The Definitive Guide to Comedy
After reviewing so many hourlong comedy “specials” over the past couple of years, it’s so refreshing to see some of my favorite stand-up comedians putting out half-hours for Netflix. All killer, no filler. You can read my review of Netflix’s The Standups on Decider. Here are quotes from each of …
Is Netflix giving everyone a comedy special in 2017? You may have feared or hoped that, after hearing country singer Brad Paisley announce he’s got one coming Aug. 15, 2017, but not to fear: Brad Paisley’s Comedy Rodeo features mostly stand-up comedians. And also Reba McEntire and David Hasselhoff. His …
Just when you thought Netflix couldn’t possibly announce more comedy specials, here’s news of a new slate of half-hour stand-up offerings the streaming giant will produce next week. Nikki Glaser, Deon Cole, Beth Stelling, Nate Bargatze, Fortune Feimster, and Dan Soder will tape their first half-hours for Netflix next week in …
BOOM BOOM BBQ, the SXSW announcement is here! Read it and laugh… South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals (March 10-19, 2017) has announced the initial list of SXSW Comedy Festival participants. This year, the SXSW Comedy Festival celebrates its tenth edition. Over the last decade, the festival has hosted hundreds …
If Jimmy Fallon had to be in prison, you figure he might pick Nate Bargatze as his cellmate. Bargatze already has racked up five stand-up performances on Fallon’s Tonight Show. On Wednesday’s show, Bargatze joked about the awkwardness he felt performing in an actual prison, how social media apps on …
Just For Laughs has announced the lineup for its fifth annual edition of JFL42, a 42-show headliner stand-up comedy festival held at the end of September in Toronto. Getting top billing in 2016? Jim Gaffigan, Tig Notaro, Trevor Noah, Jim Jefferies, Roseanne Barr, Anthony Jeselnik, Demetri Martin and Chris D’Elia. Of …
Fallon favorite Nate Bargatze made his fourth stand-up comedy appearance on The Tonight Show on Friday night, and he’s no April Fool. Although Bargatze did admit he’s a fan of Trump. But in the way that anyone can be sold on a late-night infomercial kind of way, kind of fan. …
You can look back on a calendar year from many different perspectives and points of entry. Your memories flash in front of you. And then a website comes and calculates how other people viewed your year for you. Or one slice of your view. Such is 2015bestnine.com, which takes an …
It’s no secret that Nate Bargatze is one of Jimmy Fallon’s favorite stand-up comedians right now, as Bargatze made his third appearance on the show Friday in the year-and-a-half since Fallon took over The Tonight Show. For this set, Bargatze had fun with the idea of trying to buy a …
If all of this talk about and from Montreal’s Just For Laughs has you feeling left out of what’s hot in the comedy game right now, no need to fear. You can see who’s hot right now on your cable TV, thanks to the first-ever stand-up special recorded this spring …
