The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Forget about his live Mulvaney intro from Darrell Hammond (they fixed it in post!), stand-up comedian and former Saturday Night Live writer John Mulaney made a triumphant return to the sketch comedy showcase on April 14, 2018. “Some of the best years of my life. To be hosting here is …
Kumail Nanjiani hosted the Oct. 14, 2017, episode of Saturday Night Live (season 43, episode 3) and delivered a stand-up comedy monologue that was as funny as it was heartfelt. Much like his critically-acclaimed movie from earlier this year, The Big Sick. Nanjiani touched not only on how his Muslim …
Leslie Jones hosted the 2017 BET Awards on Sunday night in Los Angeles, and didn’t hold back on making fun of how old-school she is and was, from noting how she’s turning 50 later this year, and showing clips of her first TV credit from Comic View back in the …
This is the look on Louis CK’s face right after he told a live television audience that he’d like to buy a goat so he could have “a trash can that I can make love to.” Yep. CK grins in a way that lets you know how much he can’t …
Oh, Hello! John Mulaney and Nick Kroll have such great comedy chemistry and timing, built up over the years and refined to a peak with their Broadway run of Oh, Hello!, that having them deliver the opening monologue together at Saturday night’s Film Independent Spirit Awards shows why two hosts …
Amy Schumer’s first monologue as host of Saturday Night Live (because Lorne Michaels and company surely will invite her back again) provided not only a flurry of furiously funny punchlines, but also a hilarious Easter egg for the nerdiest fans of SNL trivia. Can you find it among these chestnuts? To …
The mild racism bit is going to resonate and go over well. The Israel and Palestine stuff will push a lot of buttons and get you some blowback but you know that already. And you’re really going to close with the child molester bit? Wow. That’s what I told Louis …
Any time is a good time to pick up a book, but summertime sure feels like the right time to lounge poolside or on the beach, or anywhere you feel most comfortable, really, with a great read to pass the carefree day away. On weekends this summer, The Comic’s Comic …
