The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Back when he made an original docuseries for Netflix in 2013, Russell Peters Vs. The World, Peters talked in one of the episodes about how he believed happier comedians made for bad comedy. “What the hell are we so happy about? We’re not here to spread joy. We’re spreading joy through …
Russell Peters couldn’t help himself last month while appearing as a guest on Sway in the Morning on SiriusXM satellite radio. As soon as Sway mentioned Trevor Noah as one of his other favorite stand-ups, Peters went after The Daily Show host, calling him a joke thief and prompting Sway …
“I wrote a film while on the road about starting off as a comic on the road. Now it’s officially happening. Proud to be directing this with an incredible cast and crew.” So said stand-up comedian Steve Byrne, who previously starred in the TBS sitcom Sullivan & Son from 2012-2014, …
Fuse is setting aside the music as Fridays turn to Saturdays this summer, launching a weekly “Fresh Baked Comedy” block in late-night, starting July 8, 2016. Each Friday at 11 p.m. Eastern/Pacific (10 p.m. Central), Fuse will broadcast a stand-up comedy special, followed by shorter showcase bits from its Stand Up & …
For all of the talk about Amy Schumer this year, it’s worth noting that Schumer joked throughout this summer’s Oddball Festival about how little money she made off of her own blockbuster hit movie, Trainwreck. And truth be told, Schumer — nor any woman — are to be found on …
This is some deep-level inside baseball comedy feuding, so before I even begin to explain Dan Nainan to you, I’m just going to leave this here for you to see and here. Three hours and 20 minutes of Nainan appearing on Patrick Melton’s Nobody Likes Onions podcast, talking about a …
Last Comic Standing‘s final five finalists from this summer’s eighth season started a nationwide stand-up tour last week. Meanwhile, producers already have begun scouting potential stand-up contestants for Last Comic Standing 9 in 2015 — they looked at dozens of comedians last week in Los Angeles, last night in Boston …
This season they let the judges and not the viewing or the studio audience decide. So it was a celebrity expert panel of Roseanne, Russell Peters and Keenen Ivory Wayans who ultimately handpicked Rod Man, a journeyman stand-up, husband and father in Los Angeles originally from Georgia, to win the …
Say it ain’t so, Joe Machi! Spoiler alert. The one finalist I personally knew already out of the four remaining comedians in season eight of NBC’s Last Comic Standing won’t get to compete in the two-hour season finale for the title and the cash and prizes that come with it. …
You know what? Last Comic Standing really has gotten a lot of things right in its eighth season. When Last Comic did a roast several years back, it felt like a backroom thing. Low-budget. This time around it not only dressed up the contestants in black-tie, but made the whole …
