The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Ryan Dee, a NY-based comedian who performs in costume as Mr. Pants, caught the judges off guard when he auditioned in 2022 for America’s Got Talent. Looks like they ironed out any misunderstanding, though!?
Jordy Fox Ellner is the head of film, TV and podcast development at All Things Comedy, the production company launched by comedians Bill Burr and Al Madrigal. Ellner started as a comedian himself in the late 1990s in Los Angeles, where Mitzi Shore made him a doorman and eventually a …
Preacher Lawson made his Tonight Show debut on Friday, but NBC audiences already well know Lawson from his stint on America’s Got Talent (he’s even the regular MC at the AGT Las Vegas revue at the Luxor!). Anyhow. He’s just excited if you recognize him. But make sure you give …
This isn’t Justin Rupple‘s first reality TV rodeo. Rupple, who’s from the suburbs east of Seattle, previously competed on Dana Carvey’s First Impressions. But who says you can’t get a second chance to make a first impression? Am I right, America’s Got Talent viewers and judges!?
Atlanta-based stand-up comedian Lace Larrabee wasn’t going to let Sofia Vergara’s crosstalk get in the way of her comedic flow, as she demonstrated during her audition for the 2022 season of America’s Got Talent. This former pageant queen got four yesses!
Dan Perlman started out as an intern on SiriusXM’s “Ron and Fez Show” and continued working with and for Ron Bennington while he was hitting the stand-up open mic scene in New York City. After winning the Just for Laughs-New York TV Festival’s “Set to Screen” Comedy Pitch Competition in …
D.J. Demers got a shout-out earlier in the week on America’s Got Talent by a comedian contestant who’s hard of hearing, but that’s not how Demers described himself in his Tonight Show debut on Friday. Demers said: “I’m bad at being deaf. I’m not good at hearing, either.” That’s why …
A Brooklyn-based comedian who once made the semifinals for the annual Stand Up NBC competition, Hayden Kristal is ready for an even bigger NBC stage, auditioning for America’s Got Talent. Kristal is hard of hearing, so you might think audiences will be more receptive in the wake of CODA. But …
People still love ventriloquism. Or at least the people who watch America’s Got Talent still do. Three vents have won AGT over the years, and 2022 contestant Jack Williams cited the first to win the NBC talent contest, Terry Fator, as his inspiration. Could Jack become the fourth vent to …
Kat Radley made her late-night TV debut on Tuesday’s Late Late Show, sharing how quarantine changed some of her habits. Radley also joked about getting married six weeks apart from her best friend, and about how gender-reveal parties can be confusing and enlightening at the same time.
