Sarah Silverman is headed to Hulu with her own show. According to Deadline, the streaming network has ordered a weekly half-hour comedy/talk/variety show starring Silverman called I Love You, America. The series is produced by Funny or Die, and the first season will consist of 10 episodes. Here’s more on the show from Deadline’s report: […]
Continue ReadingSarah Silverman is headed to Hulu with her own show. According to Deadline, the streaming network has ordered a weekly half-hour comedy/talk/variety show starring Silverman called I Love You, America. The series is produced by Funny or Die, and the first season will consist of 10 episodes. Here’s more on the show from Deadline’s report: […]
Continue ReadingWith the new administration taking control of the White House, it’s important to understand the chain of command. As such, here’s a chart to consult while huddling in your bomb shelter and counting down the half-life of plutonium. Don Plattner is a comedy writer living in Chicago. Follow his descent into madness on Twitter at @dehydrogenation. […]
Continue ReadingWith the new administration taking control of the White House, it’s important to understand the chain of command. As such, here’s a chart to consult while huddling in your bomb shelter and counting down the half-life of plutonium. Don Plattner is a comedy writer living in Chicago. Follow his descent into madness on Twitter at @dehydrogenation. […]
Continue ReadingPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. In this column I have written about great podcasts widely heralded as milestones for the medium, like President Obama on WTF. I’ve also written extensively about podcasts that are fascinating because they so thoroughly devolve into shitshows involving some of […]
Continue ReadingSeason 3 of Julie Klausner’s Hulu comedy Difficult People just got a premiere date, and it’s a long wait. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the streaming network announced today that the series, which was renewed back in October, will return for season 3 on Tuesday, August 8th. Season 2 of the show wrapped up its […]
Continue ReadingAnna Suzuki is raising awareness about identity one UCB show at a time. The comedian and actress, who also calls herself the “Jap-Jap” (she has a Japanese mother and Jewish father), recently launched a monthly UCB show called “AzN PoP!: Live in Concert!”. The show (also starring Maya Deshmukh, Iliana Inocencio, Angel Yau, and Ann Marie Yoo) uses catchy tongue-in-cheek pop songs to illustrate how Asians are often stereotyped and pigeonholed into particular […]
Continue ReadingStandup and Powerless star Ron Funches is going on tour. Titled FUNCH-A-MANIA, the tour makes stops in Brooklyn, Atlanta, Nashville, Seattle, Chicago, and more and runs from early June through August. Here’s the full list of dates and ticket links: 6/8 – The Bell House (Brooklyn, NY) 6/9 – The Trocadero Theatre (Philadelphia, PA) 6/10 […]
Continue ReadingYesterday, Nathan Fielder opened up the first-ever Summit Ice pop-up store in Vancouver, and based on the accounts of fans and reporters who were there, it looks like the store was a wildly popular success: Vancouver Summit Ice store is open for business! pic.twitter.com/JXy5VmcvGQ — nathan fielder (@nathanfielder) March 26, 2017 Comedian @NathanFielder is selling […]
Continue Reading@Erica_Rosie is 23 and lives in Tampa, FL. She’s really tall and could be killed by a walnut. This week she spoke to me about four of her favorite tweets, plus banh mi, “mainstream Twitter,” and where to find the unfollow button. Erica: Part of me thinks you got the wrong person, another part of […]
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