The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Sam Reich was 21 when CollegeHumor hired him as its first Director of Original Content in 2006. In a few short years, the success of in-house webseries such as “Hardly Working” and “Jake and Amir” got Reich and CollegeHumor a sketch comedy show on MTV. While that show didn’t last, …
Before Phil Lord and Chris Miller made the Lego movies, or sent Spiderman into the Spider-Verse, or wondered what life would be like for The Last Man on Earth, they co-created and animated Clone High. Now MTV, which originally aired Clone High in 2002-2003, has summoned Lord and Miller and …
Sebastian Maniscalco is one of the most popular stand-up comedians these days, having recently sold out Madison Square Garden. So MTV asked him to host this year’s Video Music Awards. Of course, being a voice of the MTV Generation and speaking to kids who watch MTV and listen to pop …
You know you’re the hottest comedian in America when the MTV asks you to host the VMAs to relate to the kids. Sebastian Maniscalco revealed he’ll have those honors at the end of this summer. The 2019 VMAs will go live Monday, Aug. 26, from the Prudential Center in Newark, …
Sara Schaefer is a critically acclaimed stand-up comedian, writer, and producer currently based in Los Angeles. She was the co-host of MTV’s late-night show Nikki & Sara Live, which was born out of a podcast she started with Nikki Glaser in her Brooklyn apartment. Sara has won two Emmy awards …
MTV is still with the Video Music Awards in 2018, and they brought out Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish to open up the proceedings Monday night on live TV with dueling zingers, curse words and even a flubbed joke about who Tiff wants to smash. Oh, and Kev told Trump …
Jade Catta-Preta is a Brazilian-born comedian and actress who you can see on the truTV series, Those Who Can’t, and in person frequently at The Comedy Store when she’s not touring as a feature act for Bobby Lee, Kevin Nealon or Bill Burr. In 2014, she co-starred as a regular …
Cipha Sounds got his start carrying crates and opening for Funkmaster Flex and was a longtime DJ on HOT 97 in New York City and VJ on Yo! MTV Raps. But his comedy cred is just as impressive, serving as the DJ for Chappelle’s Show on Comedy Central, going on …
Nick Cannon’s decision to release a stand-up comedy special this year may have cost him his hosting gig on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, but have Cannon front his MTV Wild ‘N Out crew, and they can still fill arenas. And on one night last week, two arenas in two different cities …
Orny Adams played Coach Bobby Finstock for six seasons of MTV’s Teen Wolf. But to comedy fans, Orny is famously and infamously known as the co-star of Jerry Seinfeld’s documentary, Comedian. While Seinfeld developed a new hour of stand-up from scratch, Comedian followed Orny’s obsessive path as an aspiring comedian …
