The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Is Chris Rock’s Tamborine his best stand-up comedy special? Well, no. Is it his most interesting, most revealing and perhaps most important hour for these times? Perhaps yes. And that’s all you really need to know about the first of two Netflix specials Rock has up his sleeves. That, and …
Surprise! All that tamborine teasing on Netflix recently was a prelude to comedian Chris Rock dropping his first stand-up special for the streaming giant overnight tonight — fresh for you Valentines. Tomorrow. Tamborine. @netflixisajoke pic.twitter.com/RPVhPv5mmq — Chris Rock (@chrisrock) February 13, 2018 Emmy and Grammy award-winning comedian Chris Rock, who …
Would you and a friend like to see Chris Rock’s “Total Blackout” tour this Saturday night (Dec. 9, 2017) in Brooklyn at Barclays Center? If so, then I have two tickets to give away to you. FREE! Yep, that’s right. All you have to do is tell me in the …
During the Emmys, Netflix not only served notice with the number of awards it won in the ceremonies, but also in an extended TV ad showcasing four of its hit series with four of its exclusive A-list stand-up comedians making specials on the streaming giant. You could see Dave Chappelle …
The Netflix effect is affecting the list of highest-paid comedians for 2017. That’s the unmistakeable takeaway from the annual assessment by Forbes, which each year tries to make an educated guess at how much comedians have made in the previous fiscal year. Unsurprisingly, Jerry Seinfeld, who’s still raking in residuals …
BET may have leaked word early about the network’s upcoming new late-night talk show hosted by former Nightly Show head writer/correspondent Robin Thede (and executive produced by Chris Rock), but BET actually has a whole slate of late-night programming coming later in 2017. Among the offerings: A variety show fronted …
BET hasn’t had a full-fledged late-night talk show since Mo’Nique went nightly back in 2009-2011. The network is diving back in this fall with Robin Thede’s The Rundown. BET is giving The Rundown an initial 24-week order; it’ll air weekly for a half-hour, with a launch date and time to be …
“We’re the last philosophers. Everybody now that talks is reading from a pre-approved script. Even our alleged smart people are corporately controlled. So there’s only one group of people that can kinda say what they want to say: Stand-ups.” So says Chris Rock, in the opening moments of the new …
A couple of weeks ago, a friend told me he’d seen Aziz Ansari drop in at a random comedy show in New York City, and that he’d only performed a short set. What was that about? my friend wondered. My reply: Perhaps Ansari was practicing a bit for the Golden …
How were the 2017 Golden Globes for you? Aside from the actual winners (see who won the Golden Globes here), it seems most people kept talking about Meryl Streep’s acceptance speech for her lifetime achievement award, while those who wonder about the humor inherently expected at the Globes focused on …
