The Definitive Guide to Comedy
There’s a new episode of “The Set Up” from Team Coco Originals, and it’s the 12th in an ongoing series, so a great time as any to check in with the webseries in which J.P. Buck, the longtime comedy booker and producer for CONAN, sits down with stand-up comedians to revisit their …
How are we supposed to make any sense out of this year in comedy, 2020? There’s only one way I know how…that’s by reuniting with Jason Zinoman of The New York Times, the Siskel to my Ebert in comedy criticism, to hash out 2020 and give some shout outs to …
Beth Stelling grew up in Ohio before moving to Chicago to study with the Steppenwolf Theatre, after which she began pursuing her career in stand-up comedy. She was named best stand-up in Chicago the year before she got New Faces at Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival, then moved to …
HBO is ready to make its big re-splash into stand-up comedy, unveiling four new comedy specials on the same day later this month on HBO Max. Here’s the teaser trailer: The Summer Comedy Festival programming binge, will feature solo specials from Rose Matafeo, Beth Stelling, and James Veitch, as well as a multi …
We already knew Team Coco was expanding its comedy profile by producing stand-up specials for HBO Max. Now we know who and when. The first of the five previously announced specials will roll out in August on HBO Max, starting with Beth Stelling (who filmed hers in March) and James …
Who’s got jokes? TBS has given the green light to a seven-episode Tournament of Laughs featuring 32 comedians in head-to-head competition, hosted by SNL alum Jason Sudeikis. The series premieres 10 p.m. Sunday, June 21, 2020. The comics will face off virtually in single-elimination contests, with Sudeikis acting as the …
This is an interesting development. Beth Stelling performed on Tuesday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, but the footage came from Jimmy Kimmel’s new comedy club in Las Vegas, where Stelling had headlined last month. Could this mean more stand-up on JKL in the weeks and months to come? Let’s hope …
In this partnership video between Funny or Die and HBO’s Crashing, “What’s Your Worst Crashing Story?” finds comedians Beth Stelling, Ian Edwards, Jackie Kashian and Moshe Kasher sitting down with Pete Holmes (creator and star of Crashing) to talk about some of their most awkward encounters with strangers both on …
Some people hibernate for winter. Beth Stelling likes to wrap herself in a meat coat, but living in Los Angeles makes it difficult to know when to start and stop meating, as she explained on Wednesday’s Conan. Stelling also joked about how 60something women like her mom have difficulties operating …
Production on season two of HBO’s Crashing just wrapped in New York City at the end of August, with plenty of on-location shoots at comedy clubs, sidewalks and restaurants, in addition to the studio they had to build to replicate the old Boston Comedy Club, which now itself is a …
