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There’s a new episode of “The Set Up” from Team Coco Originals, and it’s the 12th in an ongoing series, so a great time as any to check in with the webseries in which J.P. Buck, the longtime comedy booker and producer for CONAN, sits down with stand-up comedians to revisit their …
Today is Juneteenth, and if you don’t know what that means in America, or for Black Americans, then comedians Dulcé Sloan and Amber Ruffin are here to help you, with these explainers they delivered last night on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and Late Night with Seth Meyers, respectively. …
Dulcé Sloan moved to New York City to work on The Daily Show, but as she related in this performance on Monday’s Conan, Sloan isn’t happy about living in America’s biggest city. Not that living in East L.A. was easy for her as a single woman, either. Roll the clip. …
Comedy Central’s half-hour specials for 2019 will kick off this October. More specifically, here’s the Friday night rundown for Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents… premieres (times are Eastern/Pacific): Friday, Oct. 18: Jaboukie Young-White (11pm); Vanessa Gonzalez (11:30pm) Friday, Oct. 25: Dulcé Sloan (11pm); Will Miles (11:30pm) Friday, Nov. 1: Tom Thakkar …
We’re less than a couple of weeks away from SXSW, when everybody in technology, film, music and comedy takes over downtown Austin, Texas. The comedy portion of South By Southwest takes place March 8-16, 2019. Here’s what they’ve got on tap this go around… 2019 SXSW Comedy Festival Participants Abbi …
A dozen stand-up comedians descended upon New Orleans last week so Comedy Central could record their new half-hour specials. Ten taped for Comedy Central Presents, while two taped for the Amy Schumer Presents banner. Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents… talent included David Gborie, Vanessa Gonzalez, Charles Gould, Joe Kwaczala, Will Miles, …
When real life becomes even more ridiculous than satire, then what role is there for comedians to play? And how should comedians talk about serious issues while still keeping their senses of humor? Those are two of the questions I posed to comedians on the front lines of the discussion, …
Congratulations to this year’s class of “10 Comics to Watch,” as anointed by Variety magazine and toasted in July at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival. Variety usually compiles its list by a combination of asking industry influencers, plus forecasting based on what comics already have lined up in the coming …
VICE News Tonight on HBO gathered a group of New York City comedians and let them conduct their own roundtable discussion about how much fun — or not so much fun — it is to tell jokes to audiences now that Donald Trump is in power. Watch and learn from …
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah has hired Dulcé Sloan as the latest correspondent to join “The Best F#@king News Team.” Sloan will make her first appearance on the show this week with an in-studio desk piece. From Comedy Central: Sloan was recently named by Rolling Stone as one of the 10 Comedians You Need to …
