The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello began collaborating as comedy and life partners after meeting in 2007 at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and Magnet Theater in New York City. Their early efforts included a webseries for Broadway Video’s Above Average Productions and a one-man show, The Paul Downs Experience, …
Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs have stepped up from Broad City to the big screen. Aniello directs and co-writes Rough Night with Downs, which sees “five best friends from college (played by Scarlett Johansson, Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, Ilana Glazer, and Zoë Kravitz) reunite 10 years later for a …
This is a week for surprise streaming TV deals, isn’t it?! Netflix just announced it already has eight half-hour comedy specials in the can for a new limited series called The Characters. They’re not stand-up specials, per se. Rather, Netflix just gave each of these funny people a half-hour to …
After a year that saw a lot of talent fly the Comedy Central coop, the cable network is locking down its critical faves — announcing a fifth-season renewal for Inside Amy Schumer and two more seasons for Broad City to get Abbi and Ilana through a fifth season. Moreover, Comedy …
Broad City, the Comedy Central series that began as a webseries by Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, has its TV debut on Jan. 22, 2014. But the premiere episode already hit the Internets over the weekend for you to enjoy now or at your leisure over the next few weeks. …
I cannot bring myself to watch any episode of any edition of Bravo’s Real Housewives series, because none of it is real, none of them are housewives, and it’s all complete garbage. But send it up, parody-style, with a bunch of Boston comedians portraying ladies from Southie? Wicked f’in yes, …
A photo circulated the other day of Jeremy Piven, he of the hairdo that grows with age, walking his three Emmy Awards in a baby stroller and pouch, and people wondered, was he making some bold statement in protest of not receiving a nomination this year? Nope. Piven, Kristin Chenoweth, …
