The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Sometimes you think you know what you’re doing with your career, when all you really needed to do was stick with the dick jokes you first learned when you were 12. This is Josh Orlian, a nice 12-year-old Jewish boy from White Plains, N.Y., who said his all-time favorite TV …
Rachel Butera is having a pretty good year. Butera, 42, moved from New Jersey to Hollywood a few years ago, as she recounts in her audition footage for this season of America’s Got Talent. You may have heard her voice on Howard Stern’s show — and Stern recused himself from …
“Don’t just show up off the street and think you’re going to come in and do some jokes. Not happening.” Wanda Sykes said nobody wants to watch a true open-call audition process for stand-up comedians on Last Comic Standing — at least not anymore, as this eighth season was invitation-only, …
The semifinal rounds of Last Comic Standing‘s season 8 may be coming to a close this week on the TV, but online, you still have more than a rooting chance for the other eliminated stand-up comedians who didn’t make the cut in the eyes of the judges on your NBC …
Myq Kaplan puts enough thought into his jokes that he’s thought out the arguments and counterarguments, and those are all part of the jokes, too. In this set from Thursday’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, Kaplan fills us in on Facebook’s thoughts on adding a second button as an alternative …
“We started with 100 of America’s funniest comedians.” Or so the voiceover guy tells us. But now we have 28 semifinalists, and tonight 14 of them battle for five spots, with guest mentors Amy Schumer (past Last Comic finalist) and Wanda Sykes (current Last Comic executive producer) giving them pointers. …
It’s a regular Last Comic Standing party up here this week. Season 6 winner Iliza Shlesinger performed on Wednesday night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and she brought flatbread for everyone. Just kidding. Just the ladies. Just kidding. You know what she’s talking about, though. Shlesinger also …
Felipe Esparza‘s birthday wish probably isn’t to have another comedian doing a bit on TV that’s similar to his own. Especially when the bit is done by a contestant on season 8 of Last Comic Standing. Esparza won Last Comic the last time NBC mounted the contest in 2010 for …
REMIX! As NBC’s Last Comic Standing enters the semifinal rounds, the show just posted a new clip featuring several of the Top 100 comedians who made jokes about food. They’re not identified in the clip, but I know from sight and sound that we’ve got jokes from Nore Davis, Jimmy …
Jodi Miller got her big break on Tuesday’s episode of America’s Got Talent on NBC. Miller, who has a weekly gig as a co-host at The Comedy Store’s Belly Room on Thursday nights, told AGT she continues to deliver groceries to pay the bills. No more day job for her …
