The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Jackie Kashian put out one of the best comedy specials of 2021. I said so over on Decider! Here she/her is performing a few minutes of the jokes from “Stay-Kashian” on The Late Late Show with James Corden on Monday night.
Turning a podcast into a TV special, let alone a four-part series, doesn’t make sense for most podcasts. But 2 Dope Queens isn’t any podcast. The hit WNYC podcast from Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams is part two-woman comedy duo, part improv, part chat show, part stand-up storytelling showcase. It …
In this partnership video between Funny or Die and HBO’s Crashing, “What’s Your Worst Crashing Story?” finds comedians Beth Stelling, Ian Edwards, Jackie Kashian and Moshe Kasher sitting down with Pete Holmes (creator and star of Crashing) to talk about some of their most awkward encounters with strangers both on …
Everything Jackie Kashian knew about relationships before getting married, she’d learned from being in stand-up comedy, and as she told the Conan audience on Wednesday night, that boils down to only three stereotypical jokes. Fortunately for Kashian and for us, she knows how to roll with anything, and role play …
Episode #4 of my new Laughly exclusive miniseries, On Second Thought, is out now with my guest Jackie Kashian. On Second Thought asks: If tragedy plus time equals comedy, then comedy plus time equals what now? We don’t have to go very far back to find Kashian already second- and third-guessing her …
I’m staying in a 1960s trailer in a backyard with free bicycle rentals, looking over a fence at an abandoned gas station converted into a food truck pod, and down the block sits In Other Words bookstore, with its front-window sign boasting it’s a safe space that will not condone …
Jackie Kashian is one of my favorite stand-up comedians to watch live because she knows who she is and makes no apologies for it. That’s also probably why Maria Bamford so much enjoys working with her on the road, and why she’s had a successful podcast for the past decade …
There are so many places to see stand-up comedy on TV and online during this digital comedy boom, that it certainly has become difficult to know what credits even matter any longer. As Grant Pardee notes in a piece today for Paste Magazine: “It was funny to see Madonna perform …
Jackie Kashian returned to perform on Conan again, and on Tuesday night’s episode, the idea that Native American casinos don’t have Native American restaurants allowed her to explore the idea that our idea of a melting pot really has changed the way most Americans look at ethnic cuisine. “Once it’s …
Mike Flinn (@realmikeflinn) isn’t just a podcast producer and engineer; he’s also an avid fan of the form. “My Pod Week” recaps and reviews the many varied comedy podcasts Flinn listened to or attended live tapings of during the previous week. Enjoy! TRUTH and ILIZA (#1 Joe Rogan) “I’ve done …
