The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Raised in Wisconsin, Pete Lee began his comedy career in Minnesota before moving to New York City after he made his TV debut on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend. It would take a few years after that to get his first Comedy Central half-hour special, and another five years to get …
Randall Otis writes for The Daily Show, and made his network TV debut as a stand-up performing on The Late Show. Otis wishes he were from Atlanta. He’s from Florida instead. And yes, he’s sorry. Even though he’s from a “nice” part of Florida? His parents kept things real for …
BREAKING NEWS The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned the 2018 indecent assault conviction against comedian Bill Cosby and ordered his release. The reason? The court ruled an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case. The previous prosecutor? Bruce Castor, who infamously represented Donald Trump …
Ali Sultan made his network TV debut on last night’s Late Show, and host Stephen Colbert wanted us to know beforehand that Sultan was born in Yemen. Spoiler alert?! Sultan immigrated to America when he was 15. We think.
Yeah, I’m confused too, now. No longer by which Sklar is which. But why established comedians with lengthy TV credits are auditioning for America’s Got Talent. Last week, we saw former Last Comic Standing winner Josh Blue. Now here are Randy and Jason Sklar, aka the Sklar Brothers. I guess …
Comedy Central hasn’t completely given up on original programming, after all. Despite huge cutbacks in programming and personnel since the end of 2019, Comedy Central hasn’t lost faith in Awkwafina, announcing the second season of Awkwafina is Nora From Queens. And here’s a clip! Awkwafina is Nora From Queens returns Wednesday, …
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 …
