The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Jimmy Kimmel Live is heading back to Brooklyn this month. Kimmel announced the news on Friday’s show. ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! returns to Brooklyn for five original shows, Monday-Friday Oct. 15-19, 2018. His guests in Brooklyn will include Adam Sandler, John Krasinski, Cardi B, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mike Birbiglia and musical …
BAM! Jimmy Kimmel Live and his ABC late-night TV crew are returning to Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House for a third time this October, filming five shows from Oct. 16-20, 2017. In his two previous visits to BAM, Kimmel has filmed segments near his …
Shortly before midnight on Friday, an electrical fire broke out in a packed Union Hall. Nobody was hurt as the venue in Park Slope Brooklyn evacuated and FDNY arrived on scene. But the popular bar and concert/comedy venue is closed indefinitely now. Shows scheduled through at least April 15 have …
Wyatt Cenac not only celebrated the fourth anniversary of his weekly comedy showcase this Monday night, but recorded a 17-minute performance at his Night Train show in Brooklyn, which he has released now as a free EP for anyone who subscribes to his email newsletter. Night Train presents Wyatt Cenac: …
Joshua D. Fischer began interviewing famous fun and funny folks for the blog, Bedford + Bowery. After talking to a couple dozen such people, Fischer decided to expand his project into a book. “Meet The Regulars” finds Fischer meeting people at their favorite spots in Brooklyn — 41 interviews, 123 photos, …
Hannibal Buress, threw himself a big ol’ bash when he turned 30. By then, Hannibal already had released two albums and a Comedy Central special, written for Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock, won an American Comedy Award, and was providing straight-man sidekick glances for The Eric Andre Show. It’s …
Jimmy Kimmel Live has this week and next off for summer vacation, but come October, Kimmel will be leaving Los Angeles for a working vacation — as he’s set to return to Brooklyn for a week in October 2015. BAM! As in Brooklyn Academy of Music, where ABC’s JKL set …
Larry David’s cartoon tales of Thanksgivings gone by in Brooklyn surfaced on Funny or Die a year ago, but even old videos become new once more if they’re tied to an annual event. So curb your enthusiasm at the door. Don’t try to wonder why Larry David remains so old …
Jimmy Kimmel idolizes David Letterman. Still does. When Kimmel grew up in Las Vegas, he celebrated a birthday party in a Late Night varsity jacket; the license plate on his car as a teen in Nevada read: “L8 NITE.” Last night, Kimmel finally had the opportunity to sit down with …
What’s happening in the comedy world right now… ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live has booked Kimmel’s longtime idol, David Letterman, as a guest for the upcoming week of shows in Kimmel’s birthplace of Brooklyn, New York. JKL will tape a week of late-night shows there from Oct. 29 – Nov. 2. …
