The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Justine Marino is a comedian who joined The Groundlings shortly after moving from Denver to Los Angeles, and found herself working as a tour guide at Universal Studios while also performing stand-up at night. Her first big break came in the Jenny McCarthy comedy special, Dirty, Sexy, Funny which came …
Congrats to Justine Marino and Heidi Heaslet! After more than a year of live monthly shows in The Comedy Store’s Belly Room, Marino and Heaslet have sold their “Stand Up 2 the Streets” comedy dance competition as a TV series to E! The network announced it’ll adapt the live show …
Before welcoming Group 2 of New Faces in Montreal upon their Wednesday night debut, host Pete Holmes asked the audience: “Be gracious. Be present. Be active.” Holmes might also have said be wary. For this crop of comics offered more style than substance, especially when compared to their Group 1 counterparts. …
Here they are! Well, most of them anyhow. The list the comedy world waits all year for is out — Montreal’s “New Faces” for Just For Laughs. Last year, two “New Faces” made the leap from Montreal in July to Saturday Night Live in September (Brooks Wheelan and John Milhiser). …
