The Definitive Guide to Comedy
There’s a new Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor, and it’s got Netflix written all over it. The flavor is called Punch Line. What’s in it? “A Comedic Duo of Brown Butter Bourbon & Almond Ice Creams with Roasted Almonds & Chuckles of Cherries.” Supplies are limited, tho. So get …
Rainn Wilson’s SoulPancake just put out a moving half-hour documentary via Funny or Die that’s worth watching whether you’re a comedian, know a comedian, or are a living human being in 2019. Laughing Matters opens with a reminder of how we felt in 2014 when we learned that Robin Williams …
Aparna Nancherla shared her revelatory moment with social media in her stand-up set Wednesday on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Nancherla also joked about trying to find therapy on her phone, and in real life. It’s not easy. Roll the clip!
Aparna Nancherla performed on Wednesday’s Late Late Show with James Corden, and she joked about how much she enjoys seeing babies at these protest marches. As for herself, she’s subconsciously been protesting against her own body, even though she knows she should be drinking more water. At she doesn’t have …
Turning a podcast into a TV special, let alone a four-part series, doesn’t make sense for most podcasts. But 2 Dope Queens isn’t any podcast. The hit WNYC podcast from Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams is part two-woman comedy duo, part improv, part chat show, part stand-up storytelling showcase. It …
VICE News Tonight on HBO gathered a group of New York City comedians and let them conduct their own roundtable discussion about how much fun — or not so much fun — it is to tell jokes to audiences now that Donald Trump is in power. Watch and learn from …
Netflix has announced its second group of stand-up comedians to film half-hour specials for the streaming giant! Aparna Nancherla, Kyle Kinane, Rachel Feinstein, Joe List, Gina Yashere and Brent Morin are set to record next week in Los Angeles for Netflix, with tapings Nov. 5-6, 2017, at The Globe Theater. Tickets are available for free, must …
Chris Gethard’s one-man show, Career Suicide, premieres this coming Saturday on HBO. But May 1 also marks the start of Mental Health Awareness Month, so Gethard sat down with fellow comedians Wyatt Cenac, Patti Harrison, Aparna Nancherla and Phoebe Robinson to explore different paths and experiences in dealing with depression …
Comedy Central’s new development slate for 2017-2018 includes three new series orders, with a game show hosted by Reggie Watts, an adaptation of live show The New Negroes starring Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle, and a new scripted series called Corporate. These new series, combined with the recent announcements …
We’ve all heard and seen the reports coming in from theaters and comedy clubs across the country this past year. Donald Trump’s divide-and-conquer presidential campaign, which currently has us in America facing a distinctly unique constitutional crisis, has influenced not just the behavior of Americans in public settings related to …
