The Definitive Guide to Comedy
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Judging by the reaction she has gotten at Fringe, Riki Lindhome’s comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates successfully crossed the pond during their heyday a decade ago. Lindhome also could have fans who’d seen her in any number of popular onscreen projects; among them, Big Bang Theory, Knives Out and …
Fred Armisen was one of the longest-serving cast members of Saturday Night Live, spending 11 seasons as Fericito, Prince, Barack Obama and more. He has since gone on to star in eight seasons of Portlandia on IFC, two seasons of Big Mouth on Netflix, another two seasons of Documentary Now! on IFC, …
Three former Grammy-winning comedians are vying for another Grammy Award for the Best Comedy Album of 2018. Best Comedy Album: “Annihilation” — Patton Oswalt “Equanimity & The Bird Revelation” — Dave Chappelle “Noble Ape” — Jim Gaffigan “Standup For Drummers” — Fred Armisen “Tamborine” — Chris Rock Chappelle won last …
Fred Armisen is an acquired taste. That’s something we all probably can agree on, whether or not you agree with my takeaways from his first Netflix special, Standup For Drummers. You can see parts of many of his characters, from his long-running Portlandia on IFC to his SNL Weekend Update …
Fred Armisen just wrapped production on the eighth and final season of IFC’s Portlandia (which will air in January), and the Saturday Night Live alum already has his next sitcom lined up — an Amazon Prime series reuniting him with SNL’s Maya Rudolph! Amazon announced the straight-to-series pickup over the weekend. …
Put a bird on it? How about put a painting of a bird or any other piece of artwork you may have seen on an episode of IFC’s Portlandia, on the walls of your own home or office! More than 50 pieces featured in the Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein …
Almost as if I’d just produced my annual list of comedy festivals and asked the folks at Superfly for details about their planned summer shindig with Comedy Central in San Francisco, here comes Colossal Clusterfest! It’s happening June 2-4, 2017, at the Civic Center Plaza & Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, …
Before IFC’s Portlandia, and before NBC’s Saturday Night Live, Fred Armisen showed up on your TV screens in unusual ways and sometimes even without credit. Armisen performed a number of short videos for HBO in the late 1990s, for instance, that ran as interstitials between movies. He’d take one of …
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 in the first Tuesday of February. Bolton has established some …
Previously only available as an exclusive to subscribers of Howl, the WTF with Marc Maron podcast has just made its special roundup episode, “Lorne Stories,” available to everyone else, too. The two-hour collection, “Lorne Stories,” features experiences with Saturday Night Live creator and guru Lorne Michaels, as told to Marc …
