The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Matt Braunger’s routine about an elevator ride from hell has become the first animated Snapchat show for TBS and Conan’s new series, Team Coco’s Comedy Club. New animated stand-up routines will debut Sundays throughout the winter, developed specifically for Snapchat’s mobile platform. You’ll be able to catch them on Snapchat from …
There’s something so assured, so steady about Tommy Johnagin onstage. The guy’s a joke murderer, with clinical precision, striking time and time again, even if the material seems too “edgy” for a TV audience. Such was the case again Tuesday night, as Johnagin performed on The Late Late Show with …
You’ll hear a lot in the trades and the trade winds from now through pilot season, which starts in earnest in January, all the way up to the cable Upfronts in the spring and the broadcast network Upfronts in May — when TV programmers present their new and returning lineups …
Tommy Johnagin was back on Late Show with David Letterman on Thursday night for his fifth stand-up comedy performance on the big show. Johnagin joked about how his love for his daughter is much different than that for his girlfriend, and yet how unmanly he has become that he needs …
People were going Hollywood long before Bing Crosby starred in the 1933 film musical Going Hollywood. Certainly, though, countless unknowns have packed their bags and moved to Los Angeles in the years and decades since then, hoping for show business to discover them and make them a star! New York …
Comedy Central’s third season of The Half Hour, its solo stand-up showcase series, kicks off this Friday night — and this morning, the network sneaked us all a peek at all 14 comedians to come this summer. If you missed it on the TV, you can watch The Half Hour …
For a third consecutive year, Comedy Central will head to Boston to tape half-hour specials for stand-up comedians. The Half Hour boasts 15 new specials to air in 2014. So who’s recording half-hours this year? UPDATED: You can secure free tickets to watch The Half Hour tapings in Boston from …
Tommy Johnagin was back on Late Show with David Letterman last night. You may have heard about how Johnagin has become a father with his girlfriend, and how he feels about fatherhood — Johnagin will explain that for you now (or again) in this clip. He’ll also go into detail …
Tommy Johnagin had quite a 2012, as he and his girlfriend became parents, and he also signed a script deal with NBC to turn his real-life experiences into a sitcom. On Conan, Johnagin lets us know how impending fatherhood treated him and his girlfriend, and how it impacted their sex …
What’s happening in the comedy world… Lewis Black’s limited run on Broadway, Running on Empty, opened last night. The eight performances go through Oct. 20, 2012, at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. FX announced it will postpone the broadcast of season four of Louie to spring 2014. It had been planned …
