The Definitive Guide to Comedy
How many stand-up comedians open their sets with operatic singing? Matteo Lane, that’s who. Lane used his vocals to voice his sexuality to his father, as he jokes opening his set Thursday night on Late Night with Seth Meyers. As if you were still questioning him after hearing his voice. …
MTV will premiere a brand-new 30-minute hidden camera prank show Ladylike, on Thursday, June 9, 2016. How will this prank show differ from the others? Ladylike takes Girl Code out of the studio and into the streets. Led by Nicole Byer (currently seen on FOX’s sketch series Party Over Here, …
The next iteration of MTV2’s meme mashup of Ridiculousness and Failosophy is here, and a crew of comedians is ready to improvise jokes, games and prank calls in the new comedic game-show series, MTV2’s Joking Off, which premieres this April Fool’s Day at 11 p.m. Eastern/Pacific, hosted by DeRay Davis. …
The second season of Adam Devine’s House Party premieres tonight on Comedy Central at 10:30 p.m., before settling into its regular time slot, overnight Thursdays at 12:30 a.m. Eastern/Pacific (11:30 p.m. Central/Mountain). The Comic’s Comic interviewed Devine before season one of his “House Party” debuted in 2013. This year, Devine …
Every year, I think I know what to expect heading into Montreal’s grand poobah of comedy festivals — Just For Laughs — only to realize I still have much to learn. Here are some of the things I learned from the 2014 edition of JFL Montreal: Tuesday is the new …
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). …
