Review: Ted Alexandro, “Senior Class On Earth”
by Ted Alexandro has a long history of activism offstage, not only on behalf of the downtrodden, but also for his fellow comedians. So if you’re …
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Ricky Gervais is Deadly Sirius on SiriusXM
Might Ricky Gervais, the comedian who first got audiences tuned into podcasts with his previous radio show, be coming back to radio? He’s got a …
Humor In Hindsight: Trevor Noah in “You Laugh But It’s True”
My latest Humor In Hindsight column for Decider looks back at the start of Trevor Noah’s rapid rise through the stand-up comedy ranks, which began …
Episode #140: Kate Berlant and John Early
Kate Berlant and John Early are unique characters in stand-up comedy, and yet you almost always see them together, whether it’s in each other’s half-hour …
2016: The year we doubled the number of stand-up comedy specials. 2017: Doubling again?
If you’re wondering why I haven’t gotten back to you about your stand-up comedy album, then please allow me to remind you just what kind …
Kate Berlant and John Early talk about their Vimeo 555 anthology and the fringes of Hollywood
Kate Berlant and John Early worked together on each other’s half-hour special episode of The Characters for Netflix, and often collaborate on- and offstage. Now …
Episode #122: Loyiso Gola
Before we ever heard about Trevor Noah in America, Loyiso Gola was the star of his own Emmy-nominated TV satire in South Africa, Late Nite …
Episode #54: Rob Huebel
Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer host the popular weekly comedy showcase Crash Test at the UCB Theatre in Los Angeles, and for one epic night, …
Watch the trailer for “Crash Test,” the stand-up special on a party bus with Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel
“Paul Scheer and I made a comedy special on a moving bus. A lot of people got killed of course.” That’s what Rob Huebel says, …
HBO’s 4/20 gift to Vimeo’s “High Maintenance” is a six-episode TV series order
Gizmodo has called High Maintenance “the greatest show not on television.” Not anymore. HBO ordered a six-episode run of the Vimeo webseries on Monday — …