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Al Madrigal grew up in San Francisco and worked in his family’s HR business for 10 years before deciding to pursue a career in comedy. The next decade found Madrigal on the cusp of fame, starring or co-starring in a handful of network sitcoms and even more TV pilots that …
I cannot say I’m surprised. Or that anyone else is surprised to learn this week that Showtime had cancelled I’m Dying Up Here after two seasons. Despite what I wrote in Decider urging the network this summer to give it a third go-around. The series, based on the non-fiction book …
All Things Comedy, the company founded by comedians Bill Burr and Al Madrigal that produces and distributes more than 50 podcasts and will throw its second annual festival this fall in Phoenix, now has a TV deal with Comedy Central. The deal includes a new stand-up series hosted by Burr, …
I’m Dying Up Here almost didn’t survive to a second season. Dave Flebotte, who with Jim Carrey created the Showtime adaptation of William Knoedelseder’s best-seller about The Comedy Store in the 1970s, told me over the phone last week that when Showtime gave them “a month to come up with what we …
The folks at All Things Comedy are putting on their first-ever ATC festival this October in Phoenix. The podcast network founded by Al Madrigal and Bill Burr will celebrate their wide-ranging community of funny folks from Oct. 26-29, 2017, at Stand Up Live in Phoenix. Lineup so far includes many …
Fans of 1970s nostalgia about the stand-up comedy scene in Hollywood rejoice! Showtime has picked up I’m Dying Up Here for a second season. From the press release: SHOWTIME is picking up its drama series about the art of comedy, I’M DYING UP HERE, for a second season, it was announced today …
The Internet’s relentless, rigorous demand for content, combined with show business’s relentless, rigorous desire for cash money, has combined in 2017 to bestow us with a bounty of stand-up comedy hours and variety specials, as well as a rash of rankings by amateur and professional armchair critics alike. My two …
Like most stand-up comedians, Al Madrigal had not expected we’d ever live to see a President Trump. “I didn’t think it would happen. It happened!” Madrigal, who plays Edgar in the new Showtime series, I’m Dying Up Here, jokes in his first hour special for the network, Shrimpin’ Ain’t Easy, …
Al Madrigal is half-Mexican and highly allergic. “I’m living the American dream!” Madrigal joked Friday night on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Madrigal also explained what he did after mistakenly entering a black barbershop, and how to tell if you’re at an authentic Mexican restaurant. If you want more of …
BOOM BOOM BBQ, the SXSW announcement is here! Read it and laugh… South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals (March 10-19, 2017) has announced the initial list of SXSW Comedy Festival participants. This year, the SXSW Comedy Festival celebrates its tenth edition. Over the last decade, the festival has hosted hundreds …
