The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Hanksy is like Banksy but with a dash of Tom Hanks, which makes everything better and funnier. The artist known as Hanksy enjoys adding wit and whimsy to anonymous street art, and that has extended this month to the New York Comedy Festival, to Jim Gaffigan, and to the artist’s …
Myq Kaplan pulled off quite the daily/nightly double on Friday night. Early Friday evening, Kaplan opened for Aziz Ansari’s sold-out show at the Apollo Theater in Harlem; later that night, Kaplan performed on CBS on your TV dial at Late Show with David Letterman (previously taped on Thursday). For this …
Russell Peters is a global superstar in comedy, and his third arena tour of North America visits the new Barclays Arena in Brooklyn on Saturday. Before that, though, Peters sat down for an hourlong chat with comedian Jim Norton (photographed above by Maro Hagopian) in the SiriusXM headquarters in New …
Michael Kosta returned to perform stand-up last night on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and this time around, Kosta has some helpful tips on ordering food at Taco Bell — which he later reveals also is helpful advice when dating. Now, as for dealing with other drivers as a …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… More NYC and Tri-State area comedy shows lining up to raise money to help victims of post-tropical storm Sandy in Staten Island, Long Island and New Jersey. Louis CK will perform Nov. 17 on Staten Island. Eugene Mirman will host a comedy benefit …
Everyone is always looking for the next big thing, and show business even more so, it seems. For the 2012 New York Comedy Festival, the Paley Center for Media hosted a special panel designed to discuss and analyze the “Next Big Thing” with particular emphasis on digital comedy and the …
When Adam Carolla came calling last week, Donald Trump merely was embarrassing himself for attention with a $5 million challenge that was as unnecessary as it inevitably would remain unfulfilled. The Donald had yet to to reveal the depths to his resentments that would come this Tuesday on Election Day. …
What’s happening in comedy now… Jerry Seinfeld announced a benefit show of his own for Long Island’s victims of Hurricane Sandy, with all proceeds of the show donated to local relief groups. Raised in Massapequa, Seinfeld will perform Dec. 19, at the NYCB Theatre in Westbury. Tickets go on sale …
Ricky Gervais announced late Wednesday that Samuel J. Comroe, a comedian born and raised in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley, has won his Just Sayin’ app contest and will perform on Conan as part of his prize on Nov. 13, 2012. Congrats, Samuel! Watch Comroe’s official entry. How much appeal do …
“Don’t be mad about it. Don’t be mad!” That’s Patrice O’Neal, a few minutes into a bit in which he explains how men are better than women, pleading his case to the women in the comedy club audience. In this case, the audience is at the D.C. Improv on April …
