The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Jen Kirkman comes out singing and swinging in her newest stand-up hour. As Kirkman told the audience Tuesday night during the weeklong run of her new show, “Irrational Thoughts,” at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival: “I like to come out singing …
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 …
You may have heard or read about secret Facebook groups for women in comedy over the past couple of years, as women have taken back the initiative to not let men and predators get away with sexual misconduct inside or …
Jen Kirkman‘s second Netflix comedy special is out now, and she gets the name of it from a celebrity’s mantra, that’s also tied into her one and only tattoo. At least symbolically. Kirkman’s first Netflix special was one of the …
IFC presents its first-ever holiday TV special tonight, taped earlier this month at Joe’s Pub — appropriately titled, Joe’s Pub Presents: A Holiday Special. Tony Hale hosts, with performances from Bridget Everett, Judah Friedlander, Jen Kirkman, Matteo Lane, Jordan Carlos, …
Netflix has been pumping out a new stand-up hour almost weekly, and they’re already set to keep up that pace to kick off 2017, announcing four upcoming specials for January, plus Michael Bolton’s Big Sexy Valentine’s Day Special to come …
I bought Doug Stanhope’s new memoir, “Digging Up Mother,” because he told me I was in the book. He could have been drunk when he said that. No, wait. He definitely was, because he said so. Either way, imagine my …
Did you know that Retta currently is pitching networks on her own late-night TV talk show? Or that at least one network is interested in the possibilities of a late-night show fronted by Jen Kirkman? Or that Margaret Cho and …
The 33rd edition of Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival will continue to cement its position as the world’s biggest congregation and celebration of comedy this July, with awards and performances heralding Dave Chappelle, Mike Myers, Kevin Hart, Patton Oswalt, Ellie …
Netflix has announced premiere dates for its upcoming slate of original series and stand-up comedy specials including the long-awaited reunion of Wet Hot American Summer, as a miniseries prequel (WHAS: First Day of Camp) on July 17. Just take a …
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