The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Comedy Central officially makes this weekend Mike Birbiglia Weekend, airing a special Comedy Central Presents My First Time (in which Birbiglia, Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and Bonnie McFarlane talk about their earliest forays in stand-up) on Friday night (10:30 p.m. Eastern), followed by the debut at midnight Saturday of …
Comedy Central’s annual "Stand-Up Showdown" airs today, rebroadcasting the top 20 stand-up specials as voted online by fans over the past month. It’s airing now! The full schedule/countdown…which began at 11:30 a.m. today…(with applicable taping season) 20) Loni Love (season 11) 19) Doug Benson (season 8) 18) Chelsea Handler (season …
Mike Birbiglia spent most of the past week at the Comedy Studio in Cambridge, Mass., workshopping a new one-man show that he’s calling "Sleepwalk With Me." On Saturday, he even took an hour before the club opened to meet with any and all local comedians who had questions for him …
Comedian Mike Birbiglia has been performing to packed college auditoriums this spring. Which made his return to Georgetown University, his alma mater, all the more triumphant. Or not. "It was one of the smaller shows, actually," Birbiglia told me. "I don’t want to downgrade their experience like they didn’t have …