The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Hannibal Buress is the latest greatest stand-up comedian to mount a live tour of drive-in venues to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic. Buress teased the tour over the weekend, with an Instagram post showing the dates with lone initials beside each date. Now we can fill in the rest. Sept. …
Hannibal Buress has attracted more than 1,177,515 views of his newest comedy special since releasing Miami Nights for free on YouTube two weeks ago. Buress filmed the special last August in Miami, shopped it around, and intended to give it a big-screen premiere in March at SXSW in Austin. But …
For everyone who thought 1990s hit sitcom Friends was too unrealistic or too white, Jay-Z and director Alan Yang are here for you. Yang (Master of None) directed the music video for Jay-Z’s new single, “Moonlight,” which dropped Friday afternoon. It’s a beat-by-beat re-enactment of a scene from Friends, with …
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, …
Don’t be misled by the title or the movie trailers. The Comedian, a Taylor Hackford film (An Officer and a Gentleman, Ray) starring Robert De Niro as a former sitcom star and stand-up comedian still trying to ply his trade into his 70s, is actually a love story about second …
Need yet another unscientific way to break down how Americans feel, just a couple of weeks before the 2016 presidential election? New comedy streaming app Laugh.ly — which lets you stream your favorite stand-up comedians for free — has broken down who your favorite stand-up comedians to listen to are …
As he starts appearing for the fourth season as Eric Andre’s talk-show sidekick on Adult Swim, and makes select appearances on the fourth annual Oddball festival of outdoor amphitheaters for Funny or Die, Hannibal Buress also is launching a new solo stand-up comedy theater tour of his own. Tickets went …
We may be a month into summer (and two months from Memorial Day already), but it’s never too late for news of a fourth consecutive Oddball Fest by Funny or Die. Especially when they announced today that this late summer’s tour of North American amphitheaters will include headliners Brian Regan, …
Fuse is setting aside the music as Fridays turn to Saturdays this summer, launching a weekly “Fresh Baked Comedy” block in late-night, starting July 8, 2016. Each Friday at 11 p.m. Eastern/Pacific (10 p.m. Central), Fuse will broadcast a stand-up comedy special, followed by shorter showcase bits from its Stand Up & …
Jhpiego is an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University that works to bring quality health care services to women around the world. Many comedians have supported the agency’s causes, and at a “Laughter is the Best Medicine” Gala last month, the agency recognized Comedy Central President Kent Alterman and actress Julie …
