The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Paul Zerdin is a British ventriloquist looking to make it in America, and he received a “Golden Buzzer” fast pass to Tuesday night’s quarterfinal round of America’s Got Talent at Radio City Music Hall. Zerdin impressed the judges and audience by leaving his dummy in the bag, and then alone …
Piff the Magic Dragon is a British bloke in costume who has relocated to Las Vegas, and shined previously on Penn & Teller: Fool Us. Can he fool you and the judges into supporting his sarcastic magic act? So far, so good. He received a “Golden Buzzer” fast pass to …
Jon Rineman is a writer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and on Friday night’s show, Rineman emerged from behind the scenes to perform some of his own stand-up. Get to know Rineman better: He’s married for four years now, which offers him a different perspective on the old chestnut …
Last Comic Standing‘s third of four “Invitational” rounds continues to cut, cut, cut — so much so that if you’re not making it to the semifinals, why bother showing us their audition? Eight of the 12 people featured in this hour will move onward. Besides, as even host Anthony Jeselnik …
For its second week of Invitationals action, Last Comic Standing headed straight to the jokes. No time for build-up. No time for filler. We’ve got dozens of comedians to sorta see and show you enough of them to want to see more of at least some of them later this …
Gary Vider could use some money. And I don’t mean that in a he-walks-dogs-in-my-neighborhood kind of way, although that’s true, too — the comedian explained in his “Judges Cut” set on Tuesday’s episode of America’s Got Talent that earning $11,000 a year in comedy means the government doesn’t need your …
Ron Funches knows he’s a giggly teddy bear, but how much do you know about Ron Funches? Since moving from Portland, Ore., to Los Angeles, Funches has found success as a writer, actor and stand-up comedian, with roles on Comedy Central’s Kroll Show, IFC’s Portlandia, and now as Shelly — …
Russell Howard is one of them thar British blokes that done found himself in America now, and he’s here to tell us that the Brits don’t hoot and holler nor whoop like Americans do. What makes him whoop it up is a solid prank against his mum, who doesn’t seem …
Michael Kosta worries that his first name isn’t memorable enough, but as he relates in this performance from Thursday’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, it runs in the family. The kind of family that celebrates half-birthdays. It’s the gift that keeps on giving. Unlike a destination wedding. That’s a once …
NBC’s Last Comic Standing opened its ninth season last week with an homage to famous competitors from past years who weren’t famous then. “Over the last eight seasons, one show has launched some of the biggest names in comedy,” the voiceover announces, as the visuals show you past glimpses of …
