Live Comedy Is Back With A Vengeance In Summer 2021
by A year ago, most comedy clubs had shuttered for the pandemic, leaving stand-ups to go to whatever lengths to find live audiences, from parks to …
Tag: Bill Burr
First Look at the Comedy Central Patrice O’Neal Documentary, “Killing Is Easy”
Almost 10 years after his death, the life of the great comedian Patrice O’Neal will be celebrated in a new documentary from Comedy Central and …
Comedians Nominated for Best Comedy Album at 2021 Grammy Awards
Despite all of my funny friends who recorded funny albums and submitted them for consideration by the Grammy Awards, the big-time awards continue to only …
Bill Burr’s Monologue on Saturday Night Live
After three decades of stand-up comedy, Bill Burr finally landed “a lifelong dream” by hosting Saturday Night Live in October 2020. He covered familiar themes …
Review: Bill Burr, “Paper Tiger” on Netflix
As I wrote for Decider when this special came out last fall: Don’t let the trailer fool you. The rat-a-tat-tat of hot-button words rattled off …
Bill Burr hits the Bell Centre, Andrew Dice Clay joining The Nasty Show for Montreal’s Just For Laughs 2020
Just For Laughs has announced the first two gets for Montreal this July, and they’re both biggies. Bill Burr will play the Bell Centre for one …
Episode #285: 2019 Comedy MVPs with Jason Zinoman of The New York Times
As we put a bow on 2019, it’s time once again for me to sit down with New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman to …
Comedy Central announces new showcase series: Bill Burr Presents The Ringers
Bill Burr and All Things Comedy continue their affiliation with Comedy Central into 2020, kicking the year off with a Friday-night showcase series called Bill …
All Things Comedy aside, Bill Burr remains focused on his own work
No matter how you try to pin the work of Dave Chappelle or Shane Gillis or any other comedian to him, Bill Burr is not …
Review: “Bill Burr Presents IanTalk: Ideas Not Worth Spreading” on Comedy Central
In this age when comedians like to tease other comedians for delivering “TED talks” instead of stand-up comedy, it’s fascinating that nobody has actually used …