The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Sam Morril returned to Conan on Thursday night to deliver a kick-ass set packed with jokes. Should you be quizzed to pick up Claritin-D? Should you quiz anyone on dinosaurs? Can you tell a woman is angry by her facial expression? Why isn’t Magic Johnson the spokesperson for Trojan condoms? Do …
NBC’s Last Comic Standing opened its ninth season last week with an homage to famous competitors from past years who weren’t famous then. “Over the last eight seasons, one show has launched some of the biggest names in comedy,” the voiceover announces, as the visuals show you past glimpses of …
In recent years, Comedy Central has recorded seasons of The Half Hour stand-up specials in late February in Boston, but things didn’t go according to schedule in 2015 — which probably was the best for all parties concerned considering how snowed in Boston was this winter! So instead of February, …
The second season of Adam Devine’s House Party premieres tonight on Comedy Central at 10:30 p.m., before settling into its regular time slot, overnight Thursdays at 12:30 a.m. Eastern/Pacific (11:30 p.m. Central/Mountain). The Comic’s Comic interviewed Devine before season one of his “House Party” debuted in 2013. This year, Devine …
Sam Morril was on Wednesday night’s Conan, where he’s not worried if you’re place is messy when you’re trying to hook up late at night. Life is messy. So are porn and Facebook, the two main food groups for any comedian? At least for Morril. Which led to an odd …
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, …
Comedians used to complain about performing in any comedy club that put comment cards on the tables for audience members to fill out after the show. How many comedians long for those days now, now that the Internet and social media allows every audience member at every stand-up comedy show …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Jeff Dunham’s new ventriloquism special, Minding The Monsters, played to 5.02 million viewers when it premiered Sunday night on Comedy Central. Comedians Daniel Sloss and Sam Morril have signed with New Wave Entertainment’s Maureen Talan for management. They join Gary Gulman and Andrew Norelli …
In case you missed it last week, Comedy Central’s 2011 “Comics to Watch” showcase is online as a full, uncensored episode. Jeffrey Ross hosted from Carolines on Broadway as part of the New York Comedy Festival. Your performers, in alphabetical order, were Kevin Biggins, Kurt Braunohler, Michael Che, Emily Heller, Sam Morril, Mark Normand, Josh Rabinowitz and Daryl …
Comedy Central has extended its Comics To Watch concept for a second year, picking eight up-and-coming comedians who will showcase their talents live during the New York Comedy Festival on Nov. 9, 2011, at Carolines on Broadway — with an online premiere at cc.com/standup on Nov. 11. Presented with Pandora® internet radio, …
