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Trevor Noah is off this week from his Comedy Central gig — The Daily Show is airing best-of packages instead. But there’s a new hour from Noah on Netflix, Afraid of the Dark, filmed this past November (the weekend before the election, in fact, during the New York Comedy Festival), …
Since President Donald J. Trump loves his Twitter account so much, and yet continues to act like a spoiled brat on it, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah did the next right thing: They created a browser extension so Trump’s Tweets read like he’s an eight-year-old. Or, in other words: …
Although Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert both broadcasted live Tuesday during Election Night, the outcome of the presidential vote was still not called by the time they went off the air at midnight Eastern. A day later, not only they but also everyone else in America had some time to …
Everybody loves a comedy festival. And in this year of 2016, it doesn’t just feel as though every city has its own comedy festival, because not only do they, but oftentimes, several cities have recruited all-star comedy lineups to their region on the same weekend. And New York City can …
The New York Comedy Festival unveiled its list of headlining acts for 2016, including Tracy Morgan, Marc Maron and Tig Notaro, all performing at Carnegie Hall; Dane Cook, Chris D’Elia, Trevor Noah, Patton Oswalt and Tim Minchin, all at the Beacon Theater; Bill Maher at The Theater at Madison Square …
Remember how your parents and grandparents warned you growing up about how to protect yourself in the case of a mass shooting? No. They were more worried about global thermonuclear war killing us all, than they were of a single madman shooting up a church, a movie theater or a …
Just For Laughs has announced the lineup for its fifth annual edition of JFL42, a 42-show headliner stand-up comedy festival held at the end of September in Toronto. Getting top billing in 2016? Jim Gaffigan, Tig Notaro, Trevor Noah, Jim Jefferies, Roseanne Barr, Anthony Jeselnik, Demetri Martin and Chris D’Elia. Of …
Quick, name your favorite hour stand-up special by a host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. How much time did you waste Googling what Craig Kilborn is up to in 2015? Did you remember that Jon Stewart’s lone hour special was way back in 1996 for HBO, where he’ll be …
Shiny, new and fresh-faced, The Daily Show relaunched Monday night with a new host in Trevor Noah, a new correspondent report from Roy Wood Jr., a first guest in Kevin Hart, and plenty of self-referential jokes to let you know that they know that everything hasn’t completely changed about Comedy …
For the Vanity Fair spread of fall 2015 that examines how men continue to dominate the late-night TV landscape, nine of them made fun of each other through half-hearted impersonations. Roll the clip. Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, James Corden, Larry Wilmore, Trevor Noah, John Oliver and …
