The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Look out, Montreal’s New Faces (now sponsored by ICM!)! There’s a new comedy showcase coming for your prestige. Comedy Central’s Up Next, which debuted last year at the inaugural Clusterfest in San Francisco, is expanding in year two to include not only up-and-coming stand-ups, but also sketch comedians and variety …
Plenty of cable channels/networks have rebranded and renamed themselves since first launching in the 1980s or 1990s, and now truTV has fully embraced its newer identity as a full-time comedy channel — complete with a new ad campaign and tagline, “Funny Because It’s tru.” The campaign features the following truTV …
You realize how 2016 is the year for women to exert their political influence. You do realize that, right? And yet, no matter what Queen Beyonce tells us about who runs the world, in America, some very weird laws and customs still go back to men plural (and as a …
What’s so special about 11 p.m. Thursdays? Thursdays are the new Fridays, or Must-See TV has shifted from primetime to late-night in 2016, because both the History channel and truTV are jumping into the comedy fray with weekly ventures in the 11 p.m. hour (Eastern/Pacific) that include throwing all sorts …
“50 Comics. One Mega Show. 1st New Joke of the New Year!” That’s the tagline for 50 First Jokes, which celebrated its 10th annual edition in New York City on Saturday, January 2, 2016, at The Bell House in Brooklyn. But when comedians John F. O’Donnell, Claudia Cogan and Jiwon …
This song not only is relevant, topical and funny, but also quite a fun song to jam to anytime. So, thank you Austin Martinez (aka comedians Molly Austin and Shamikah Martinez) for bringing us “EMOJIJAM” to kick off this week. Roll the clip! A photo posted by Austin Martinez (@austinmartinezcomedy) …
