The comedy world has lost another beloved talent today. Variety is reporting that legendary insult comic Don Rickles has died. According to the report, Rickles passed away at his home in Los Angeles today due to kidney failure. Rickles was 90 years old. Rickles’ comedy career stretches across six decades. He made his Tonight Show debut […]
Continue ReadingThe comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week our crack team of podcast […]
Continue ReadingThe comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week our crack team of podcast […]
Continue ReadingLast summer, Sharon Horgan’s Amazon comedy Catastrophe landed a double season renewal, and today the streaming network dropped the trailer for season 3. Read our review of Catastrophe’s second season here, and catch the rest when the new season premieres on Amazon Friday, April 28th.
Continue ReadingA royal rumble has been held over the past year or so for the Donald Trump Impression Championship belt, and though plenty of people have thrown their coiffed wig into the ring, anyone who has seen Anthony Atamanuik take the stage as the moldy Utz Cheese Ball currently serving as president knows who the top […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a great clip from last night’s Daily Show, where Trevor Noah takes a closer look at White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, who seems to have found his groove at his new job. “Now, Sean Spicer started off as incompetent, but I’ve got to admit, he’s totally changed his game,” Trevor Noah says. “I […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee breaks down how paid Russian trolls targeted gullible American voters to ultimately sway the election in Trump’s favor — a news story Bee first covered last year when she traveled to Moscow to interview real Russian trolls. “Basically Trump was Russia’s Trojan horse’s ass, […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at what he calls the “mutual appreciation society” between Fox News and Donald Trump, the recent report that Fox News has paid $13 million in settlements to women who have accused Bill O’Reilly of sexual harassment, and why it’s not […]
Continue ReadingWelcome to The Second City Archives, in which we post an exclusive clip each week of some of comedy’s biggest superstars performing early in their careers on the legendary Chicago stage. Second City has generously given us a glimpse into their extensive archive of live performances, and over the coming weeks we’ll be sharing some […]
Continue ReadingOut of Thomas Fricilone and Kelly Cooper’s Ground Floor Comedy has come a truly insane web series worthy of 10 of your minutes today. It’s called Sex Talk, it’s hosted by Anthony Oberbeck and Carmen Christopher, and it will make you feel as if you’ve descended into utter madness the way Daniel Kaluuya descended into “the sunken […]
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