The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Dave Chappelle made it 4 for 4 with yet another Grammy win for one of his Netflix specials, nabbing the Comedy Album of the Year prize at Sunday’s pre-telecast awards ceremony. More on that, plus the viral video of a stand-up comedian falling offstage in Chicago that got everyone laughing …
All hail Tiffany Haddish, who has now won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for the audio recording of her 2019 Netflix special, Black Mitzvah. The other nominees this year for Best Comedy Album were Bill Burr (Paper Tiger), Jim Gaffigan (The Pale Tourist), Jerry Seinfeld (23 Hours to …
The Grammys haven’t found a reason yet to not vote for Dave Chappelle, awarding him his third consecutive win for Best Comedy Album. This one is for the audio recording of his 2019 Netflix special, Sticks & Stones. Sorry, other comedians. You’ll have to hope Chappelle doesn’t release anything new …
The Grammy Award nominations came out today. A reminder that the Grammys use a different calendar year of eligibility, so it covers audio releases from Oct. 1, 2018, to Aug. 31, 2019. That said, the comedy category continues to be dominated by video specials. Particularly Netflix. Amazon squeezes into the …
Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, took home top honors in absentia at this year’s Grammy Awards, as his “This Is America” won four Grammys in all Sunday night: Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Rap/Sung Performance and Music Video of the Year. More than 482 million views …
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 …
To the surprise of perhaps nobody outside of Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Chappelle won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for the audio double-album of his first two Netflix specials of 2017, The Age of Spin and Deep In the Heart of Texas. Chappelle hadn’t put out a comedy album …
In the past year, Donald Glover has won Emmy Awards for his TV show (FX’s Atlanta) and now owns a Grammy Award for his musical moniker, Childish Gambino. He won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance on Sunday night for “Redbone,” and also performed during the telecast his song, “Terrified,” …
All hail Donald Glover! After making perhaps the best new TV series of 2017 with Atlanta on FX, he’s now up for Best Album of the Year (Awaken, My Love!) and Best Record of the Year (Redbone) at the 2018 Grammy Awards as Childish Gambino. Congrats!
The Internet’s relentless, rigorous demand for content, combined with show business’s relentless, rigorous desire for cash money, has combined in 2017 to bestow us with a bounty of stand-up comedy hours and variety specials, as well as a rash of rankings by amateur and professional armchair critics alike. My two …
