The Definitive Guide to Comedy
HBO aired a documentary on Don Rickles, directed by John Landis, only a few weeks into the official start of The Comic’s Comic. So I was still feeling out the website’s tone and direction when I took a first glance and pass at Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project. By …
Gabriel Iglesias has released his sixth stand-up comedy special, and first for Netflix. It’s called Gabriel Iglesias: I’m Sorry For What I Said While I Was Hungry, and I reviewed it for my friends at Decider. Here’s an excerpt: And he has become popular enough now that he’s the focus of …
Netflix has been pumping out a new stand-up hour almost weekly, and they’re already set to keep up that pace to kick off 2017, announcing four upcoming specials for January, plus Michael Bolton’s Big Sexy Valentine’s Day Special to come in the first Tuesday of February. Bolton has established some …
No secret I’ve been a fan and friendly with Reggie Watts since the beginning of The Comic’s Comic. His first hour for Netflix, Spatial, came out this week, and here’s an excerpt from my review: As clear as the all-caps words on Watts’s T-shirt – CHAOTIC GOOD – the comedian/musician’s …
I wrote about Michael Che’s new Netflix hour, Michael Che Matters, for my friends at Decider. Here’s an excerpt: Michael Che has run afoul of the social media mobs before, as less reputable outlets have taken his Twitter, Facebook and Instagram posts and thrown them back in his face. But …
One of the all-time greatest cast members of Saturday Night Live, Dana Carvey found his comedy greatness early, winning the San Francisco Comedy Competition when he was 22, then co-starring in a sitcom with Mickey Rooney and a young Nathan Lane, and a bit part in This Is Spinal Tap. …
Remember a year or two ago when Dave Chappelle filmed his stand-up for purported specials in Austin, Chicago and who knows where else? Chappelle has made a date for them with Netflix, and so should you! Netflix announced the arrangement today, which includes not only a brand-new stand-up hour-plus from …
I had a nice chat with Colin Quinn earlier this week about how much New York City has changed since he and Donald Trump were kids, which not only conveniently brought us back to themes such as immigration — which play the primary role in the narrative arc of Quinn’s …
Mon Dieu! Gad Elmaleh, after spending the past year adjusting to life in America, is ready to report his findings in not one but two stand-up specials for Netflix in 2017. The first, Gad Gone Wild, will debut globally on Jan. 24, 2017, and performed mostly in French. A second …
Dana Carvey changed the game when it comes to comedy via celebrity impersonations. Did you know that? I’m not sure I truly did until I reflected on his new Netflix stand-up special, coming out today as it does on the weekend before the 2016 elections, and how differently we treat …
