The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Most comedians who portray themselves as being above it all or better than everyone else also undercut that persona with buffoonish behavior or ideas that let us all in on the joke. Ricky Gervais is not most comedians. And he’s slightly self-aware of that, at least in naming his first …
Norm Macdonald has a show on Netflix. That’s the title, too!? After hinting that such a deal was in the works, Macdonald and the streaming giant confirmed the news today, that the comedian and former SNL Weekend Update anchor would get 10 episodes of his newest talk show on Netflix …
If you’re a bilingual of the French/English variety, it might be more than worth your while to watch Gad Elmaleh’s Gad Gone Wild before watching Gad Elmaleh: American Dream. They’re both on Netflix. But you can see just what kind of reach Elmaleh has by watching them in this order. …
Brian Volk-Weiss is the founding president of Comedy Dynamics, which grew out of New Wave Entertainment to become the largest independent stand-up comedy production and distribution company. You see the Comedy Dynamics logo on almost every new stand-up special you see these days, no matter where you see it. Since …
Adam Sandler’s Netflix special is going to be a doozy! He has been filming himself performing on stages from Los Angeles to New York City — last night, back at Comic Strip Live in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. But he also took his accompanist and went in partial …
The Daily Show second-generation poaching is in full effect now, as Netflix has just announced its second new weekly talk-show from a correspondent who up until now was currently sidekicking it for Trevor Noah on Comedy Central. Netflix has ordered 32 weekly episodes of a Hasan Minhaj talk show. It’ll …
Marlon may not be the first to notice that President Trump treats the White House like a reality TV competition, or even that “Donald Trump is the Flavor Flav of white people.” He probably does win a “too soon” award, however, for his impression of Wendy Williams fainting, though, now that …
Steve Martin and Martin Short have been touring together for years now, so it’s about time somebody recorded their act and made it available for your on-demand viewing pleasure. Anyone surprised that it’ll be on Netflix? Here are the fellas with their announcement. Are they calling it Steve Martin Short, …
The woman who designed the classic animal characters for BoJack Horseman is creating her own Netflix animated series, and Tiffany Haddish will voice the lead character for it. Netflix has ordered 10 episodes of Tuca & Bertie, a comedy about two 30-year-old bird women who live in the same apartment …
Is Chris Rock’s Tamborine his best stand-up comedy special? Well, no. Is it his most interesting, most revealing and perhaps most important hour for these times? Perhaps yes. And that’s all you really need to know about the first of two Netflix specials Rock has up his sleeves. That, and …
