Day job in primetime: Justin Silver goes “Funny For Fido,” hosts “Dogs in the City” on CBS
by Comedian Justin Silver didn’t quit his day job, and he earned primetime network TV exposure because of it. While stand-up comedians have racked up TV …
Tag: Nate Bargatze
Paying it forward: Marc Maron’s five comedians to watch in 2012
Marc Maron has benefited greatly in the past couple of years since he began his WTF podcast and earned not only much-deserved respect but a …
On Conan, Nate Bargatze sorts things out with his wife via text
Nate Bargatze had gotten bumped recently from Conan when the other segments ran long. This week, they brought him back and had him tape his …
Comedy2go: Stand-up where you don’t expect it
People think that the funny guy in the office would make a great stand-up comedian, but that humor does not always translate from the workplace …
Who is New York’s Funniest Stand-Up?
If you were to ask me at the start of the 2008 New York’s Funniest Stand-Up contest, who I thought would win, well, someone did, …
NY Daily News spotlights comedy/politics in advance of New York Comedy Festival
One of my newspaper alma maters, the New York Daily News, devoted much of its Sunday features section to comedy, thanks in part to this …
Results, first semi: 2008 New York’s Funniest Stand-Up
A reliable source informed me that these are your first five comedians advancing to the finals of the 2008 New York’s Funniest Stand-Up contest: Nate …
Montreal 2008 New Faces videos (and Masters, too)
The folks at Montreal’s Just For Laughs uploaded videos last week from its 2008 collection of comedians participating in the New Faces and Masters showcases, …
Montreal 2008: New Faces 2
Is it possible for the host of New Faces to bomb? If your name is Dana Gould and the show in question happened Saturday night, …
Montreal’s JFL 2008 New Faces and Masters!
It’s the second week of the 2008 Just For Laughs festival in Montreal, which means we finally learn the identities of this year’s crop of …