The Definitive Guide to Comedy
You probably didn’t remember that Sarah Silverman was on the cast of SNL for one season during her young adulthood. But NBC let us all know throughout the week. Come Saturday, the show’s cast and writers proved they had seemed to find their stride the second week through the motions, …
The 40th anniversary season of Saturday Night Live kicked off with the luxury of having the summer’s hottest movie star coming from within NBC’s ranks to host in Chris Pratt, a new Weekend Update co-anchor coming back from within SNL’s own writing ranks, and the hottest young pop singer as …
Pete Davidson is scheduled to perform stand-up comedy next weekend in Arlington, Va. But Lorne Michaels has other ideas. The Comic’s Comic has learned from multiple sources that Saturday Night Live wants the 20-year-old Staten Island native Davidson to join the featured players in the cast when SNL launches its 40th …
In the early morning hours of July 2, 2014, the proceedings outside The Comedy Store on Hollywood’s Sunset Strip suddenly became more of a battleground than the Roast Battle happening inside it. Cops with a shotgun drawn. Another night @thecomedystore https://t.co/OnoVInctkP — Kyle Ray (@theKYLERAY) July 2, 2014 Someone called …
Variety has announced its 15th annual list of “10 Comics To Watch,” who’ll be spotlighted and feted at the end of July both in the trade magazine and at the comedy industry’s Just For Laughs festival in Montreal. Congrats to this year’s crop of comedians and comedic acts: Cristela Alonzo …
Were you thinking to yourself, you know what the first three seasons of Guy Code could have used? A big musical anthem to bring all the boys together with a common harmonic purpose. Well, season four of MTV2’s Guy Code kicked off last night with “Respect The Code,” featuring all …
Dave Attell gives back to some of his fellow comedy veterans, and in a very real way has given back to military veterans and their families, through filming his new stand-up showcase series, Comedy Underground with Dave Attell, which debuts at 1 a.m. Sunday on Comedy Central following the premiere of …
When I was 20, I was in college and still unsure of what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. Pete Davidson at 20 has dropped out of college to pursue stand-up comedy, and he already has a gig on MTV2’s Guy Code, a role on a …
Congrats to the new class of New Faces for Montreal’s Just For Laughs, showcased for the comedy industry this week. I’ll file full reports from all of the showcases later this week in Canada! NEW FACES Byron Bowers, Gina Brillon, Kevin Christy, Pete Davidson, Chris Distefano, Sean Donnelly, Derek Gaines, …
Wild ‘N Out returns to the MTV airwaves after a six-year absence, resurfacing on MTV2 on July 9, 2013, with host Nick Cannon, several of his original improv comedy battlers and special guest Kevin Hart. Two teams of comedians and rappers play short games forcing them to ad-lib songs based …
