The Definitive Guide to Comedy
As I wrote in Decider when Dan Soder’s HBO special debuted: Born in 1983, Soder lands right in the middle of Venn diagram between Generation X and Millennials, which places him in the sweetest spot for both cynicism and self-confidence. It also means he grew up along with the Web. …
I love that Lil Rel chose to shoot his HBO comedy special in a school gymnasium in the Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles, as the sun set through the open windows. He spends the bulk of his set talking about how his relative fame has impacted his relationships with his …
Daniel Sloss has made a name for himself throughout his 20s for making audiences uncomfortable, while always letting us know he’s actually a good guy in whatever story he tells. No matter how offensive it may get. For his HBO debut in 2019, Sloss made waves not only by exploring …
Gary Gulman is one of my favorite comedians working today. As I wrote in Decider to herald his HBO special last fall: His comedy always has impressed other comedians because of its specificity. The words he chooses and the way he enunciates them remind us of the weight language can …
The winners of the “Latinos Stand-Up!” comedy competition – Mark Viera and Alex Carabaño – take center stage in a new edition of HBO’s stand-up comedy special. ENTRE NOS: THE WINNERS, which debuts on FRIDAY, JUNE 19 (9:30-10:00 p.m. ET/PT). It’ll be available for streaming on all of HBO’s platforms.. Viera and Carabaño won …
The live, all-star benefit NIGHT OF TOO MANY STARS: AMERICA UNITES FOR AUTISM PROGRAMS planned for April has been postponed. HBO just made the announcement, taking precautions as New York City and the rest of America and the world try to keep the coronavirus (COVID-19) from becoming even more of …
Erik Rivera got heavily involved in comedy in the wake of 9/11 while studying at Pace University just blocks away from the World Trade Center. Rivera’s TV credits include performing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Last Comic Standing, his own hour special, I’m No Expert, as well as …
Quinta Brunson took classes at The Second City in Chicago and Los Angeles and was performing with iOWest when she first found success not onstage but online, thanks to a 2013 Tumblr video, followed by a series of shorts she made for Instagram known as “He Got Money” or “The …
Nathan Fielder, whose writing team won this year at the WGA Awards for comedy/variety sketch series for the final season of Comedy Central’s Nathan For You, is heading to HBO. Fielder’s HBO deal includes starring in an upcoming comedy pilot, as well as executive producing an upcoming series, How To…With …
Julio Torres described himself as a Space Prince before casting himself as a Chocolate Prince in the surreal bilingual TV series, Los Espookys, which he co-created, co-wrote and co-stars in for HBO. Originally from El Salvador, Torres first moved to New York City to study at The New School. After …
