The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Even though most of Montreal’s Just For Laughs stuck to virtual digital screens and meet-ups, JFL last week still could host and declare winners for its annual “Stand Up & Pitch” competitions. FROM JFL: Each winning project is invited back to attend JFL 2022 and provided one (1) flight, one …
We may still be stuck staying away from large in-person gatherings, but that’s not stopping HBO Latino and the New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF) from mounting the second annual Latino Stand-Up!, a national competition designed to support emerging talent and increase awareness and representation of Latino voices in the comedy industry. The top …
You still have three weeks to submit your own favorite moments from Conan for a special fan-built episode called DIY CONAN, and a chance for you to win prizes such as Conan action figures, electronics, and as you can presume from the graphic provided, a whole lot of Snickers. The …
Today is the final deadline to submit your short-form and long-form series ideas to Just For Laughs for festival’s annual “Stand Up & Pitch” contests in Montreal. So let’s take a look at one of last year’s winners: Myrtle & Willoughby. Brittany Tomkin and Jorja Hudson’s comedy mini-series about two, young female …
NBC has picked Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York and Seattle as the host cities for its 2019 StandUp NBC auditions. Celebrating its 15th anniversary, StandUp NBC is the network’s annual nationwide search for stand-up comedians of diverse backgrounds. Notable contest alumni include Tone Bell, Michelle Buteau, W. Kamau Bell, Deon …
The inaugural Palm Springs International Comedy Festival (PSICF) www.PalmSpringsComedyFest.com continues to come together nicely, a month before kick off. The festival already announced that it’ll present Kathy Griffin with the “Comedian of the Year” Award, and Illeana Douglas the “Pioneer in Comedy Award.” That’s in the first weekend, Nov. 9-11. In the second weekend, …
You don’t have to go on TV to win a TV talent competition. NBC has its Stand Up for Diversity contest. And ABC has Discovers. The ABC Discovers digital talent contest is open from Sept. 10-24, 2018, and click over there to find comedian Akaash Singh lead you through a …
A hotbed for independent pilots and development deals, the first-ever summer edition of the New York Television Festival wrapped over the weekend, with Hammerhead taking top honors as both Best of the Fest and winning the NYTVF Critics Award. Just in time for Shark Week, too! Hammerhead isn’t that kind …
Jeanne Robertson has 166,000 YouTube Subscribers and many years of experience speaking at corporate events and conventions. Now she’s challenging you out there to see if you’re funny enough to join her onstage. The Jeanne Robertson Humor Competition is seeking YouTube entries by Aug. 6, 2018, for a chance at …
Here are the 15 finalists announced last week for truTV’s Comedy Breakout Initiative, designed to find new and distinct voices to join truTV’s existing roster of unscripted comedy-based formats, which is currently toplined by Impractical Jokers, but also features The Chris Gethard Show, Talk Show the Game Show, Comedy Knockout, …
