The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Iain Stirling’s Scottish accent might be known around the world for narrating the exploits of the hit British reality TV series, Love Island. But in Stirling’s first Amazon Original stand-up special, Failing Upwards, the comedian finds himself falling short of everyone else’s expectations when it comes to his physical health …
SAG-AFTRA posted this notice over the weekend: Attention all members: SAG-AFTRA has rescinded its “no contract/no work” order regarding the series Comedians of LA and Living with Funny. SAG-AFTRA has signed a collective bargaining agreement with the production company Comedians of LA Productions to cover Comedians of LA and SAG-AFTRA is not asserting …
This spring, Matt Oberg acted as the head writer on “The Billy and Josh Show” the comedy show within a comedy show, FX’s The Comedians. This summer, Oberg will go even deeper into meta character, serving as the host of a very real yet ridiculous reality TV competition that reminds …
SAG-AFTRA has issued a “no-contract, no-work” order against L. Plummer Media, which is currently filming both Comedians of LA for Esquire and Living With Funny for the Oxygen Network simultaneously. The actors’ union notes that the production is for “a single series, produced by a single company — L. Plummer Media …
At their Upfront presentations to advertisers today, the Esquire Network and Oxygen announced a first-ever joint project that will feature companion reality series shooting and airing at the same time on both cable channels — one showing the lives of stand-up comedians, the other showcasing the lives of the women …
Move over, Real Househusbands of Hollywood. Rob Stapleton and Charlie Murphy want to pitch you, BET or other TV channels out there, an actual reality series following the lives of stand-up comedians. Here’s their presentation video for Comics Turnt Up, with footage from Caroline’s, The Laugh Factory and elsewhere as comedians …
Jon Lovitz is singing for his supper this summer. And he’s not pathologically lying about it this time. Nor is he ACTING! Lovitz is one of the competitors in ABC’s summer celebreality stunt, Sing Your Face Off, which debuts Saturday night with back-to-back episodes from 9 to 11 p.m. Eastern/Pacific. …
While improvisers from around the country (and even some international actors) converge on New York City this weekend for the annual Del Close Marathon, some of the Upright Citizens Brigade star pupils inevitably cannot make it because they’re in the middle of production of a TV or film project. This …
Today’s chosen one video from Funny or Die certainly holds reason to remain optimistic about Chris Kelly’s new gig as a writer at Saturday Night Live, because the concept of “The Vote Off” is brilliant. A reality competition that strips away all of the glitz, glamour or gimmicks and goes …
On Tuesday night’s “wild card” round of America’s Got Talent for 2011, comedian J. Chris Newberg decided to scrap the guitar and went with his gut, and his gut told him to surprise judge Piers Morgan with a live roast of Piers Morgan! Newberg hit Morgan right from the start …
