The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Scott Aukerman got his first big break as a writer/performer on the HBO cult classic, Mr. Show with Bob and David. But he’s responsible for many more big breaks, not only as host of the Comedy Death Ray and Comedy Bang Bang live shows at M Bar and the UCB …
Jimmy Fallon introduced Nick Thune on Thursday night’s episode of The Tonight Show as one of his favorite comedians, and also reminded viewers that Thune has a new stand-up comedy special (Good Guy) on “NBC’s digital comedy platform,” Seeso.com. And if that wasn’t direct enough for you, Thune also wore …
Transgender became a much more buzzed-about identity over the past couple of years, from Olympic champion and Wheaties cereal box hero Bruce Jenner transitioning to Caitlyn Jenner to keep up with the Kardashians, to North Carolina’s oppressively obnoxious bathroom legislation, to the award-winning Amazon TV series, Transparent. Ian Harvie made his …
Fans and friends of Laurie Kilmartin already had read her Twitter account of sitting by her father’s side as he lay dying of lung cancer in the winter of 2014. Kilmartin’s heartbreaking and hilarious 140-character thought process as she coped with her impending loss and her family captivated thousands of …
Dan Levy started comedy at the age of 9 and was competing at the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen while still a college student at Emerson College. Levy has toured with Aziz Ansari, John Mulaney and Whitney Cummings, and his 2012 album for Comedy Central, “Congrats on Your …
The Larry Sanders Show, one of TV’s greatest meta-comedies, starred the late great Garry Shandling as a late-night talk show host and the craziness that inhabited his brain and his colleagues behind the scenes. It was what could’ve been had Shandling taken over The Tonight Show from Johnny Carson. Now …
Doug Stanhope‘s new hour of stand-up comedy is so great, I officially signed up for Seeso. Here are a couple of money quotes from Stanhope’s new hour. In which he considers ISIS a threat. To his comedy. “I’ve never felt threatened by any comedian. I’ve never had a comedic rival …
Variety magazine named Cameron Esposito one of the 10 Comics to Watch in 2016, and there already has been a lot to see of Esposito this year – from her appearances on the big screen in Garry Marshall’s final film, Mother’s Day, to the small-screen on IFC’s Maron, performing stand-up …
The Upright Citizens Brigade founders have a knack for announcing big news on the eve of their annual Del Close Marathon, and this year is no exception, as NBCUniversal today revealed it has expanded its working relationship with the UCB4 and their improvising minions to include at least five new …
Jay Oakerson’s first TV credit was on BET. Big Jay started stand-up comedy in all-black rooms in Philadelphia, and now he’s playing to everyone while often relying on his sharp wit to riff with the crowds in the moment. He hosts an all-crowd-work series Big Jay Oakerson’s What’s Your F@#king …
