The Definitive Guide to Comedy
And now Iliza Shlesinger has her October 2020 booked with a new live tour of drive-ins across America, thanks to Monster Energy, which just announced Iliza’s Comedy Tailgate Tour. Tickets go on sale tomorrow through Iliza’s website and Eventbrite. “Party Goblin’s loaded up on Monster Energy and she’s coming to …
2020 has been a rough year for live stand-up comedy, and equally rough for this year’s stand-ups competing on America’s Got Talent. Usama Siddiquee performed in this week’s quarterfinals, and did not make it to the semis. Here’s his set, which you can see judge Heidi Klum didn’t much care …
David Spade made fun of his past hairdos and more when he stepped in to guest-host Jimmy Kimmel Live. As Spade had recent experience delivering his own monologues pre-pandemic on Comedy Central, he knows what he’s doing. Roll it!
Beth Stelling grew up in Ohio before moving to Chicago to study with the Steppenwolf Theatre, after which she began pursuing her career in stand-up comedy. She was named best stand-up in Chicago the year before she got New Faces at Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival, then moved to …
With the blessings of the estates of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, comedian Amy Poehler is on track to direct a documentary about the legendary comedy duo. Deadline first reported the news today. Imagine Documentaries and White Horse Pictures will support Poehler on Lucy & Desi, which will mark her first feature …
Hannibal Buress is the latest greatest stand-up comedian to mount a live tour of drive-in venues to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic. Buress teased the tour over the weekend, with an Instagram post showing the dates with lone initials beside each date. Now we can fill in the rest. Sept. …
NBC has announced this year’s class for its annual Late Night Writers Workshop. They are: Brandon Burkhart, Gracie Canaan, Reem Edan, Kyle Harris, Emily Menez, Sam O and Kate Sisk. The workshop happens each August over five days with intensive immersions into NBC’s late-night programming. “Over the past eight years, the Late Night Writers Workshop has made a …
On the day HBO Max officially launches its “MAX ORIGINALS” offensive against Netflix with four simultaneous releases of stand-up comedy, the platform has announced three more forthcoming specials. Coming soon to HBO Max…a drive-in showcase headlined and hosted by Colin Quinn, plus the first solo hours from both Phoebe Robinson …
Joe List began his stand-up career in Boston in 2000 after graduating from high school, rising up the ranks in Boston’s heralded comedy scene before moving to New York City. He has toured with the likes of Louis CK and Nick DiPaolo, and since 2013 has co-hosted the popular podcast …
Congrats to the newest writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers, Jeff Wright! Wright, based out of Florida, attracted the attention of millions of viewers in the early weeks of quarantine for videos like this one, in which he acts out an alien encounter in 2020. Wright has 2.3 million …
