The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Gary Vider could use some money. And I don’t mean that in a he-walks-dogs-in-my-neighborhood kind of way, although that’s true, too — the comedian explained in his “Judges Cut” set on Tuesday’s episode of America’s Got Talent that earning $11,000 a year in comedy means the government doesn’t need your …
British ventriloquist Paul Zerdin continued to prove himself a hit with the judges at America’s Got Talent this season, earning a “golden buzzer” from guest judge Marlon Wayans which sent him straight past “Judges Cuts” to the live rounds in August from Radio City Music Hall. Roll the clip and …
Myq Kaplan not only passed his audition, but also survived the “Judges’ Cuts” round this week on America’s Got Talent, currently in its 10th season on NBC. On Tuesday night’s episode, we saw Kaplan joke about and with his long-distance girlfriend, and impress the judges with his quick wit. So …
Blink and you may have missed it last night, but only if your blinks last a New York Minute — because that’s how long it took for America’s Got Talent to show us brief teases of comedians Myq Kaplan and Gary Vider from their auditions this season. Don’t worry. You’ll …
Leo Lytel was a 15-year-old high school freshman when he auditioned this spring for America’s Got Talent. When he’s a 16-year-old sophomore this fall, who knows what Leo will be able to tell his classmates? For one thing, they’ll have seen him on primetime network TV! Here’s his audition, which …
Strapping fireworks to your body and jumping up, down and around while they shoot into the air might not be considered high comedy, but if you’ve ever performed in the San Francisco or Seattle comedy competitions, then you probably have met or encountered Wally Glenn. Glenn has been the longtime …
Uzeyer Novruzov said he was channelling the spirit of the late great Charlie Chaplin for his audition on season 10 of NBC’s America’s Got Talent. But his stunt work up and down and atop a freestanding ladder certainly looked more like something Buster Keaton would have pulled off in one …
Paul Zerdin is an Englishman who has won TV talent shows across the pond in his youth. But Zerdin is older now, and he, just like Englishmen of old, wants to conquer America. And so here he is, auditioning for America’s Got Talent‘s 10th season on NBC. He performed vocal …
Producers for NBC’s America’s Got Talent tried to pull a quick fast one on viewers, making a joke out of the reveal that auditioner Scott Heierman is a bearded lady. But Heierman had the joke on them — since, of course, the 25-year-old who delivers pizzas in Lexington, Kentucky, is …
Drew Lynch was just your average young aspiring stand-up comedian with a stutter, inasmuch as any stuttering comic can be average, until he walked onstage for his audition in this year’s 10th anniversary of America’s Got Talent. Lynch had 4,445 Twitter followers as his audition began airing Tuesday night on …
