In my efforts to search for a new job, I’ve solicited a letter of recommendation from someone who knows me best. To Whom It May Concern, I have known Barbara Human Last Name for roughly three quarters of my life. I believe Barbara is an excellent candidate for this or any position. She has many […]
Continue ReadingPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Live podcasts can be a tricky beast, particularly when they’re taped at music festivals, as tends to be the case these days. A studio is a controlled environment but a live taping involves all manner of weird variables. The audience could […]
Continue ReadingJerrod Carmichael is leaving The Carmichael Show. According to Deadline, Carmichael released the below statement today announcing his departure from his NBC sitcom: For three seasons (okay 2.5), I got to make a show that I love with my friends. It’s something I’ve wanted to do since I was 13. Now, I’m excited to go […]
Continue ReadingJerrod Carmichael is leaving The Carmichael Show. According to Deadline, Carmichael released the below statement today announcing his departure from his NBC sitcom: For three seasons (okay 2.5), I got to make a show that I love with my friends. It’s something I’ve wanted to do since I was 13. Now, I’m excited to go […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central’s newest half-hour standup series, Kevin Hart Presents: The Next Level, continues this Sunday night at 11/10c with up-and-coming Chicago comedian Taneshia “Just Nesh” Rice. Nesh is a relatively young comic, having spent just a little over five years onstage. She ran the light at her first open mic but a year and a half […]
Continue ReadingLouis C.K. just revealed that he has a brand new project available on his website today, and it’s a little different than the usual release. Titled Check It, the documentary premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival in New York, is executive produced by Steve Buscemi, and centers on an LGBT street gang in Washington […]
Continue ReadingJustin Simien’s 2014 film-turned-Netflix series will return for another season. According to The Wrap, the streaming network has officially renewed Dear White People for a second season. Simien revealed the news during a panel today at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, confirming that production on the 10-episode second season will begin later this year. […]
Continue Reading@YungInstitution aka Josh lives in New York. He has a job that asks him to sign a lot of Non Disclosure Agreements and would replace him in a minute so he’s quiet about any other details. His pinned tweet is about depression and getting dick, which is a quicker sum-up than anything else. Instead of […]
Continue ReadingEdgar Wright’s newest film Baby Driver is out this week, and if early reviews are any indication, it can easily stand alongside his previously revered comedies such as Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and The World’s End. Appearing on the Comedy Bang Bang podcast this week, Edgar dithered a […]
Continue ReadingRob Huebel is maybe a quintessential “right place, right time” example for an aspiring comedian. The place was New York and the time was the late ‘90s, and Huebel was a 27-year-old “struggling wannabe comedian” who hadn’t quite found his specialty yet in the comedy world. That was until his roommate dragged him to some […]
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