The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Jimmy Kimmel hosted the Oscars this year. It didn’t suck! And nobody got sucker-punched! There were some choice moments for comedy fans and comedy nerds alike. I’ve got you covered on that, Marlon Wayans in character interviewing New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Bert Kreischer announcing dates and lineups for …
What’s a televised talent competition without the singers and dancers? Absolutely wild. So why not have Bert Kreischer host? It’s called Go-Big Show, coming soon to TBS, just announced tonight. TBS has ordered a full season of Go-Big Show, an hour-long extreme talent competition starring celebrity judges Snoop Dogg, Rosario Dawson, Jennifer Nettles and “The American Nightmare” Cody, and …
Bert Kreischer’s initial foray into touring comedy at drive-in movie joints was so successful, other comedians and drive-in operators have gotten into the act across America this summer. And Kreischer has set a second slate of summer dates. Here they are! AUG 10 MON — Starlite Drive-In @ 7:00pm, Wichita, KS …
Bert Kreischer is often hilariously out of step with the times, so having this party guy’s newest Netflix special show up just as America had stopped partying in March seemed apt. What I wrote then: For any personal failings he may cop to, Kreischer remains an engaging storyteller with a …
Drive-in stand-up comedy shows have popped up in parking lots this past month from my neighborhood of Astoria, Queens, all the way to Alaska. Bert Kreischer may be the first comedian to attempt to leverage this pandemic solution into a full-fledged tour. He announced four dates for “Bert Kreischer’s Hot …
Before news broke that Ari Shaffir’s planned comedy special taping had been canceled, but after Shaffir had received plenty of blowback for his social media trolling about Kobe Bryant’s death, his comedy pals Tom Segura and Bert Kreischer talked about trying to put their friend’s bad public behavior into context. …
If you want to know a lot about Bert Kreischer, then listen to my podcast with him recorded live at Montreal’s Just For Laughs two summers ago. If you want to know why Bert performs shirtless, it’s mostly a party trick that became a habit, and now he’s simply more …
The New York Comedy Festival turns 15 this November, and its quinceañera will celebrate with headlining performances by Bill Burr, Jimmy Carr, David Cross, Desus & Mero, Dan Harmon’s Harmontown, Gabriel Iglesias, Jim Jefferies, Anthony Jeselnik, Jo Koy, Bert Kreischer, Marc Maron, Jason Mewes, Tracy Morgan, Conan O’Brien, Yvonne Orji, Bryan …
No sophomore slump for Comedy Central’s Clusterfest. The second annual comedy, music and arts festival planned for the first weekend in June will be headlined by Amy Schumer, The Lonely Island and both present and past hosts of The Daily Show in Trevor Noah and Jon Stewart. Clusterfest 2018 also …
I bought Doug Stanhope’s new memoir, “Digging Up Mother,” because he told me I was in the book. He could have been drunk when he said that. No, wait. He definitely was, because he said so. Either way, imagine my delight and yours this week when Audible released an audiobook …
