The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Today must be Comedy Festival Announcement Day, because hot off the heels of an initial lineup out of Montreal for JFL, here comes the New York Comedy Festival, letting us know they’re planning in-person shows around the city once again this November. Specifically, Nov. 8-14, 2021. Tickets won’t go on …
As comedy festivals begin planning their comebacks in person this summer and fall, the biggest convention of them all remains in hybrid mode for 2021. Montreal’s Just For Laughs has released its initial lineup and plans for the end of July, which include showcases and panels not just in Montreal, …
Tonight’s the deadline to submit your Emmy Awards ballots, after which number-crunching will determine who receives nominations in 2021 for work over the past 12 months. I’m not an Emmy voter this year. But if I were, or if you are, I urge you to consider marking the following on …
The annual “Comics to Watch” list, published by Variety and assembled by folks inside the industry, usually comes out in late July so the trade magazine can fete the talent in person at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival. That has necessarily changed since the pandemic. What hasn’t changed? The nature …
The Ms. Pat Show is coming Aug. 12, 2021, to BET+, and we got a first look at the stand-up comedian’s series over the weekend during the BET Awards. Based on Ms. Pat’s stand-up comedy and memoir, THE MS. PAT SHOW is the story of a former convicted felon turned suburban mom …
Rory Scovel is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer who came out of the Washington, D.C., comedy scene, and has managed to incorporate the lessons of improvisation into his stand-up throughout his career, from comedy competitions to late-night TV sets to his latest effort, the comedy documentary, Live Without Fear, …
Conan O’Brien spent the final 15 minutes of his final late-night TV show on TBS thanking all of the people who have made his show possible over the three decades he has been in television. Watch and weep. Don’t weep too much, though…Conan shall return with a weekly variety show …
Ever get stuck in revolving door with a stranger? Rojo Perez has, and he told us all about it in this performance on The Tonight Show, as well as his recent travel experience with a slouching low-energy pilot. That doesn’t sound good. Sounds better than a crying baby, though, right?
Last summer, comedian Amy Schumer used pandemic quarantine to her advantage, learning to cook as part of a Food Network series with her husband, Amy Schumer Learns to Cook. This summer, Schumer is spinning off that notion for even more adventures in a new series for HBO Max. HBO Max …
If you loved seeing NBC figure out that Leslie Jones’s liveTweeting of the Olympics should also be a TV thing, then perhaps you’ll also enjoy seeing Amber Ruffin and Kevin Hart on your TVs and streaming platforms, live from Tokyo? Or least Ruffin will be in Tokyo. Looks like Hart …
