The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Tape Face — aka The Boy With Tape On His Face — won the Panel Award at Edinburgh Fringe in 2012, and has won multiple awards from Chortle and from the Adelaide Fringe. So it’s about time for him to conquer America, yes? That’s the plan. And it began tonight …
It’s the end of the world as we know it, but Harland Williams feels fine. As he explained in his stand-up set on Tuesday’s Tonight Show, he’s not about to let North Korea or global warming scare him. Nature, though? Roll the clip and find out!
Welcome to Upfronts Week, when each of the broadcast networks march into New York City to meet with advertisers and present their new fall lineups for primetime and hope that advertisers keep buying 30-second spots for the TV, on the TV. So, without further ado, here are the synopses and …
It’s Friday the 13th on your calendar, which marked a dark day for several network TV series awaiting their fates for renewal or cancellation. But even for those sitcoms fortunate enough to earn a second season — or those pilots looking for their initial season orders by ABC, CBS, FOX, …
We all have family members offering us jokes or advice on jokes, and Joe Pera is here to share some of his relative humor with us. How many jokes does he have in his back pockets? We all found out at least a few when Pera performed on Thursday night’s …
Jack Whitehall doesn’t look or sound as young as he still is, but that’s part of his charm — combined with starting in show business at an early age. For his stand-up performance on Friday’s Tonight Show, Whitehall joked about how his British accent isn’t quite as sexy as you …
Saturday Night Live has mocked advertising and our relationship with it over 41 seasons. From the first season’s Bass-O-Matic, down through the years from Mom Jeans to Bad Idea Jeans, Schmitts Gay beer and Colon Blow cereal. But now, for every fake ad SNL may air after the guest host’s monologue …
Tiffany Haddish ended up in foster care after a serious car accident left her mother with even more serious complications. Getting into trouble herself, Tiffany found refuge and more as a teenager at the Laugh Factory Comedy Camp. It hasn’t all been easy since then, but after appearing on several …
With a major Democratic presidential candidate debate in Brooklyn on Thursday night, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus hosting Saturday Night Live on Saturday, how could SNL not reunite Dreyfus with her Seinfeld co-creator? That the show did so right up front wasn’t a surprise, nor that Larry David returned once more to …
Nick Guerra is 5-foot-5, which is rough when you look at dating sites and see how many women want a tall men, but is amusing when his long hair manages to form a line behind him for the women’s room. Although he explained while making his late-night debut on Friday’s …
