Back in November, Netflix ordered three standup specials from Dave Chappelle, and today the streaming network revealed the premiere date for the first two. In a teaser released today, Netflix announced that the two specials — which are never-before-seen hourlong specials from Chappelle’s “personal comedy vault” — will be available on Tuesday, March 21st. The […]
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 ReadingAs irritated as I was when people said, “If Trump gets elected it will be good for comedy,” I have to admit that they were kind of right. Jackie Kashian’s new album I Am Not the Hero of This Story (out tomorrow on StandUp! Records) is evidence of this. The album is not an entirely […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at Donald Trump’s address to Congress earlier this week and how the insanely low bar news pundits have set for Trump — by praising him for things like his “new tone” and sounding “presidential” — led to them salivating over […]
Continue ReadingConan O’Brien’s new remote special Conan Without Borders: Made In Mexico aired on TBS last night, and for his first episode aired in Mexico, O’Brien got a lot accomplished. In addition to practicing his jokes in Spanish, training as a luchador, guest starring as a cheese merchant in a Mexican telenovela, and getting some soccer […]
Continue ReadingTo promote his new special Conan Without Borders: Made In Mexico airing tonight, Conan O’Brien fielded questions from fans in a Reddit AMA today and dropped this bombshell about The Masturbating Bear: In 2015, The Masturbating Bear died of autoerotic asphyxiation alone in a Motel 6 in Flagstaff, AZ. He was buried with full military honors. […]
Continue ReadingAnother This Week in Web Videos installment and another go90/JASH collabo that awes. Yes. Men Don’t Whisper is that good. As with Tond before it, Men Don’t Whisper is helmed by two visionary creators. This time Jordan Firstman and Charles Rogers step up to the plate, and the result is layered, cringeworthy comedy that’s as well written as it is deftly […]
Continue ReadingStandup and Mindy Project cast member Fortune Feimster is headed to the big screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Feimster is set to star in an R-rated comedy called Bad Cop, Bad Cop, which centers on “two hapless cops who stumble on a case that exposes a conspiracy of corruption in their own precinct.” Feimster […]
Continue ReadingBobby Moynihan just got cast in a pilot that could mean the end of his longtime post at SNL. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Moynihan has signed on to star in a CBS comedy pilot from Dan Kopelman called Me, Myself and I. The single-cam comedy “examines one man’s life over a 50-year span. It […]
Continue ReadingCasey Wilson might get to star in a new NBC comedy. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Wilson has signed on to star in a single-cam NBC comedy pilot called The Sackett Sisters. Ordered back in January, the pilot is produced by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock and written by 30 Rock alum Luke Del Tredici. […]
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