The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Perhaps nobody wears righteous incredulity as well or as humorously as Gary Gulman. Not indignation, mind you. Although as he says during a 24-minute story that forms the climax of his new hour on Netflix, It’s About Time, he can do righteous indignation like nobody’s business. The way Gulman stakes …
The great Gary Gulman went against character on Tuesday’s Conan by going into character. Or rather, by going along with his girlfriend’s idea to introduce role-playing into their bedroom routine. Which goes pretty deep. As Gulman explained in this stand-up set. Roll the clip!
Gary Gulman announced today he’s filming a new one-hour stand-up special — his third — and You’ll Get Over It will be an independent concert film produced by Denis Leary and Jim Serpico’s Apostle. Serpico, Leary, Gulman, Bobcat Goldthwait and Maureen Taran serve as Executive Producers. “Sweet announcement,” indeed. Last year, …
My father’s family is from Boston; my comedy career began in Seattle. My alliances, therefore, remain neutral as an arbiter — at least at the start — of this Super Bowl face-off among comedians for ESPN’s “Enemy Territory.” In two days of segments for SportsCenter on your TV and online …
The “Greatest Generation” won a world war, had to drink pulp in their orange juice and couldn’t download a book into their hands within seconds. So how great were they, really? One of my faves, Gary Gulman, performed on Tuesday’s Conan and put all of that and some more technological …
New Wave’s Comedy Dynamics debuted its new Hulu channel today. You can check out the following stand-up comedy specials at your convenience, free of charge. The initial lineup at launch includes: Louie Anderson, Big Baby Boomer (2012) https://www.hulu.com/watch/653723 Josh Blue, Sticky Change (2012) https://www.hulu.com/watch/658206 Kyle Cease, Weirder. Blacker. Dimpler. (2007) …
Gary Gulman has a great bit about shopping at Whole Foods, but he’s really enamored with Trader Joe’s, too. On Thursday night’s The Pete Holmes Show, Gulman delivered an ode to Trader Joe’s and the employees who work there — with an aside for lions, witches, wardrobes and “Oreos.” Did …
Gary Gulman has a way of hitting my comedy sweet spot every time, what with his pop-cultural references and combining the high, low and middlebrows with his six-foot-everything observations on life as it is now and how it was when we were younger. In Gulman’s performance on Thursday night’s Late …
J-L Cauvin found funny earlier this year by impersonating Louis C.K. telling and selling classic jokes, so here he is once more as 2013 turns into 2014, Cauvin one-ups himself by producing and starring in a webseries, “Louis CK’s Comedy Academy.” You want to be a comedian, you say? Watch …
Hey, comedy fans! John Oliver isn’t only taking over the reins of The Daily Show this summer while Jon Stewart is making movies, but Oliver also is hosting a fourth season of his Comedy Central showcase series, John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show. It’ll tape episodes June 3-5, 2013, at …
