Episode #144: Jim Norton
by Jim Norton is a best-selling author and comedian you’ve seen in multiple stand-up specials on HBO and EPIX and in recurring roles on Louie and …
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Review: Jerrod Carmichael, “8” on HBO
I wrote up eight thoughts worth sharing and exploring while watching Jerrod Carmichael’s new hour of stand-up, 8, on HBO. Bo Burnham directed Carmichael in …
2016: The year we doubled the number of stand-up comedy specials. 2017: Doubling again?
If you’re wondering why I haven’t gotten back to you about your stand-up comedy album, then please allow me to remind you just what kind …
Funny or Die reimagines City Slickers as a Westworld narrative
Better late than never, Funny or Die inspired a City Slickers reunion and recruited a few folks from Westworld for a parody mashup. Because, of …
Chris Gethard’s “Career Suicide” will become an HBO special
Far from it, Chris Gethard’s powerful one-man show, “Career Suicide,” will give him his first HBO special because of it. HBO announced the news today. …
Episode #135: Mike Royce
Mike Royce was a stand-up comedian and audience warm-up guy for The Maury Povich Show and Spin City before he broke through as a writer …
Pete Holmes, Judd Apatow, Artie Lange and special guests go on HBO’s “Crashing” Comedy Tour
With his new HBO series set to premiere Feb. 19, 2017, Pete Holmes will spread the good word and laughs galore next month so you’re …
Fred Armisen remembers “Sgt. Fred,” his first TV credit on Late Night with Conan O’Brien
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. …
Silicon Valley characters get their own toys you can buy in February 2017
Coming this February: Your chance to buy toys — neither action figures nor bobbleheads quite describe the Funko models — of the cast of HBO’s …
Episode #132: Colin Quinn
Colin Quinn is the godfather of contemporary New York city comedy in more ways than one. After his first TV break as the sidekick on …