The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Kyle Kinane is a comedian who was the voice of Comedy Central for a decade. Kinane released his first album, Death of the Party, via AST Records, followed by a half-hour and two hours on Comedy Central, and another half-hour on Netflix. His most recent hour, Shocks & Struts, was …
Comedy doesn’t have a Human Resources department, so leave it to The Comic’s Comic to dole out honors and/or discipline accordingly. Our Employees of the Month for November 2022 are the comedians mocking Elon Musk on Twitter. Congrats! NOTE: This is a feature I introduced on my Substack, Piffany, in 2021, and …
A year ago, most comedy clubs had shuttered for the pandemic, leaving stand-ups to go to whatever lengths to find live audiences, from parks to rooftops and anywhere in between where they could set up a microphone, an amplifier, and spaced seating. This summer? We haven’t outlasted the COVID-19 pandemic, …
Belated congrats to comedian David Gborie, who earlier this month started a new gig as the official voice of Comedy Central! Kyle Kinane had been doing most voiceovers for the comedy channel for the past several years.
Netflix has announced its second group of stand-up comedians to film half-hour specials for the streaming giant! Aparna Nancherla, Kyle Kinane, Rachel Feinstein, Joe List, Gina Yashere and Brent Morin are set to record next week in Los Angeles for Netflix, with tapings Nov. 5-6, 2017, at The Globe Theater. Tickets are available for free, must …
San Francisco already has a monthlong comedy festival in January (SF Sketchfest), and a giant outdoor music festival each August (Outside Lands), but how about something that combines elements of both, right at the beginning of the summer? Comedy Central had partnered with the New York Comedy Festival for the …
Kyle Kinane is still loving life, even if he loves it so much it’s making him unhealthy. Perhaps when the aliens come, they will save us all. Or at least Kinane. This is his latest stand-up set on Conan. Roll the clip! Kinane has a new Comedy Central special, “Loose …
On the flip side of the honors awarded those who shine at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, there are hundreds of other comedians making do with whatever reviews and audiences they could get throughout the month of August in soggy Scotland. Kyle Kinane and Colt Cabana both managed to still laugh …
The Goddamn Comedy Jam began life on July 21, 2014, in Los Angeles, another of the themed comedy showcases that strive to wake up the tired, cynical Hollywood crowds and get them focused on stand-up comedians and not their own g-d careers in show business. Every month at the Lyric …
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 Kemper and Armando Iannucci. The festival announced today they’ll be …
