Saturday Night Live has come under fire this week for allegedly ripping off a short film by Tig Notaro. The sketch in question, titled “Birthday Clown,” was a pre-taped short that aired during Louis C.K.’s episode over the weekend, and since then, many Tig Notaro fans have pointed out a striking similarity between the sketch and Notaro’s […]
Continue ReadingWritten by and starring Wes Haney, directed by Doron Max Hagay, and featuring Ana Fabrega in a silent but memorable role, Little Clown grabbed my intention because of what it didn’t do, as much as what it did. What begins as a straight ahead sketch setup–guy buys weird clown art–pivots to offer a twist about halfway through. It heightens like […]
Continue Reading2017 is turning out to be a disturbingly great year for Nathan Fielder’s Holocaust awareness-focused jacket line, Summit Ice. Last month, Fielder revived the season 3 segment by opening up a pop-up Summit Ice store in Vancouver, and thanks to the Trump administration, it’s tragically taken on much more prescience now that anti-Semitic comments — […]
Continue ReadingComedian Charlie Murphy has passed away. TMZ is reporting that Murphy died this morning in a hospital in New York City after a battle with leukemia. According to the report, Murphy’s family said they are “absolutely shocked” at the news because “they thought he was getting better.” In addition to his work as a standup […]
Continue ReadingLike Da Ali G. Show and Nathan for You, Review is audacious and fearless in the way that it continually ratchets up the stakes and the danger facing its protagonist. The Andy Daly vehicle has gone to such dark places in its first two seasons that it almost seemed like its protagonist Forrest MacNeil would […]
Continue ReadingMore Grace and Frankie is in the works at Netflix. Variety reports that the streaming network has officially handed the show starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin a season 4 renewal just a few weeks after season 3 made its debut. Season 4 will include Lisa Kudrow in a guest role as Sheree, “Grace’s longtime […]
Continue ReadingIf it seems like comedians Jerah Milligan, Jonathan Braylock, and James III have taken over every platform imaginable, it’s because they have. There’s their nearly two-year-old podcast, Black Men Can’t Jump in Hollywood, performances at UCB with Astronomy Club, and Thank You, Black People, a Snapchat and Instagram series they and writing partner James Carr […]
Continue ReadingEddie Izzard’s new memoir Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens hits bookstores in June, and he’s going on a US standup tour to mark the occasion. Izzard’s tour will make stops in New York, DC, Phoenix, Seattle, San Francisco, and Boston from June 14th through the 22nd and feature Izzard performing […]
Continue ReadingDavid Letterman’s mother Dorothy Mengering — a longtime staple on his Late Night and Late Show — has passed away. Last night, a spokesperson for Letterman confirmed that Mengering died at home yesterday in Carmel, Indiana at age 95. Here’s an excerpt from the obituary Letterman and his siblings Jan and Gretchen wrote for her, […]
Continue ReadingJohn Cleese has signed on to star in his first BBC sitcom since Fawlty Towers. According to Variety, Cleese will star alongside Alison Steadman in a six-episode comedy for the network called Edith. Created by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Charles McKeown (Brazil), the show centers on Steadman’s character as “a widow who enjoys daily visits from an […]
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