The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival may now be The Janelle James Comedy Festival, but Mirman himself will appear and perform as part of the hand-off of the annual comedy celebration in Park Slope and Gowanus, Brooklyn. The inaugural lineup joining …
Third time’s not only the charm, but also a full-on trend, so safe to say The CW and Just For Laughs are very happy together. After all, The CW will celebrate a third consecutive year of broadcasting the Howie Mandel …
OK. So I’ve only sat down to podcast with 28 of the comedians performing this week so far as part of the 2017 Just For Laughs festival in Montreal. But that’s a start! Each of these fine, funny folks regales …
Cristela Alonzo has a new stand-up special out on Netflix in 2017, but she recorded it before the election. Alonzo explained on Wednesday’s Conan how all of her white friends texted her after the election, and how that made her …
Cristela Alonzo couldn’t help noticing, and stopping to notice, the massive Netflix billboards promoting her first stand-up hour for the streaming platform, Cristela Alonzo: Lower Classy, which premiered today. Just as I couldn’t help myself from telling Alonzo last week how …
Netflix has been pumping out a new stand-up hour almost weekly, and they’re already set to keep up that pace to kick off 2017, announcing four upcoming specials for January, plus Michael Bolton’s Big Sexy Valentine’s Day Special to come …
Cristela Alonzo grew up so poor in south Texas, the first-generation Mexican American lived with her single mother and siblings in an abandoned diner. Back then she learned English from watching TV and dreamed of a life as an actress. …
“My name is Paul Feig. I directed Bridesmaids, The Heat, the upcoming Spy. And it’s an honor to welcome you all. I have such a love of funny women. And funny women in comedy. And anything that lets them showcase …
The first season of Cristela on ABC ended Friday night. Will there be more than 22 episodes to follow come fall? That’ll be determined in May when the networks announce their 2015-2016 primetime schedules to advertisers at the annual Upfronts. …
There are so many places to see stand-up comedy on TV and online during this digital comedy boom, that it certainly has become difficult to know what credits even matter any longer. As Grant Pardee notes in a piece today …
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