The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Judd Apatow has one of the most impressive comedy resumes of anyone, anywhere. His Apatow Productions has produced and developed the television series Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared, Girls, Love and Crashing, he has directed the hit movies The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny People, This Is 40 and Trainwreck, and …
Not everything needs to be a period piece. On the small screen, both Marc Maron and Pete Holmes brought their recent pasts into present-day so they could have the best of both worlds for their comedic purposes in IFC’s Maron and HBO’s Crashing. Similarly, when Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. …
Just For Laughs has begun gearing up for the 35th anniversary of its biggest comedy confab in the world by announcing the initial slate of headliners, Gala hosts and other performers heading to Montreal this July. The biggest ticket? Jerry Seinfeld, in his first JFL Montreal since 1989, co-headlining with …
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. You can hear Chris Gethard tell me about his life and career on Episode #105 of my podcast, Last Things First. And you can read …
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 more than aware of Crashing. Just as Judd Apatow did for Amy Schumer’s Trainwreck movie, Apatow is supporting Holmes on this promotional performance blitz, along …
If you haven’t yet watched the new Pete Holmes stand-up hour, Faces and Sounds, it debuted Saturday night on HBO and delivers — and not just because of his many titular faces and sounds! Here’s an excerpt from my review in Decider: HBO’s audience may not be as familiar with …
Here’s a Funny or Die video about Career Suicide, which allows me to type two dichotomies at once! Judd Apatow lampoons his own problems in relations to those of Chris Gethard, which allows them to stumble into the inspiration to take Gethard’s gripping one-man show, “Career Suicide,” to a theater …
Hot off a monthlong run of critically-acclaimed shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Chris Gethard will mount an Off-Broadway run for his one-man show, “Career Suicide,” presented by Judd Apatow. Chris Gethard: Career Suicide will play The Lynn Redgrave Theater (45 Bleecker St.), with previews starting Oct. 5, and an official opening …
Judd Apatow and Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder were equally full of surprises this weekend at the Bonnaroo music and comedy festival in Tennessee. Apatow introduced Vedder as the surprise guest on his comedy showcase, and then informed the audience that Vedder had written a song in tribute to Apatow’s …
You’re forgiven for believing that Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is the first movie from The Lonely Island. Nobody really saw Hot Rod in the theater (it earned $14 million after spending $25 million). And that 2007 comedy — which starred Andy Samberg as an amateur daredevil, was written by Samberg, …
