The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Another Must-See-TV NBC hit sitcom from the 1990s is making a comeback, but Mad About You‘s revival isn’t happening on NBC. Instead, the reunion of Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt will show up on Spectrum Originals. What’s that, you may ask if you don’t live somewhere that has Spectrum (aka …
Spoiler alert: Steve Lemme and Kevin Heffernan aren’t leaving comedy anytime soon. In fact, they co-star in a brand-new truTV comedy series premiering this March, Tacoma FD. Roll the clip. But let’s give them the benefit of the doubt, and suppose that when Lemme and Heffernan went on tour together …
Henry Rollins was the legendary frontman for hardcore punk band Black Flag in the 1980s, then his own Rollins Band into the 90s and early 2000s. Rollins also has written more than two dozen books, appeared in movies such as Heat, Lost Highway and Bad Boys II, on TV in …
A year ago this week, Comedy Dynamics filmed six stand-up comedy specials back-to-back over consecutive nights at The Palace Theater in Los Angeles, all of them with the same opening and closing montages. They released them over a period of several months this year, available everywhere but Netflix. Among them: …
When it comes to comedy, I’ll admit it: I’m politically biased. But it’s not a liberal or conservative bias that drives me crazy so much as it is a realism bias. I love me some surrealism and ridiculousness from my stand-ups, but when a comedian starts talking about a political …
Since you already were thinking about Pride this weekend, now’s a good time to let you know that Fathom Events is hosting a special one-night movie event in July featuring 90 minutes of stand-up from gay and lesbian comedians called OUT on Stage. Hosted by comedian Zach Noe Towers, the lineup …
If you like watching gamers online but wish they were funnier, then perhaps Backseat Gamer is the series for which you’ve been waiting. Comedy Dynamics will produce 12 episodes of Backseat Gamer, in which four comedians riff on the action while a fifth person plays a popular video game. It’ll …
Brian Volk-Weiss is the founding president of Comedy Dynamics, which grew out of New Wave Entertainment to become the largest independent stand-up comedy production and distribution company. You see the Comedy Dynamics logo on almost every new stand-up special you see these days, no matter where you see it. Since …
In 2017, when every comedian wants to be on Netflix, it’s rare to find someone put out their new stand-up special everywhere BUT Netflix. But Bob Saget isn’t every comedian. And he’d focus on the word butt and go off on a tangent for a few minutes before we could …
Coming to the Stage, the stand-up showcase series from Comedy Dynamics you can see on Hulu (and other platforms), will return for seasons six and seven with a new host: George Wallace. “Just like Donald Trump, I’m going to make this show great again,” Wallace said. Past comedians featured on …
