The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The New York Comedy Festival unveiled its list of headlining acts for 2016, including Tracy Morgan, Marc Maron and Tig Notaro, all performing at Carnegie Hall; Dane Cook, Chris D’Elia, Trevor Noah, Patton Oswalt and Tim Minchin, all at the Beacon Theater; Bill Maher at The Theater at Madison Square …
Over the weekend at Comic-Con in San Diego, the cast of the new edition of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and creator Joel Hodgson announced that their 14-episode revival — funded via a massive $5.7 million Kickstarter campaign — will debut on Netflix in the “not-too-distant-future.” The new cast includes host …
Greg Behrendt gets introduced to the stage these days as a best-selling author, which is true, but there’s more to Behrendt than meets the eye of anyone who read He’s Just Not That Into You. Or the follow-up books he has written with his wife. Or who saw him host …
My latest review for Decider is up, covering the new Patton Oswalt special, Talking For Clapping — his fifth hour of stand-up recorded on video and first exclusively for Netflix. Here’s an excerpt of my review: “If I want three Vicodin, I have to do the ‘Coffee is for closers’ …
Surprise, surprise, surprise! Beyoncé blew our minds when she released a full album in 2013 without advance warning, press or promotion. The release itself served as the hype machine. She did it again a day before performing at Super Bowl 50. Comedians have now began to embrace the concept, too. …
The Writers Guild of America held simultaneous award ceremonies in New York City and Los Angeles on Saturday night, with Patton Oswalt hosting the Hollywood crowd, and Michael Ian Black presiding over the Gotham nods. If you want to know how L.A. and NYC are different in show business, just …
Today’s guest is Brian Posehn, one of The Comedians of Comedy a decade ago, and now for the first time, the star of a feature film as Uncle Nick in the dark new Christmas classic of the same name. Posehn has produced multiple metal music tracks with the greats of …
“I think it is the responsibility of comedians to remain as irresponsible as we can, in terms of mockery and language. Comedians, we’re not the guardians and we’re not the saviors but I think we are the safety valve. And so, we are there just saying the unsayable, saying the …
MST3K will come back with a brand-new cast, Kickstarted by 30,000 fans already to the tune of $3.5 million and counting. Original creator and star of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Joel Hodgson, launched the Kickstarter in November. Hodgson said the money raised so far will fund six new episodes. If …
The 33rd edition of Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival will continue to cement its position as the world’s biggest congregation and celebration of comedy this July, with awards and performances heralding Dave Chappelle, Mike Myers, Kevin Hart, Patton Oswalt, Ellie Kemper and Armando Iannucci. The festival announced today they’ll be …
