Last Comic Standing, Season 8, “Invitational 4” RECAP
by So here we are. The final episode of the “Invitational” rounds for the Top 100, and we still have so many comics out of those …
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Meet the Top 100 comedians competing on Season 8 of Last Comic Standing
So who received invites to the televised comedy competition that is Last Comic Standing in 2014? Here are your Top 100 who auditioned for Season …
Confidently self-deprecating: Inside Amy Schumer’s second season on Comedy Central, theater tours and an Apatow-backed movie
A few minutes into the third episode of second season Inside Amy Schumer, we see Schumer onstage delivering stand-up to a captive audience, declaring: “Nothing …
Revisiting Louis C.K.’s “Heckler” story from FX’s Louie #tbt
It has been a week since a crowd of thousands near Hartford heckled Dave Chappelle with shouts of appreciation and misbegotten requests, derailing his planned …
Comedy Central cancels Ugly Americans
Comedy Central has cancelled Ugly Americans. If this is news to you, or even more so, if you didn’t realize this was news, there’s a …
Go Behind Amy Schumer before going Inside Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer’s new sketch comedy series, Inside Amy Schumer, debuts tonight on Comedy Central — though you already could have watched the premiere episode online …
Meet Me In New York: Kurt Metzger
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling …
NYC stand-ups, UCB theaters try to find a compromise
If you’ve been following the discussion regarding stand-up comedians, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theaters in New York City, and the issue of whether a comedy …
Kurt Metzger returns to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Can you tell a pedophilia joke on network television? Kurt Metzger did. On his second appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Metzger not only …
The economics of the UCB, indie rooms and stand-up comedy: Adding it all up
When the Upright Citizens Brigade’s East Village theater celebrated its grand opening in November 2011, major print and broadcast media outlets showed up to interview …