The Definitive Guide to Comedy
We’re a week away from the transition of CBS All Access into a big relaunch as Paramount+, and the executives at ViacomCBS have given us a lot more to look forward to with today’s teasing announcements. To wit: Many loved Comedy Central properties from the past decade are getting streaming-only …
Discussions of racial representation and onscreen depiction of the police both hit home for Carlos Alazraqui. Born to Argentinian parents, Carlos has spent the most time onscreen as Deputy James Garcia on Reno 911!, which aired from 2003 to 2009 on Comedy Central, spawned a movie in 2007 and has …
Jill-Michele Meleán’s mother’s Irish, and her father’s Bolivian. But she grew up in Miami surrounded by Cubans. All of which makes her White Latina, the title of her first full stand-up special, out now via Comedy Dynamics. Jilly talks to me about catching her first break by standing in for …
Kyle Dunnigan has been “Craig” almost as long as he has been Kyle. Dunnigan — a stand-up comedian, writer for Inside Amy Schumer, podcaster with Tig Notaro (“Professor Blastoff“) and actor — first appeared as Craig Pullin, Deputy Wiegel’s demented boyfriend on Reno 911! a decade ago. Now Craig has …
