “women and comedy” conference
For the coming three nights and two days, funny women will gather not only to celebrate their various styles of performing comedy but also to share their experiences in making their voices heard — and perhaps most importantly, move the conversation forward instead of rehashing old, already-decided debates about whether …