The Definitive Guide to Comedy
If you’ve never heard Sarah Cooper’s real voice, that used to be understandable until tonight. The comedian, who became even more Internet famous on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic for her TikTok and Twitter videos lip-synching actual dialogue of President Donald Trump, guest hosted Tuesday night’s episode of Jimmy …
The live episodes of America’s Got Talent 2020 began on Tuesday without a live audience, per se, although NBC had judges and a crew on hand in addition to the virtual audience who Zoomed in to watch the first night of the quarterfinals, which featured entertainment journalist and comedian Michael …
“This is comedy now. It’s in a park. There’s no microphone. You’re basically just a hobo screaming to strangers…in the park.” Behold Mark Normand, in “Park Normand,” a video posted yesterday following him on three gigs in New York City’s Central Park, trying to find live audiences for stand-up comedy …
Comedians love to criticize anything and everything, onstage and off. But criticize a comedian via social media? Rut ro. Then you’re part of the so-called “cancel culture.” Which isn’t a thing. But this is: A sketch of comedians hating on comedians who hate on comedians. Meta satire! It already has …
You still have three weeks to submit your own favorite moments from Conan for a special fan-built episode called DIY CONAN, and a chance for you to win prizes such as Conan action figures, electronics, and as you can presume from the graphic provided, a whole lot of Snickers. The …
In case you missed the stand-up showcase series Unprotected Sets when it aired on EPIX in 2018, don’t worry. You’ll soon also be able to enjoy it as a podcast. The first episode debuted Aug. 5 via MGM and Audio Up, with Zainab Johnson. Here’s how Audio Up describes the …
The Joan Rivers Estate has announced a deal with Comedy Dynamics to sort through hundreds of hours of previously unreleased material from the late great comedian, with plans to release a box set, digital albums and more in 2021. As Melissa Rivers told Variety: “While hundreds of hours of my …
The hottest comedy club of 2020 isn’t New York City’s Comedy Cellar nor even The Comedy Store in West Hollywood’s Sunset Strip. It’s nowhere near New York or Los Angeles. It’s not even a club, per se, but rather an outdoor pavilion in Yellow Springs, Ohio, a small town of …
Sebastian Maniscalco met Pat McGann in the early 2010s, when Mansicalco was headlining Zanies in Chicago and McGann was the house MC. They eventually became friends and working partners, with McGann warming up the audience for Maniscalco’s Showtime special which taped in Chicago, and then traveling with Sebastian on the …
Shocking absolutely nobody, both the Moontower Comedy Festival in Austin and the New York Comedy Festival finally announced they were abandoning plans to put on fests in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moontower, which happens in April under normal conditions, first tried to postpone the 2020 event to September. But …
