The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Joe List began his stand-up career in Boston in 2000 after graduating from high school, rising up the ranks in Boston’s heralded comedy scene before moving to New York City. He has toured with the likes of Louis CK and Nick DiPaolo, and since 2013 has co-hosted the popular podcast …
You’ll have to pay up if you want to stream his brand-new hour of stand-up, Sincerely Louis CK. He announced the offering, charging $7.99, via email on April 4, 2020. He alludes to the global pandemic without mentioning it explicitly in his email (and doesn’t touch it in his special, which he …
Fans of Louis CK who saw the comedian perform over the weekend at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C., were abuzz on Reddit, not just over his new hour of material, but also because camera crews documented the whole thing. CK last put out a stand-up special three years ago, …
We’re now two years removed from The New York Times article that finally put names and facts to the long-standing rumors about comedian Louis C.K. and his alleged proclivity for exposing himself to younger female comedians without their consent. CK issued an apology (of sorts), and stayed out of the …
That Louis CK is on the comeback is not news. But a forewarning to patrons at his upcoming gigs this week in Minneapolis does go farther than most in requiring audience members to not share what they see and hear in his performances. CK’s career imploded in 2017 after admitting …
Look, I know that’s a photo from 2016’s Schtick or Treat, but on the bright side, as the new curator of Comedy Listings for the Weekend Arts section of The New York Times, I got that in the newspaper, so let’s all celebrate! As for Schtick or Treat 2018, it …
Oh, to be a leaning tower of pizza. Louis CK brought his unrepentant comeback to Massachusetts over the weekend. CK, who grew up in Newton, surprised the audience Saturday night in Saugus on Boston’s North Shore at Giggles, the comedy venue inside Prince Pizzeria run by Mike Clarke, brother of …
Norm Macdonald’s publicity tour for his new Netflix talk show continues to make massive headlines. First, his interview with The Hollywood Reporter prompted SNL buddy Jimmy Fallon to cancel Macdonald’s scheduled appearance on Tuesday’s taping of The Tonight Show (with Macdonald in his Tonight Show dressing room to learn that …
Ten months ago, the long-whispered rumors about Louis CK became reality when The New York Times published on-the-record allegations, followed by a public statement by the award-winning comedian in which he confessed to masturbating in front of female comedians without their consent. Over the weekend, CK showed his face in …
Louis CK starred as the voice of a dog in the 2016 film, The Secret Life of Pets, but two other animated projects featuring the comedian’s voice have been recast or scrapped in the wake of his sexual harassment confession last fall. The Disney Channel confirmed that CK’s role of …
